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At last Labour is turning against its disgraceful leader, says LEO McKINSTRY

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:13:00 +0100

EXACTLY a year ago this week Theresa May called her ill-fated general election. Her expected triumph turned into a flop as her campaign faltered badly and her majority disappeared. In contrast Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defied all predictions of humiliation by presiding over the biggest surge in votes for his party since 1945.

Matthew Mellon and the curse of wealth, says VIRGINIA BLACKBURN

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:12:00 +0100

ALL that money and what an utter waste of a life. Matthew Mellon, who turned a stake of $25million into $1billion through early investments in cryptocurrencies, has died aged just 54.

Our healthcare should be above petty tribal politics - EXPRESS COMMENT

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:34:00 +0100

IT IS an almost unbelievable figure: a quarter of deaths in 2016 could have been avoided with better and more effective healthcare. On the back of this it is clear that we now need a royal commission to deal with the issue.

Southwest Airlines Flight 1380: Why passengers shouldn't fear flying, says KEN FAIRBANK

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 07:23:00 +0100

SHOULD airline passengers be worried? It is, of course, too simple a question to answer in a single word. But if you look at simple odds, then "no".

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still ready to share his fridge...

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:38:00 +0100

ONE evening last week I popped into Omved Gardens in Highgate, north London for three reasons.

Fat-shaming may be tough but we need it, says ANN WIDDECOMBE. Very fat should be ashamed

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:58:00 +0100

ON Thursday last week I tuned into BBC Two to watch Living With The Brainy Bunch, a programme which set out to prove what most of us already knew: that the attitude of parents towards education is crucial in determining performance at school. However, what caught my attention about the demotivated, unfocused, bored female student was that she was hugely fat.

Assad has more or less won Syria's civil war, says FERGUS KELLY

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:25:00 +0100

NO matter how much Theresa May rolls her eyes you don't need to be a Jeremy Corbyn supporter to agree with his assertion last week that our Government appeared to be "waiting for instructions from President Donald Trump on how to proceed" prior to the air strikes on Syria.

BREXIT is looming and now Great Britain is booming – EXPRESS COMMENT

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:15:00 +0100

WELL, so much for the naysayers at the Treasury.

Why won’t the CPS learn from its mistakes? asks NICK FREEMAN. Ant was wrongly charged

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:05:00 +0100

LIKE most people following the Ant McPartlin story I couldn’t help but shake my head at the conclusion to the television presenter’s case. For here was a man, a gifted broadcaster, earning unimaginable wealth, whose life – for give the pun – had itself tragically become a car crash.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still well fed by percentages...

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:50:00 +0100

A YOUNG lady just rang and asked me whether I was aware that only 17 per cent of people take a full hour off for lunch.