Bohling then carried on with the sexual assault, before strangling Ms Liu with a belt, while filming the act. Interrupted by a pair of hikers who stumbled on the crime, he pushed the rape victim over the same ledge while she was unconscious. The 21-year-old landed at the bottom of the slope next to her … Read more
The world may be trying to wean itself off fossil fuels, but that doesn’t mean that the shares of big oil and gas companies are necessarily bad investments. While global oil production is only expected to grow slowly in the coming years, the continued rise in the world’s population – and its need for energy … Read more
Ryanair has been hit by the sudden removal of flights from online booking websites, as the low-cost carrier warned of the impact on passenger numbers. It marks an escalation in the row between Ryanair and online travel agents, as the airline said platforms such as Booking.com, Kiwi and Kayak pulled its flights without warning. In … Read more
Is the scent of a delicious roast dinner currently wafting from your oven, making you salivate? Will you feel just a smidge guilty as you tuck in? Never mind the people trying Veganuary this month, all of us have been told that eating meat is bad. Not only for the planet, but for our health. … Read more
Keep a drink journal (on paper or via an app) To give up successfully you have to be honest about how much you drink. Keeping track of everything can help with this (and don’t lie to yourself, which is what I used to do, then feel ashamed – you will know if you have a … Read more
One person a minute will be diagnosed with cancer by 2040, a leading charity has warned. Currently about 420,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in Britain, but this will rise by a fifth to 505,000, Cancer Research UK has predicted. Deaths would also rise by almost a fifth, from 176,376 to 208,022. The … Read more
Out of instinctive rebellion against his father’s wishes, as a teenager he resisted becoming a doctor, only giving in at the last moment by ‘scraping into medical school with grades you’d get laughed at today’, including a D in physics. That medical school was St Bartholomew’s in London, where he preferred the social side of … Read more
I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions because they rarely work. But this year, I urge you all to make one: cut down on how much fake food you eat. What do I mean by fake food? I mean the packaged, glossy, edible food-like substances lining our shelves that are slowly reducing our life and … Read more
What is hypertension? Hypertension is another term for high blood pressure and the point where it could be treated with medication. That’s set at 140/90, although, says MacGregor, to some extent that’s an arbitrary cut-off point. “The risks from high blood pressure don’t stop at a particular number. If you’re below that threshold but it’s … Read more
Social media and popular television shows such as Succession and The White Lotus are also opening people’s eye’s to the lifestyles of the rich and famous, driving aspiration. As a consequence, rising numbers of people are clubbing together to charter yachts and buy-out mansions. Take the trip: In February 2024, Soneva Secret (+960 660 4300) … Read more