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'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned

'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned

Price or multibuy promotions on unhealthy food and drink, such as 'buy one, get one free' deals, are to be banned in England from Wednesday. The restrictions will apply to supermarkets, larger high st …

'How growing a sunflower helped me fight anorexia'

'How growing a sunflower helped me fight anorexia'

For Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something 'out there', a world apart from her, a view from a hospital window. Years spent in and out of specialist mental health units in Birmingham and Lo …

'I chanced my arm' says author who got Julia Roberts to narrate TV adaptation

'I chanced my arm' says author who got Julia Roberts to narrate TV adaptation

He's a civil servant turned novelist who 'chanced his arm' with one of Hollywood's biggest stars. But as the saying goes - if you don't ask, you don't get and it worked out pretty well for Rónán Hessi …

'I missed a £100 council tax bill while in hospital – the debt ballooned to £6k'

'I missed a £100 council tax bill while in hospital – the debt ballooned to £6k'

When Mike Barley almost died in a motorbike crash on the way home from work, he did not think his biggest worry during recovery would be the council tax bill he had been sent that same day. But after …

'I never used the word retirement' - Daniel Day-Lewis is back on screen after a seven-year break

'I never used the word retirement' - Daniel Day-Lewis is back on screen after a seven-year break

Daniel Day-Lewis may have returned to acting after a seven-year absence, but the actor has said he has not been inundated with new scripts. The 68-year-old was last seen on film in 2017's Phantom Thre …

'Israel cuts aid to Gaza' and 'Reeves blow as prices rise'

'Israel cuts aid to Gaza' and 'Reeves blow as prices rise'

Daily Mail's assessment of the latest figures on the economy, which showed the number of jobless hitting a four-year high, as the International Monetary Fund predicted the UK would have the highest in …