Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of health complications worldwide, but prevention doesn’t always require drastic lifestyle changes. Small, consistent adjustments to daily habits can significantly impact heart health over time. While many people focus on major interventions, the subtle, everyday choices often make the biggest difference. But what are these small yet effective changes, and how do ...

Retired Metropolitan Police Officer Chris Hobbs today shares his thoughts on last Saturday’s protests in central London. Tourists and visitors in the vicinity of Eros in Piccadilly, who could be seen chatting to and posing with smiling Met officers for ‘selfies,’ would assume that there was nothing untoward occurring in central London. However, those familiar with policing would be quick ...

Vegetarian restaurant Bubala is set to open its third site in London’s King’s Cross this April. Bubala, meaning ‘darling’ in Yiddish, was founded by Marc Summers as a Middle Eastern restaurant pop-up in London’s Spitalfields in 2019 before expanding into its second permanent site in Soho in 2021. The new location is spread across two floors and includes an extensive ...

More than £71 million of Ulez charges have been paid over the last six years, according to released by Transport for London (TfL). Statistics published in response to a Freedom of Information request showed that drivers in Croydon paid more (£4.1m) than any other borough since the clean air zone’s introduction in 2019, followed by Hillingdon (£3.8m), Ealing (£3.7m) and ...

A former Conservative minister who lost his seat at last year’s general election has been accused of continuing to “parade around as MP” by the leader of the House of Commons. Brendan Clarke-Smith was a children’s minister under Boris Johnson and the MP for Bassetlaw from 2019 until July last year, when Labour’s Jo White won the seat. More than ...

Some people on benefits are “taking the mickey”, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has said, as the government seeks ways to curb welfare spending. Kendall was speaking to ITV about a Department of Work and Pensions survey that suggested 200,000 people on benefits were ready to work if they had support. The DWP report found 49% of health and ...

The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way. The tech giant itself cannot view it. Legally, the notice, served by the Home Office under the Investigatory Powers Act, cannot be made public, and Apple ...

The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from more than 10,000, the New York Times reported on Thursday, reports AFP. The staff who remain include employees who specialize in health and humanitarian assistance, the Times said, citing three people with knowledge of the plans ...

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from Bhabnul village of Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ambia Begum, 35, wife of Belal Miah, a resident of the same village in the upazila. According to police, locals found Ambia’s hanging body from the ceiling of her room and informed police. A team of police ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all citizens to ensure the immediate restoration of law and order across the country. In an official statement, he called for an end to all attacks on properties associated with Sheikh Hasina’s family and politicians from the Awami League, emphasizing that no citizen should face violence under any circumstances. While acknowledging the deep ...