German car manufacturers BMW, Mercedes and VW have all introduced a scheme targeting older more polluting diesels, in exchange for discounts of new cars. Ford is the latest to announce a scheme. The American car giant’s initiative targets both petrol and diesel cars and offers drivers up to £4,000 off […]
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GETTY Gym workout diet: Protein powder can help build muscle Exercise can be beneficial to health for a multitude of reasons, yet research indicates diet is just as important for building muscle. This has increasingly involved consuming more protein, which can help our bodies to build and repair tissues. Interestingly, […]
Alongside money issues, not everyone has the time, or desire to go to the gym. With the plethora of commitments most of us have, from looking after the kids to meeting deadlines at work, it can often be hard to fit in any exercise or time for yourself at all. […]
GETTY Dementia symptoms: Five risk factors revealed The term dementia describes a set of symptoms which include problems with memory loss and problem solving. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common forms of dementia. Last month the Lancet Commission listed the nine major factors which could play a part […]
GETTY Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel toured the UK four times Q – Can you tell me when Laurel and Hardy came to England on tour? Was it in the late 1940s or early 1950s? I saw them perform at the Embassy Theatre in Peterborough as a small boy. B […]
GETTY Princess Diana had a sartorial taste in fashion When Lady Diana Spencer married the Prince of Wales on Wednesday July 29, 1981, I was 10 years old. I have vivid memories of sitting on the floor of our family home, mesmerised by the unfolding fairy tale on our television […]
SG/Ken Amer/Orkney Photographic The journey between the Orkney islands is 1.7 miles and has been done in 69 seconds His time made it into the Guinness Book Of Records and from that day to this the route has been recognised as the world’s shortest scheduled flight. Alsop later trimmed 11 […]
The AMC Hornet X starred in the legendary “astro spiral” bridge jump in the 1974 classic The Man with the Golden Gun. Sir Roger Moore’s suave spy is seen driving the car towards the remains of a collapsed bridge before corkscrewing over a river to keep pursuing the film’s villain […]