Possibly the finest thing ever to come out of the Berkshire boarding school, Eton mess is often credited to an over-excited labrador crushing a pavlova at a 4 June picnic, but in fact has been on...

Almost one in 10 Britons say they buy clothes online just to post an image on social media, before sending them back immediately for a refund; among those aged 35 to 44, this rises to nearly...

In recent years, trainers and celebrities have bought into the trend for “fasted” gym sessions – skipping breakfast when hitting the treadmill before work, particularly when the primary exercise goal is weight loss. The rationale behind exercising...

Significant levels of the weedkilling chemical glyphosate have been found in an array of popular breakfast cereals, oats and snack bars marketed to US children, a new study has found. Tests revealed glyphosate, the active ingredient...

The competition watchdog has launched an investigation over concerns social media personalities are not declaring when they have been paid to post about products and experiences. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said social media influencershave the...

For Biraja Ghosal, traversing Britain’s rail network has been an almost-daily burden for the past nine years. The 46-year-old data scientist, from Barnet in north London, travels across the country five days a week as part...

From any vantage point in Bolivia’s largest city, Evo Morales’ new presidential residence is hard to miss. The 29-storey glass-fronted skyscraper towers over the low-rise historic centre of La Paz. For Morales and his supporters, it...

A child who appeared in a photograph that went viral last year saluting the Indian flag in chest-deep flood water has been declared a foreigner and could be deported as part of a government drive to...

Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of John Brennan, the CIA director in the Obama administration, citing “erratic conduct and behavior”. Brennan has been a vocal critic of Trump. The move comes as the White House...

“Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously asked. In 2009, Kissinger belatedly got his answer when the Treaty of Lisbon created the post of High...