The annual Stilton Cheese Rolling festival was held on Monday in the village that gave its name to the creamy blue-veined delicacy. This year's the...
I'm already half-awake when the soft ping of my alarm nudges me to get out of bed. It's four o'clock and there's a ninety minute drive to the farm, so I need to get going. I quickly pull on some old clothes and head out into the dark, frosty morning.
As the clocks go forward an hour on 31 March to make way for lighter mornings and British summertime, the sleep patterns of millions across the country will be negatively affected. For insomniacs and sleep sufferers it can create a lasting impact, however there are some tactics, which employed now can ensure an undisturbed routine during the brighter months.
It is rare to experience a situation that leaves you bemused and fearful in equal measure but, just such a scenario occurred this week. During a perusal of all things nutritional I stumbled upon a discussion on the role dairy plays in causing cancer.
A recent report published by the charity Oxfam revealed that hill farmers work on average 80 hours a week, over double that of the average full time worker and that many farming families find themselves living below the poverty line here in the UK. The report claims that upland farmers earn between £12,600 and £8,000 a year.
The rights and wrongs of Theresa May's decision not to extradite Gary McKinnon to the United States aside, it has done wonders for her popularity. ...
Here are some key facts and figures surrounding the debate over controversial plans for a badger cull to tackle bovine tuberculosis (TB). Figures come...
It is the classic "gotcha" question that should be the first thing all politicians learn the answer to before going anywhere near a television studio ...
Ann Widdecombe, the former prisons minister and Strictly Come Dancing contestant, has found a novel way to deal with binge drinkers - bringing back "t...
Milk and veal go hand in hand -- one does not exist without the other. If the thought of animal suffering bothers you, remember: you don't have to support an industry that tears calves away from their mothers for milk or for veal.
An MEP has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the European Parliament. West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire, 43, was arrested along w...
Television executives have asked MPs to change the rules governing the broadcasting of Parliament so that senior politicians look better. Appearing...
The Foreign Office is a relic of the British Empire that and should be scrapped, according to Jeremy Paxman. The veteran Newsnight presenter said t...
Andrew Lansley was confronted with a small but very vocal demonstration outside Downing Street on Monday morning, as he attempted to make his way into...
Vince Cable has appointed professor Les Ebdon as the next director of fair access to higher education, overruling the wishes of the Commons committee ...
John Prescott has revealed the advice gave to Ed MIliband when he became Labour leader, to always keep his jacket on and show some real "grit". He ...
Gordon Brown has earned more than £1.4m since he stepped down as prime minister, with much of his income coming from touring the international lectur...
A member of the House of Lords has been criticised for comparing German economic policy to the Holocaust. Speaking during a parliamentary debate o...
Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has kept his promise to take to the stage to celebrate 100,000 signing a petition to urge the government to...
French prosecutors intend to launch a formal investigation into a Nazi-themed stag party attended by Tory MP Aidan Burley, it has been reported. Th...
David Cameron and Ed Miliband should refuse to meet David Laws, Nick Clegg's nominee to lead all-party talks on political party funding, a Labour MP h...
A man has admitted pelting Sir Stuart Bell with eggs at a Remembrance Sunday parade, the latest incident in a 20-year dispute. Terry Dixon, 54, fro...
A parliamentary bar has reacted after a beer deemed to be "sexist" was pulled from its taps by installing a new flavour - Kangaroo Court. The Stran...
David Cameron was forced to issue an apology after comparing Commons heckling by Ed Balls to "like having someone with Tourette's sitting opposite you...
Tory MP Louise Mensch has insisted she was joking when she complained in an interview about not having been promoted by the prime minister. The MP ...
