Temperatures across the UK have been bitterly cold this week, with some areas up in Scotland experiencing chills as low as -12C. What goes down, must come back up, and weather forecasts are now ...

RANA Sanaullah, the prime minister’s adviser on political affairs, has proposed a way out of the current quagmire where the ‘big five’ could sit and find common ground, following confidence-building ...

Scotland officials are weighing up a smoking ban exception for supervised crack use, it has emerged. The move follows an increase in drug users switching from injecting heroin to smoking crack in ...

Choosing the right wood can make or break your first barbecue session, and this video breaks it down in a way that actually makes sense. You’ll see how different woods change flavor, heat, and the ...

Footage from October 30 at 8.33pm shows the bespectacled employee in his bright red vehicle during a shift A POSTMAN has been caught on video smoking a drugs pipe while sat in his Royal Mail van.

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Starting out in investing can feel a bit like standing at the edge of a swimming pool on a chilly day, exciting, but slightly nerve-wracking. The good news? You do not have to dive in blind. With ...

It was a very special moment in any young man’s life: buying his first pipe. On a recent Saturday afternoon, 25-year-old Ben Darge stood at the counter of Iwan Ries, which bills itself as America’s ...

AS the temperatures are dropping, UK households are bracing for the colder months. Brits risk being slapped with a costly plumbing bill if they don’t prepare their pipes for the colder weather. Please ...

UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a long term ...

In 2021, varenicline, the most effective single drug for quitting smoking, was withdrawn from the market in the UK because impurities were found at greater levels than is considered safe. Rapidly, ...