Asbestos
In a controversial article, The Great Asbestos Hysteria (Mail, February 23), we said that according to the Health and Safety Executive, the risks from white asbestos products are insignificant, and arguably zero in the case of lung cancer. The HSE assessments related to specific levels of exposure to white asbestos fibres, not white asbestos products, and found a risk from higher levels. The article said that asbestos in UK schools is almost all white. According to the HSE, the more harmful brown asbestos was also frequently used in schools. The writer was in error in saying that the HSE had been forced to withdraw a series of commercials claiming that mesothelioma kills 4,500 a year. In fact, the advertisements were based on an estimate of 4,000 deaths from all asbestos-related disease. Read more...
Whats Going On in This Picture? 124; Sept. 19, 2016
On Mondays, we publish a Times photo without a caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation about what you see and why via a live, moderated discussion from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern. Read more...
Norwich 3-0 Luton Canaries extend Championship lead to ten points with seventh straight league win
ADAM SHERGOLD AT CARROW ROAD This was a seventh consecutive victory, maintaining their canyon-like 10-point lead at the top of the table.What was a title race is now a procession. Read more...
Love Island's Dani Dyer expands baby son Santiago's designer wardrobe by dressing him in 243 outfit
The Love Island star, 24, continued to expand her baby son Santiago's designer wardrobe as she dressed him in a Versace tracksuit, worth 243. Read more...
Coleen Rooney admits she found homeschooling her sons 'tough'
The media personality, 34, took to social media on Saturday and congratulated parents for helping their children with schoolwork over the last several weeks. Read more...
Queen Elizabeth II, Amateur Detective
This weeks crime fiction column includes SJ Bennetts new novel, The Windsor Knot, in which the monarch investigates a murder at Windsor Castle. Read more...
Denise Van Outen reveals Eddie Boxshall served their Valentine's dinner in a DOG BOWL
The TV personality, 46, told how their meal of sushi looked like it has 'been taken out of the bin' as she slammed her partner's attempts at a romantic dinner. Read more...
Boris Johnson blasts 'dismal' MPs for refusing to beam Olympic heroes onto Parliament
Boris Johnson last night denounced dismal MPs for refusing to project giant images of British Olympic and Paralympic heroes on to the Houses of Parliament. Read more...
These Dahls in despair are too darned wholesome BRIAN VINER reviews To Olivia
BRIAN VINER Olivia was his favourite, and he doesn't mind letting her younger sister Tessa (very sweetly played by Isabella Jonsson), know it. Read more...
Arsenal denied penalty after officials seem to miss Erik Pieters' handball
The Gunners were adamant they should have been given a penalty when Nicolas Pepe played the ball against Erik Pieters' hand in the area and they had a strong case under the current rules. Read more...
Boris Johnson admits it's 'unlikely' he will record Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey
The Prime Minister said he is focusing on the jabs rollout and the economic recovery during a visit to a vaccination centre in Brent, north London (pictured). Read more...
Brittany Higgins' boyfriend explodes at politicians as the couple leave Canberra for good
David Sharaz said he was 'angry and sad' the couple had to move out of Canberra, while expressing his frustration the culture inside parliament 'won't change'. Read more...
Paraguay39;s President, Mario Abdo Bentez, Faces Unrest Over Covid Missteps
The country, one of South Americas poorest, has received just a few thousand doses of Covid-19 vaccine. On Friday, the health minister resigned as doctors in full critical care units ran out of basic drugs. Read more...
Travel and festival booking spend surged after roadmap revealed
Spending on holidays surged by 109% in the week after Boris Johnson announced the roadmap out of lockdown, new research has revealed. Read more...
A.I. Is Everywhere and Evolving
Many of us already live with artificial intelligence now, but researchers say interactions with the technology will become increasingly personalized. Read more...
Lord Frost swipes at EU motives for Northern Ireland row
Lord Frost suggested resentment over the UK's departure from the bloc was linked to the hard line it is taking over enforcement of the protocol in the province. Read more...