All news by author: Rom Preston-Ellis

A Blue Badge holder travelling either as a driver or a passenger can park for free in disabled parking bays and you may be exempt from other parking restrictions

James Scroggie, 40, from Cheshire, reached his heaviest weight of 139kg in lockdown, having started to pile on after he got married as he was not trying to "look good for somebody else any more"

Hot weather in southern Europe coupled with disease in Brazil mean the demand for oranges used for juicing could outstrip supply, pushing up prices in UK supermarkets

Caroline Widdows, 46, was forced to start homeschooling her children, Toby, 13, and Daisy, 15, during the pandemic - but decided to continue home-educating when schools reopened.

A specific frequency of the light used for 15 minutes led to a 27 per cent reduction in blood sugar levels after taking glucose, and it reduced maximum glucose spiking by 7.5 per cent

OpenAI's ChatGPT, an AI language model, has been acting up in recent days with users sharing "scary" messages from the bot as they worry about a "sentient" robot takeover

Inas Himedan, 33, from Huddersfield, along with her husband Yousef Khaled and their two young children, have been left with "nothing but their pyjamas", following the blaze that saw them jump from their second floor flat

A new study has found that up to three in every 100 Covid infections last for a month or longer - and that people with the persistent infections are more likely to have Long Covid

The DVLA has issued an urgent warning to drivers over seven fines and penalties that could be incurred if certain information is not declared. You could be fined up to £1,000 and get six points

Tara Franks, 29, suffered from severe burnout which led to her collapsing in work. Fed up with her life she chucked it all in to go travelling with her boyfriend

Ben Thornbury, 19, struck upon the idea after seeing a post on Facebook - he bought a fishing rod and chair and started 'fishing' around his local town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire

The new Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) fees will rise in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation from April 1, 2024 - this will impact petrol, diesel and hybrid drivers but motorists with a fully electric vehicle are still exempt

Experts are now predicting that the price of an MOT could rise to over £80 per test by 2034 and then to £372 by 2074 due to rising costs for garages and the ongoing Cost of Living crisis

Maureen and Dave King say they are desperate to move out of their bungalow after new-builds were constructed overlooking their garden in Broad Oak, near Canterbury - when they bought it they thought they'd found their forever home

The Highway Code states you should stay in the left lane unless overtaking but thousands ignore the rule. Big fines can be dished out if people are caught breaking it

Katharine Hamnett has been criticised by some for binning her CBE and saying she's 'disgusted to be British' in a video posted to her Instagram account in a protest over the Israel-Hamas war

Steve Ackroyd, 48, who worked on Netflix's Sex Education, experienced his first seizure on June 19, 2022. Months went by before he was eventually diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour

Thomas Kennedy, 82, was taken ill during a winter holiday visiting son Paul's family in the Turks and Caicos Islands, just south of the Bahamas. His relatives have now been left with a huge bill

Buckingham Palace has been the official home of the sovereign since 1837 and is currently undergoing essential maintenance work while King Charles and Queen Camilla remain at Clarence House

Vladimir Putin's Lefortovo Prison on the outskirts of Moscow is where the Russian President's forces keep terrorist suspects, so-called spies and high-profile ex-officials

The Government has released a list of 524 companies that failed to pay the minimum wage to some staff, with around 172,000 workers affected at employers such as Greggs, easyJet, Mitchells & Butlers and Staffline

Uveal melanoma, also known as ocular melanoma, affects between 500 and 600 patients in the UK every year - but it does not usually give patients any obvious symptoms

Quick-thinking National Highways officers saved the life of the hungry lamb before taking it from the M1 motorway to the nearest service station for some warm milk to recover

A woman was left gagging after discovering what was inside her reusable straw while she was drinking a smoothie - people were horrified and baffled by the video clip

Gary Richardson, 45, had no symptoms prior to his prostate cancer diagnosis in July 2022 but he "always knew" he would get cancer after several family members also battled it