Anti-smoking campaigners in Australia were given a nasty shock this week with news that the consumption of cigarettes has risen for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that just under a $4b was spent on tobacco products in the final quarter of 2017 – a 2.6 per cent rise compared with the same period 12 months earlier. The news is surprising for several reasons, not least because smoking rates in the...

The famed theoretical physicist passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge after a long battle with motor neurone disease

The under 20s are an "overlooked generation" when it comes to healthcare and have been neglected , storing up problems for the future, Britain's leading paediatrician has warned. And it's endangering future prosperity with every pound spent on youngsters being returned tenfold over a lifetime, he says. Professor Russell Viner points out the UK has a higher proportion of children and young people than almost all other countries in western Europe. But these 15.5 million under 20s - more than...

Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) has forsaken her family fortune to become a London bicycle courier and amateur MMA fighter. After receiving an item from her missing (presumed dead) father, Lara goes in search of a cursed island in Japan carrying ancient treasure and an awful secret. After many of years in need of a revival, a new Tomb Raider game was launched in 2013, taking us to the origins of this pistol wielding archaeologist/thief. Jokes about DD pixels became obsolete;...

A white van man has paid tribute to the late Professor Stephen Hawking by drawing a picture of him on the back of his muddy flower delivery vehicle. Ricky Minns, 42, who goes by the name Ruddy Muddy, spruces up vans in need of a wash by drawing works of art with his fingers. And after hearing of the death of one of the world's most famous physicists this morning (wed), it seemed only fitting that he was immortalised in...

Women’s rights activists in Tunisian led an historic march on Saturday to demand equal inheritance rights for both sexes in the North African country. Like other Arab countries, Tunisia’s inheritance law is based on Islamic jurisprudence, and specifies that female heirs must receive only half the amount that males are entitled to. Suad Abu-Dayyeh, from women’s rights organisation Equality Now, explains: “The Qur'an states that daughters in the Islamic world inherit half the shares of sons.” “This has made discussions about the...

Yob Richard Rowe, 31, set fire to Jemima Jones' home and a dog kennel in the back garden - even pouring fuel under her four-year-old daughter's bedroom window

Launched in 2003, Innis & Gunn has since become one of the UK’s most successful international craft beer businesses. Operating from a site in Perth, Scotland, Master Brewer Dougal Gunn Sharp and his team develop and barrel-age an assortment of beers sourced to over 28 countries. Alongside Innis & Gunn’s core range, the brewery constantly produces limited edition, barrel-aged beers. Kindred Spirits, for instance, is a collaboration with Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey; a Scottish stout aged using triple distilled Irish whiskey barrels. Using Innis...

This is a full list of MPs who voted to remove the guarantee of a hot meal from the bellies of a million children from lower income families in England. Theresa May is ploughing ahead with changes to free school meals, childcare vouchers and free childcare as part of the flagship Conservative Universal Credit welfare policy. Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner had to fight to be granted a vote on the changes after chancellor Philip Hammond’s spring statement last night....