The death of a talented and dedicated young doctor has been described as a “cruel irony” after he was diagnosed with the same rare cancer he dedicated his life to trying to cure. Ed Showler was 28 and training to be a consultant haematologist when he was diagnosed with incurable clear cell sarcoma last September – like his own patients suffered from. He died on Sunday, June 11, having been admitted to Kent and Canterbury Hospital in his final days....

As a publication we have a tendency to eschew tourist traps for lesser known destinations. We overlooked Paris and Nice this month to take in the sights of Lyon and have in the past delighted in the sights of Gaziantep over Istanbul, Leipzig over Munich and Chennai and Puducherry over the beaches of Goa. And so it was that I found myself in Bologna having disregarded the common tourist hubs of Milan, Rome or Pisa. Despite been the seventh most populous...

Details are emerging of an extraordinary cyber attack on the UK parliament. Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords were giving out alternative contact details today as the security services try to secure Westminster staff emails that they had been unable to access on Friday night. News emerged that MPs had reported the email concerns on Friday evening and were then told about the hack. The BBC reported that the inability to access emails was not due to...

Corbyn Mania continues to grip Glastonbury after incredible scenes on the main stage There were a few grumbles from some music quarters when this year’s Glastonbury lineup was announced. However it wasn't music that was required when Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn stole the show on Saturday afternoon, appearing on the main Pyramid stage. In astonishing scenes for a music festival, tens of thousands of music fans left other stages and bands such as the Kaiser Chiefs to mass around the Pyramid stage...

Hidden away in remote Victorian ex-prisons or behind barbed wire at the back of industrial estates, Britain detains around 30,000 people in privately-run detention centres on administrative grounds, ostensibly while attempts are made to remove them from the UK. During the election campaign every major political party’s manifesto contained a vow to end indefinite detention in immigration cases. All apart from the Conservative Party. The cruel practice has been criticised by MPs from both sides of the benches, Her Majesty’s Prison Inspectorate...

Exhausted new parents will miss out on the equivalent of more than three months sleep during their baby’s first year, a study has found. The incredible extent to which new-borns disrupt sleep patterns of their mums, dads or both was revealed in a study carried out among 2,000 parents. It also emerged half of couples have had a row in the middle of the night about who should be the one to get up. And alarmingly around seven out of...

Two bungling beer-makers have cancelled their 'Piss Up in a Brewery' event - because they failed to apply for a booze licence on time. Alex Wilson and Nick Folkard had hoped to hold the tongue-in-cheek knees-up at their Black Iris Brewery in Basford, Notts., on Saturday. But they were forced to axe the party at the last minute when they failed to obtain an alcohol licence. The company announced the blunder on their Instagram page. A spokesman said: " has...

Innovative new coffee bags have been released in a move which may change how the nation drinks its favourite brew. According to research coffee culture has led to a shift in drinking habits in Britain, with more people now opting for a cappuccino or flat white over the traditional cuppa tea. But brewing a good mug of coffee can often be a time-consuming task, which is why Lyon has created new coffee bags so that coffee can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere, simply by adding freshly...

I'm about to tell you something that you 100 per cent already know, but probably didn't really realise or put much thought into. There is more than one city in France. Now I'm not going to tell you to stop visiting Paris, but maybe it's time to take a little break. If you didn't already know, Lyon is a French city situated six hours from the French Alps. Lodged between two rivers and a hill with a pretty impressive view,...