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An 89-year-old driver has complained about the ‘frustrating’ march of technology that left him with a fine after his old mobile phone couldn’t be used to pay for a ticket in a car park.Roland Nice spent eight minutes in the car park in Haverhill, Suffolk, trying to work out how to pay to park.After trudging between two machines with the help of his walking stick only to realise his 20-year-old Nokia couldn’t download the payment app, he left.Days later, the grandfather was slapped with a £100 fine – reduced to £60 if he paid within a fortnight – for the…

It is a potentially deadly health condition that plagues more than half of all British adults.High cholesterol causes a sticky form of fat to build up in the arteries, blocking blood flow. Left untreated, it can raise the risk of a heart attack, stroke and even dementia.And the problem is only growing more common, with an increasing number of young people, aged 30 and under, being diagnosed.As a result, nearly eight million people in the UK and around 92 million in the US are on statins – a daily tablet which lowers so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol levels.For many, statins are lifesaving.…

A key figure in one of Scotland’s deadliest gangland feuds was arrested today in a dawn raid on his home. Steven ‘Bonzo’ Daniel, 46, was handcuffed at around 6am outside the house in Robroyston, on the northern outskirts of Glasgow.Daniel is widely believed to be the head of the notorious Daniel crime family, which has been engaged in a violent feud with its rivals, the Lyons clan, for 25 years.The two factions have also been linked to a gang war across Scotland’s central belt that erupted in March last year and led to scores of incidents, including arson attacks and attempted…

Most of us have set answers to angry questions flung our way during an argument (‘Why don’t you listen to me?!’).But few are prepared when their partner asks something mid-show, mid-mouthful of crisps on a Friday night like: ‘What do you really think of my Mum?’There’s a reason why some questions feel so dangerous, our souls want to leave our body. They’re traps disguised as conversation.Here’s my take on seven of the trickiest – and how to answer without lying or blowing up your relationship.HAVE I PUT ON WEIGHT?This is the Everest of unanswerable questions. The first thing to understand…

Musician, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman – Dolly Parton had done it all. But perhaps her most unusual accolade was having the world’s first cloned mammal, Dolly the Sheep, named after her. This might seem like an unusual choice from the team at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.However, there was an important reason for choosing the name Dolly – and it all came down to the type of cell the sheep was cloned from. Dolly was grown using a nucleus from a single mammary cell, and with Dolly Parton known for her generous bust, the name seemed like an obvious choice. While you might think…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s relationship with new Al Nassr boss Ange Postecoglou already appears to be under scrutiny just three matches into the season. Al Nassr completed a remarkable comeback from two goals down to beat rivals Al Ettifaq 3-2 on Tuesday, but it was no thanks to Ronaldo, who earns an astronomical £488,000 a day, that the reigning champions claimed all three points.The visitors appeared to be heading for defeat after enduring a disastrous first half which saw goalkeeper Bento sent off in the 12th minute for a challenge on former Fulham midfielder Mousa Dembele after rushing out of his box.Al Ettifaq capitalised, with…

Ollie Watkins’ absence from the Aston Villa team at Brighton may have been the final chapter in a story that started more than 18 months ago.The England forward spoke to his team-mates on Monday to explain his side of the story and is now expected to complete his acrimonious move to Al Hilal for around £50million.Once Watkins had sat out the 4-0 defeat at the Amex, despite being Villa’s only fit striker, it created a rift between the player and the club, not to mention the fans, which was going to take work to heal. But while this row might…

Dolly Parton’s wish to be remembered for more than just her country music classics seems to have come true, as tributes pour in praising the superstar for her charitable work.Parton died Tuesday morning at the age of 80 after being admitted on Friday to Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center with autoimmune and kidney problems.Her death was later confirmed in a heartbreaking Instagram video posted by her nephew Bryan Seaver, who also acted as her head of security.Seaver hailed his aunt for having ‘lived in the light’ and said she was now ‘in the arms of Jesus’ and the company of her…

The biological parents of a baby boy a surrogate refused to abort have revealed why they wanted to end the pregnancy, as the surrogate seeks sole custody of the child she crossed state lines for.Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed had hired McKenna West, 28, to be their surrogate after Gilkar said her body ‘gave up on me.’She went through eight failed rounds of IVF and had to have a hysterectomy, the biological mother of 13-day-old Rumi testified in a Dallas court on Tuesday.‘This was our only option,’ Gilkar said, before becoming so overwhelmed with emotion that the court had to recess…

Dolly Parton looked energized and happy in her last public appearance before her passing, as she discussed her ongoing ‘health issues’ with fans.The legendary country music star has died at age 80, her nephew Bryan Seaver confirmed in an Instagram video on Tuesday.Just days before, on August 14, she was supposed to attend the grand opening of the new ride NightFlight Expedition at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, but pulled out last minute.Instead, a video recording of the star addressing her fans was shared on a screen at the park, and it now marks her final public appearance.In…