Stephen Matthews

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Stephen Matthews

What do Piers Morgan, Eddie Izzard, Angela Merkel and Emma Watson all have in common? Answer: They're all more popular with the British public than Prince Harry.  Sir David Attenborough ranks joint-first, according to a survey that tracks the UK's best-loved figures, past and present. The 98-year-old naturalist shares the top spot with legendary Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and Mr Bean comic Rowan Atkinson.

3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Stephen Matthews |Darren Boyle |Rhodri Morgan |Emily Stearn

EXCLUSIVEThe world's fattest countries revealed: DEEP DIVE's extraordinary charts show how YOUR country's waistline has ballooned and where the UK and US really rank By STEPHEN MATTHEWS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR and DARREN BOYLE and RHODRI MORGAN, DATA JOURNALIST and EMILY STEARN, SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER Published: 04:44 EDT, 20 April 2025 | Updated: 04:44 EDT, 20 April 2025 Advertisement Share or comment on this article: The world's fattest countries revealed: DEEP DIVE's extraordinary charts show...

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Stephen Matthews |Darren Boyle

Officials have no idea how common first-cousin marriages are in the UK – because no-one has to keep track. Although it is illegal to marry your brother or sister, wedlock between cousins is still allowed. It means councils, who must legally register every marriage, don't track the scale of the issue. In Bradford, where cousin relationships are very common among the city's Pakistani community, council chiefs admitted that the exact proportion of marriages which are consanguineous is 'not known'.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Stephen Matthews |Oliver Price

North East Lincolnshire is the teenage pregnancy capital of England and Wales, MailOnline can today reveal. Nearly 7 per cent of all births in the council area, home to fishing port Grimsby as well as neighbouring seaside towns Cleethorpes and Immingham, were to women under 20 in 2023. Despite being the hotspot for teen pregnancies, rates have more than halved in the authority since the early noughties.

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jordana Seal |Oliver Price |Stephen Matthews

For those who haven't heard of Gail's, it is a chain of artisanal coffee shops, loved by those who enjoy splurging £4.30 on an iced latte and despised by others who claim the sourdough-lined shop is actually a corporate enterprise ruining the high street. But whether you're a lover or a hater, the one thing everyone is desperate to debate is the 'Gail's theory' - a longstanding idea that Gail's bakeries boost house prices.