Proud to be British Read more from journalists who champion our culture, history and values | | Nine people are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire last night.
Police have declared a “major incident” and counter-terror officers are investigating following the attack in which passengers were targeted by two men.
The men were arrested at Huntingdon station by armed police shortly before 8pm. Officers said 10 people were hurt in the rampage.
Witnesses said passengers hid in toilets to avoid the assailants, with others describing scenes of “pure chaos” and like something “from a film”.
Passengers were described as being covered in blood and falling over themselves to escape the attackers along the train aisle. Continue reading ➤ |  | Tom Haynes Money Reporter | Fears of a Budget packed with brutal tax raids continue to mount with less than a month to go. Against a backdrop of anaemic productivity and a resistance to spending cuts, the Chancellor is pondering ways to funnel household savings into the stock market.
If Rachel Reeves cuts the tax-free allowance for cash Isas, as reports suggest, she risks upending the retirement plans of a generation.
The Treasury hopes that by halving the tax-free allowance to £10,000, more savers will instead invest their money in the stock market, and provide a shot in the arm for British businesses.
But pensioners who rely on the security of cash Isas have told The Telegraph they feel they are being pushed towards gambling their retirement savings.
| Chris Chatwin doesn’t want to take on investment risk at 75 | Chris Chatwin, a prudent saver who has been moving his savings from stocks and shares into a cash Isa, said: “When I was in my twenties and thirties, and my priorities were buying a house and raising children, it made sense to put some money into stocks and shares.”
Now 75, Mr Chatwin said: “I don’t see much potential for investment growth, and I don’t have time to ride out losses in the hope of a longer-term rise.”
Continue reading ➤ | Join the debate Share your thoughts with our journalists and your fellow readers | | Eighty-five short years ago, during World War Two, Dorothea Barron was a Wren helping troops in Scotland to learn semaphore.
Today, the 101-year-old is among the last Wrens alive. When she’s not raising awareness of The Not Forgotten charity – which has been supporting veterans and service personnel suffering from injury, illness and isolation for more than 105 years – she’s teaching yoga in a village hall in her grandson’s cricket whites and a T-shirt. As with all the best yoga instructors, her voice is authoritative and slow: “Soles flat! Knees straight!” she commands. Here, we explore her no-nonsense approach to ageing. Continue reading ➤ | |  | | In the face of Russian aggression, Germany has thrown off all fiscal constraints to build Europe’s most powerful army. It is loading up on tanks, artillery, fighter jets and warships at a cost of hundreds of billions of euros. The transformation of Berlin’s war machine will have huge implications for the Continent’s defence. But will it be strong enough, and happen fast enough, to face down Vladimir Putin? Continue reading ➤ | | | Ever been trapped in a conversation with someone droning on about everything from their new lawnmower to their cat’s favourite colour? You might have been speaking to a “social vampire”. This personality is hungry for attention, typically dictating the conversation and sucking the energy out of the room. Take our quiz to find out if you are the life of the party – or a social vampire. Continue reading ➤ | | | The nation knew him as a comedy genius and respected historian, but a new biography of the Monty Python star by one of his closest friends details an unexpected private life – including an open marriage and a new young family – and a slow, tragic descent into dementia. Continue reading ➤ | | | Three in five British people now say they prefer taking a shower to a bath. Estate agents, bathroom suppliers and hoteliers alike all agree that the bath is falling out of favour – walk-in showers and wet rooms are the new signifiers of luxury in upscale hotels and homes. But where’s the romance in that? Jessamy Calkin – lifelong bath devotee – explains why we need to save them from extinction. Continue reading ➤ | | | Couples have never been more disconnected than they are today, according to Dr Jody Carrington, a Canadian clinical psychologist with 15 years’ experience. “These days we’re even scheduling when to have sex – couples are having much less sex than before,” she says. Here, she shares her tips for improving communication with your partner and making intimacy happen more naturally. Continue reading ➤ | | | Every Sunday, Sarah Knapton, our Science Editor, and Joe Pinkstone, our Science Correspondent, demystify your supernatural experiences. From ghoulish encounters to bizarre coincidences, there’s always a scientific explanation and nothing is as strange as it seems...
A baffled reader writes...
“Since I was small I have had the ability unfortunately to feel that somebody was in danger or dying.
“I was only eight when I said ‘This week three people will die on this street’. I was frightened, when it emerged they really did die that week.
“The same happened to me last year in Italy.
“I don’t know why but I feel our neighbour won’t last long.”
Daniela
Sarah and Joe answer...
I bet you’re fun at parties Daniela! Wandering around like a prequel to The Sixth Sense declaiming: “I see dying people.”
But joking aside, it cannot be much fun being able to predict the deaths of your neighbours or the calamities they might suffer. Indeed, you describe it as unfortunate and frightening.
The ability to predict death is woven throughout British folklore. In Irish mythology, it is said that the wail of a banshee or fairy woman precedes the death of a family member.
Likewise, in Celtic tradition The Bean Nighe, or washerwoman of the ford, is said to wait beside pools and streams scrubbing blood from the clothes of those about to die, while the caoineag, a female spirit, predicts death in battle.
Nobody knows how these tales began but it’s noticeable that they often involve women, and this perhaps hints at a female ability to pick up subtle signals that point towards a fatal outcome.
Read the full answer here ➤
Plus, send in your questions for Sarah and Joe here ➤ | | Jessica Burrell teams up with etiquette expert Marina Beaumont | The Princess of Wales recently made descending the narrow steps of a fighter jet look effortless, despite the fact that she was wearing stilettos. How does she walk in such high heels? The Telegraph enlisted the help of an etiquette expert to attempt to emulate Catherine’s grace. Continue reading ➤ Below are two more articles that I hope will improve your weekend: | | Tony Adams as Adam Chance with Jane Rossington as his wife Jill, in Crossroads: ‘If the set didn’t fall on you, it was a miracle’ | Not many actors can claim to have had knives pulled on them by disgruntled fans, but Tony Adams once found himself on the receiving end of an attack by a man upset at the way his character, Adam Chance, had treated one of his girlfriends at the Crossroads Motel, writes Chris Maume, Deputy Obituaries Editor.
“Luckily, two security guards were nearby,” he recalled. The actor’s own verdict on Adam’s character chimed with the attacker’s: “I couldn’t stand him – he was a rat.”
Adams did, though, receive sackfuls of lustful fan mail and even marriage proposals when he arrived in 1978, 14 years after the soap began. Moustachioed and nattily dressed – The Telegraph described him as “JR Ewing in a C&A suit” – Adam Chance became one of the central characters, right-hand man to the doughty owner Meg Richardson, played by Noele Gordon, even as he strung along her hapless daughter Jill.
He finally married Jill in the TV wedding of 1983, and though Crossroads was axed five years later, Adams returned when it was revived in 2001 with a generous budget that meant he no longer had to provide his own suits.
But Adam Chance degenerated into a psychopathic pyromaniac, and was killed off after a year. Adams took all his clothes to a skip and dropped them in, saying: “Thanks for a career.”
You can read his obituary here. | | Test your trivia skills and put the answers below in order. Play all three rounds of today’s trivia game, Sorted, plus our full range of brainteasers on Telegraph Puzzles.
Get a head start on today’s Plusword by cracking this clue: Yesterday’s Panagram was IRRITABLY. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor
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