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You never forget your first M&S suit. I bought mine when I was 22, fresh out of university and making a disastrous attempt at being a banker in the City of London. It was grey, pin-striped, too flared in the trousers and too narrow in the lapels. But it did the job it was intended to: unshowy, dependable, affordable. And by making those mistakes, I gradually worked out what looked good and what to avoid. Ten years later, when I won the world's most unglamorous bet — collecting £2,000 on Michael Howard becoming Tory leader in 2003 — I spent the proceeds on two suits from Huntsman, one of the finest tailors in Savile Row, the home of the British suit in Mayfair, London. I wore the trousers until they fell apart, but I still have the miraculous jackets. They continue to flatter me and make me look half a stone lighter. The late Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones wore Huntsman suits.  The suit wasn't just our national costume, it became the world's costume for formal wear.

A freight handler who threw a package addressed to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian across the floor has been sacked after footage of the incident went viral.  The CouriersPlease worker filmed himself in a sorting facility as he came across a black-wrapped package with the premier's address details on the label. He then shouted out to a fellow worker: 'I got a shipment to Gladys... you know what you do with this?' He then threw the package about four metres onto a concrete floor before turning the camera around and pretending to spit into his mask in an act of disrespect. 'I got a shipment to Gladys... you know what you do with this?' the handler said, before throwing the package across the floor 'CouriersPlease has been alerted to a video circulating on the internet in relation to a parcel addressed to the NSW Premier’s office.' the company said in a statement.  'The content of the video in no way reflects the values or code of conduct, at CouriersPleas

The Western Australian healthcare system is already 'on its knees' despite not having a single Covid case in hospital, with officials forced to postpone half of all elective surgeries, the country's peak medical body has warned. The government extremely strict approach to Covid - imposing lockdowns for single cases and regularly closing state borders - was intended to prevent strain on a hospital system that the Australian Medical Association said was already struggling to function. AMA state president Mark Duncan-Smith said the drastically underfunded public hospital network will not be able to cope with any surge in coronavirus infections. In a shock move, Perth hospitals have been instructed to halve the number of elective surgeries for at least a month from Wednesday, despite the state having no locally-acquired Covid cases. It comes as Premier Mark McGowan furiously accused federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg of being 'in a Canberra bubble' and that WA 'pours

A BBC Bargain Hunt expert has been criticised for trading in Nazi memorabilia at his auction house. Tim Weeks was urged to explain why items including a £2,000 Third Reich banner, a £300 swastika and a collection of badges were due to be sold at his Wessex Auction Rooms this Friday. It comes amid a rise in far-Right extremism in Britain.  Former policeman Benjamin Hannam, 22, was jailed for four years and four months for being a member of banned group National Action in April. Sam Armstrong, of counter-terrorism think-tank the Henry Jackson Society, warned of the dangers of selling such products.  He said: ‘We know that a prime market for these vile symbols are the far-Right thugs who wish to attack this country and those who live in it.’ Tim Weeks, who is a regular expert on BBC's Bargain Hunt, was urged to explain why items including a £2,000 Third Reich banner, a £300 swastika and a collection of badges were due to be sold at his Wessex Auction Rooms this Friday A Third Reich ba

Around a million people are without power in southern Mississippi and Louisiana as Hurricane Ida tore through  the region on Sunday, knocking out electricity to all of New Orleans while whipping up sustained winds of more than 150mph and tearing the roof off buildings. Authorities late Sunday announced the first death as a Louisiana resident died from a fallen tree in Ascension Parish - even as the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane.  'APSO reports first death related to Hurricane Ida. Shortly after 8:30pm deputies received reports of a citizen possibly injured from a fallen tree at a residence off of Highway 621 in Prairieville,' according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.  'Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed that the victim is now deceased.'  The force of the storm was so strong that the Mississippi River was flowing in reverse, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Some 22 barges docked on the river in Destrehan, a town in St. Bernard