All news by author: Rachael Bletchly

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says cigarettes are considered too smelly and expensive - and if the PM wants to help young people, he should focus on banning vapes instead

Idyllic Mauritius offers a fusion of intoxicating flavours with glorious beaches, fabulous food and a delightful mix of friendly cultures

They’ve wrecked the economy, shattered the NHS and failed to control illegal immigration, and now this bunch of hypocritical cowboys are still trying to convince us they’re doing a “f***ing good job”

Why don’t chaps feel the urge to write things down in tidy, colour-coded, underlined rows? And why can’t they follow someone else’s list – like the crystal clear one I wrote for my partner when he popped down to Tesco?

After England's amazing run, it’s up to the FA and the Government to ensure that all schools have girls’ and boys’ football teams, levelling the playing field for future female stars

Rachael Bletchly says there is no need to check our phones hundreds of times every day, especially when we are on holiday, as looking at a screen, we risk missing out on new experiences

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says violence against women cannot be stopped by men telling other men to do so - but fisrt, we must root out vile misogynists within our police forces

Rachael Bletchly says it is right that we celebrate our remarkable health professionals, but adds she feels uneasy when the NHS is referred to as 'the jewel in Britain's crown'

Now that Thames Water is at risk of going under, they think they should get help from the government- meaning we taxpayers would be paying to clean up their mess.

Rachael Bletchly remembers her own questions about sex as a teenager, and recommends that teachers are trained how to teach biology and gender issues in a fact-based, non-discriminatory way

Rachael Bletchly says this week we got to see the dirty laundry the former Prime Minister has been so desperate to hide - but some of his allies believe he can still come back

Rachael Bletchly says tuberculosis, a 9,000-year-old disease, has never been conquered and still kills one person in the world every 20 seconds - so urgent action is needed

Ann Widdecombe's advice not "to do the cheese sandwich" if families can't afford bread and cheese is unhelpful and patronising, argues columnist Rachael Bletchly

Rachael Bletchly writes that the footballer-turned-actor's powerful words will resonate with millions of people wrestling with their own shroud of grief

Sunday Mirror columnist Rachael Bletchly says we should be alarmed at the development of artificial intelligence and stop ignoring its warning signs before it is too late

Rachael Bletchly is confident that there won't be any chaos at the Coronation on May 6 as taxpayers are coughing up £100million to make sure everything sparkles for King Charles III

Rachael Bletchly says refusal to attend sentencing should become a contempt of court offence and the government should set a hefty maximum sentence to be served on top of the one criminals are given

Millions of us were angered and disgusted by a dreadful whining noise coming from Westminster this week – the sound of Boris Johnson passing the buck for Partygate.

Rachael Bletchly was 26 when her mum died, 33 years ago next week. She says Mother's Day is always bittersweet for her and her brother – just as it will be for many people this year

Rachael Bletchly says while Matt Hancock was banging on about the 'protective ring around care homes', he and his ­incompetent colleagues were merely covering their own a***s

Ukraine's flag - with its two coloured panels represent cloudless azure skies over fields of golden wheat – is the perfect symbol of a proud, independent nation growing in confidence and hope

Rachael Bletchly says as the days passed after the tragic earthquake earlier this week, images of children being rescued in Turkey and Syria brought tiny flickers of hope amidst the darkness

Rachael Bletchly argues Prince Andrew will never 'scrub clean his tarnished reputation' despite his plans to 'go on the attack' against his accuser Virginia Giuffre

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's sudden reinvention as a full-on glass-half-full optimist bent on getting the economy bouncing like Tigger is a load of old Poohsticks

Columnist Rachael Bletchly says Scotland Yard has got more bent coppers than the entire series of Line of Duty and we need Superintendent Ted Hastings to clean it up