A knitted patch made from drip-dry shirt material is being used to treat one of the most common causes of chronic pain. The polyester implant has transformed repairs to torn shoulder tendons. The ...

A knitted patch made from drip-dry shirt material is being used to treat one of the most common causes of chronic pain. The polyester strip has revolutionised repairs to torn shoulder tendons.

But dry cleaning is not the only service that dry cleaners offer and, especially in the case of dress shirts, the dry cleaner will more often than not perform what's called a "wash and press" service.

His last volume enthralled us with tales of damp socks and drip-dry shirts. And Labour bigwig Lord Donoughue’s account of life under Blair is still putting the dire in diary By CRAIG BROWN EVENT ...