We may be a nation of DIY-ers, but many of us have been taking bolder design decisions, too. Lockdown fuelled a trend in home improvements as we spent more time surrounded by the same four walls and furnishings. This interest appears to have led many to consider turning pro: the Inchbald School of Design (inchbald.co.uk), … Read more
It’s coming home… and so is the scorching weather! Britain will swelter in its first plus 86F temperatures of 2021 on hottest weekend of the year as England’s Euros campaign kicks off during mini-heatwave Hot weather this weekend will be brought by alast of warm air coupled with clear skies over Britain Mini-heatwave could make … Read more
Somewhere in the latest blizzard of record high house price figures and the surge in sales triggered by the stamp duty holiday, one thing has been overlooked: the great North South divide is decreasing. A home is still far more expensive in London than Middlesbrough, but the difference is diminishing. For example, Zoopla says house … Read more
Police launch desperate search for teenage girl, 16, who vanished from her home four days ago Courtney Barrowcliffe, 16, last seen near Swadlincote, Derbyshire, on Monday Police released an image of the teenager and launched an appeal to the public In photo she is seen wearing a tan-brown coat and a red jersey with a … Read more
Brexit has caused a ‘massive hole’ in the numbers of people coming to the UK to pick fruit in the summer months putting growers ‘on the brink’, it is claimed. Numbers of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company are down 90 per cent in the last two years and there are fears … Read more