3 hours ago Households face squeeze as pound tumbles to lowest level against US dollar for over a year

With many people already booking holidays for 2025, some travellers may find their money doesn't go as far. However, there could be a silver lining for pensioners purchasing an annuity, a type of retirement income

Politics

11 hours ago Family wins £2.5m Omaze home in raffle then suddenly sells up for tear

Chris Milnes from Pudsey, West Yorkshire, landed the £2.5m home in Dorset last year in the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, which he entered without telling his family, but is now selling up and cashing in the money

Society

7 hours ago Father who snagged £2.5m Omaze mansion puts it on the market just months after winning it

Chris Milnes, 60, scooped the 5,000 sqft new-build property last June after entering the Million Pound House Draw without telling his wife and children.

Economics

26 hours ago Family's £500k home is destroyed by floods just days after they finally repaired devastation caused by Storm Henk last winter

In January last year, Jacob Davidge's entire downstairs was destroyed after flooding caused the house to flood with rainwater from Storm Henk.

Events

36 hours ago A moment that changed me: I went to Kew Gardens – and found a place of safety after homelessness and drug addiction

I’d had a very tough few years after my father died, living on the streets and sleeping with one eye open. But as I looked at a tulip tree that day, my love of gardening came flooding backI spent the early 00s living in my family home in west London, caring for my elderly father. When he died, in February 2015, I lost my home. When you’re on the streets, you have to sleep with one eye open in case people try to steal your things, so you end up being on alert 24 hours a day. The effect of living like that means you often look for distraction and I soon began spending time with other homeless people who were drinking and using drugs. I started smoking crack and heroin, and drinking heavily. My days all began to look the same: trying to stay warm, get into shelters, eat and score the next fix.When Covid hit in early 2020, things became really hard – people were getting ill on the street and it felt sometimes as if we had been abandoned. Eventually, I was relocated to a hotel room in Pu...

Events