25 h. ago How to live like a local in North America's most vibrant spring city

Join the Canadian club - Nigel Thompson gets insider June Lin's tips on how to ‘live like a local’ in Toronto, home to the Don River trails system and the Toronto Music Garden and Harbourfront Centre

Politics

29 h. ago London leaver: 'we swapped our Home Counties rental for a £485k four

Even though she was born and bred in the London suburbs Reanne Witter jumped at the chance the pandemic gave her to try out a new life in the country, swapping her childhood bedroom for a four-bedroom house in the process.

Society

67 h. ago Outrageous Homes is returning to Channel 4 and they're looking for Welsh people

The popular property show is back - and they want to see the weird and the wonderful homes of Wales in all their glory, and the people who live in them

Politics

3 d. ago EastEnders fans baffled as they work out just how many people live in Sonia's home

EastEnders fans have been left utterly gobsmacked after they worked out that a grand total of 14 people are currently living in Sonia Fowler's home on the BBC soap

Society

3 d. ago Your passport to Pimlico Road: London's under the radar interiors hotspot

Interiors fans will fall in love with one of Europe’s most feted design districts

Politics

4 d. ago Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp’

Local campaigners argue summer festivals are causing long-term damage to Brockwell Park as they launch legal action against Lambeth Council

Events

4 d. ago Over 13,000 households to get compensation payout worth £200 after major water disruption

Around 13,000 properties across the areas lost access to water from Sunday with supplier - South West Water (SWW) - confirming that the outage was due to a major water main burst

Economics

6 d. ago Dedham Vale: the Essex beauty spot offering picture perfect country homes for less than the Cotswolds

You can find your dream country home far more cheaply if you head east to this Essex beauty spot than west in more famous areas like the Cotswolds

Politics

8 d. ago London leaver: 'a room dedicated to my musical passion is an impossible luxury in London'

A decade of renting in London was enough for Rich Watson who also wanted space to pursue his passions

Politics

1 week ago Private island off the coast of Northern Ireland for sale for less than the price of a London flat

Get away from it all by buying your own private island and working remotely – or commuting between the two – just a three-hour round-trip from London

Economics

1 week ago 'It's like a lake underneath where they are going to build it'

There are fears a new house in Didsbury will make 'flooding more likely'

Politics

1 week ago These are the 6 prettiest country cottages within one hour of London

Whether you’re abandoning ship entirely, or simply looking for a weekend bolthole to escape to, these pretty cottages little more than 60 minutes from London offer the best of both worlds

Politics

1 week ago My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph

‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So it made sense for them to leave this life together’This is a photo of my parents right after their deaths, in Assen, the Netherlands, on 1 May 2024. My father Klaas Roemers was 90, my mother Fenny Roemers-Visser was 86.They had a good life and a very happy marriage, but the last years were difficult. They were both sick and exhausted. Both had heart failure, my mother had a lot of pain. Both were in a really bad shape. They still lived in their own house but life was getting harder and harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other – they wanted to step out of life together. They were afraid one would die naturally and the other would be left behind. They were very close, and did everything together, really everything – so it made sense they would leave this life together. Continue...

Events

1 week ago Gene Hackman property showed rodent infestation after hantavirus check

New Mexico public health department’s report found evidence of nests and droppings in the property’s outbuildings, but not at the main residenceAn environmental assessment of Gene Hackman’s home after the deaths of the actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, revealed rodent infestation in outbuildings and garages, it has been revealed.Records obtained by CNN show that the New Mexico department of public health conducted a “homesite environmental assessment” on 5 March, a week after Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies were found at their home in Santa Fe, and that rodent faeces, a live rodent, a dead rodent and a rodent nest were found. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago Belgian insurer buys Sheilas’ Wheels owner Esure in £1.3bn deal

Ageas acquisition will unite two ‘complementary’ firms to create UK’s third-biggest home and motor insurerBusiness live – latest updatesThe Sheilas’ Wheels owner, Esure, will be sold to the Belgian insurer Ageas in a £1.3bn deal that will create the UK’s third-biggest home and motor insurer.Ageas is buying the UK insurer from the private equity firm Bain Capital in a deal funded through a combination of surplus cash and debt or equity. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago London leaver: 'I didn’t want my girls growing up feeling scared'

A brush with an armed gang while pregnant prompted this family’s move to Surrey

Politics

2 w. ago The prettiest country cottages within one hour's commute from London

Whether you’re abandoning ship entirely, or simply looking for a weekend bolthole to escape to, these pretty cottages little more than 60 minutes from London offer the best of both worlds

Politics

2 w. ago Want to live near the UK's newest theme park? Here are the homes you can buy in Bedford

Universal is looking to open a new massive theme park in Bedford. This is Money looks at four properties up for sale in the area.

Society

2 w. ago Mickey Rourke's first wife Debra Feuer spotted in Los Angeles for the first time in decades amid actor's  Celebrity Big Brother controversy

The actress, 66, who is best known for starring in big eighties movies such as To Live and Die in L.A, Homeboy, and Miami Vice, was married to the Hollywood actor, 72, between 1981 and 1989.

Politics

2 w. ago Royal news live: Prince Harry arrives at High Court to appeal dismissal of Home Office security case

King Charles and Queen Camilla have landed in Italy to embark on their four-day state visit

Society