7 h. ago Downsize to upgrade: Why luxury living in Barnton could be your parents’ dream new home in retirement

Letting go of a family home can be hard, but a new boutique retirement development in one of Edinburgh’s leafiest suburbs is wooing potential new owners looking to downsize without compromise.

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4 d. ago I stayed at the 'haunted' luxury hotel where medieval monks lived and one thing was exceptional

The Priory's revamped restaurant is a jewel in the crown of Wales' hospitality

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2 w. ago Gareth Bale's incredible physique two years on from retiring and dream new life

Gareth Bale announced his retirement from professional football more than two years ago, but the former Real Madrid and Tottenham star has been living his best life away from the pitch

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2 w. ago Hypnos supplies mattresses to the royal family and luxury hotels – but does it live up to expectations?

We put Hypnos’s pillow top elite mattress to the test

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2 w. ago Inside lavish lives of Scotland's lottery winners from luxury holidays to fancy homes

The purchases of the rich and not-so famous.

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3 w. ago How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shockFlora Montejo always dreamed of buying her own home. After almost three decades working as a nurse, the 68-year-old invested her retirement savings in a two-storey house in San Agustín, a working-class suburb of the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.Montejo’s retirement dream was shortlived. Not long after moving into her newly remodelled home, Hurricane John dumped record levels of rainfall on Acapulco, triggering landslides and flash floods after calm creeks turned into roaring rivers. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Luxury Welsh hotel where you can live like a royal named best in Wales

This swanky hotel, which was once a royal retreat, and where you can be fed by a Great British Menu finalist, has been named the best in Wales

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last month Our dream retirement holiday to Thailand became nightmare when husband died and I had to bring his ashes back in a rucksack

Gill Dunn, 69, jetted off to Thailand with her husband Paul, 66, but had their dream holiday ruined when Paul died and Gill was forced to bring his ashes back in a rugsack.

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