21 h. ago DIY Christmas decorating hacks for a festive home on a budget

You don’t have to spend hundreds on decor to make your home feel both festive and chic

Politics

44 h. ago Ideal way to make your home feel warmer without raising heating bills

As the colder weather sets in, home experts reveal simple switches you can make to keep your house warmer and potentially save pennies on energy costs this winter.

Economics

4 d. ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

Society

4 d. ago I hired a £500 'house whisperer' to turn my chaotic London flat into a proper home based on my star sign 

Armed with the zodiac, a divination pendant and sage, House Whisperer Katie Malik goes through each room in a bid to help Poppy Atkinson Gibson feel more at home.

Society

5 d. ago Liverpool legend Ian Rush hospitalised with 'superflu' and put in intensive care

Liverpool legend Ian Rush is recovering well after spending around 48 hours in intensive care after being rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties, with the alarm raised when he began to feel unwell at home

Science

6 d. ago US agents increasingly arresting Afghan asylum seekers, lawyers say: ‘A huge chilling effect’

Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaiting hearingsImmigration agents appear to be increasingly arresting and detaining Afghan asylum seekers, especially men, who have arrived in the US recently and are awaiting court hearings to decide their cases.Amir – an asylum seeker who came to the US via Mexico in 2024 – was driving home from his English class in Bloomington, Indiana just after noon on Monday, when he was pulled over by an unmarked police vehicle. Minutes later, the asylum seeker from Afghanistan was cuffed and driven to a detention center. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago ‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of yearsI feel terrible I’ve left the children at home and Seiffen, nicknamed Spielzeugdorf (The Toy Village), is literally a Christmas wonderland. Every street is alive with sparkling fairy lights and soft candlelight. There are thousands of tiny wooden figurines, train sets and toy animals displayed in shop windows, wooden pyramids taller than doorframes and colourful nutcracker characters. Forget elves in the north pole, this is the real Santa’s workshop. For hundreds of years, here in the village of Seiffen, wood turners and carvers have created classic wooden Christmas toys and sold them around the world.Near the border of the Czech Republic, Seiffen may be well known in the German-speaking world as the “home of Christmas”, but so far it has been largely missed by English-speaking seasonal tourists. Tucked away in the Ore Mountains, about...

Economics

2 w. ago Scandinavian method helps stop mould in your home and it costs nothing

An old Scandinavian habit can help reduce mould growth in your home while also making you feel happier and healthier - and it requires no special equipment or products

Politics

2 w. ago I confronted the intruder in my lovely new Leith home, but it only made me feel guilty

I couldn’t deny their presence any longer

Politics

3 w. ago Woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint by intruder she'd never met

'Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own home and this horrific incident is every woman’s worst nightmare'

Events

3 w. ago English tenants swapping council homes 'should be made to feel welcome'

Council tenants swapping homes in 'desirable, coastal areas' of Anglesey with properties in England via Facebook has raised concerns about the Welsh language

Politics

3 w. ago Concern over English tenants swapping council homes with people in Wales

Council tenants swapping homes in 'desirable, coastal areas' of Anglesey with properties in England via Facebook has raised concerns about the Welsh language

Politics

3 w. ago 'I'm an interior designer and these 7 mistakes make your home feel small'

An interior designer has shared seven things you should never do when decorating your home if you want to make your rooms feel bigger and more open

Politics

3 w. ago Homes will feel warmer with grandmother's simple towel method

Experts have simple money-saving methods that cost nothing

Events

3 w. ago Make homes feel warmer with grandmother's simple towel method that costs nothing

We're all looking for ways to save money on our bills.

Events

3 w. ago 4 surprising reasons why your home still feels cold — fix it without turning up the heating

An interiors expert has revealed four simple ways to make our homes feel warmer and to combat the increasingly dropping temperatures this winter with these easy hacks

Society

4 w. ago British Gas says £1 item makes radiators work better and heat homes 'properly'

People could make their homes feel warmer if they check this

Society

4 w. ago ‘I fled Africa to safety in the UK – Starmer’s migrant crackdown means I could be sent back’

Shams Moussa says despite a change of government in his home country, he’s feel like an ‘alien’ as he condemned Labour’s plan to return refugees as part of a planned overhaul of the asylum system

Events

4 w. ago Octopus Energy says 99p item cuts costs and makes home feel warmer

Energy bills are still high in the UK, and many homeowners will be looking for ways to save money on their energy usage

Events