3 d. ago Stop ice from forming on car by leaving 'unlikely' food item on your windscreen

Drivers have discovered a new trick for defrosting their car windscreen on a cold winter morning - and all you need is a common item that you can find in most kitchens

Politics

3 d. ago Matalan's new range is 'perfect for the school run' on cold winter mornings

The new range, which shoppers insist looks 'luxury for the price', starts at £8

Politics

5 d. ago Scottish delivery driver uses 'vodka hack' to keep his car windscreen ice

A delivery driver has shared a simple hack which he claims will prevent your car windscreen from freezing over in the winter months - and says it's perfect for the cold mornings we are currently experiencing.

Transport

6 d. ago Car owners praise windscreen defrost trick that 'shaves a good ten minutes off in the morning'

"This thing has saved me more time than I can count in the winter months. It shaves a good ten minutes off my morning routine"

Politics

7 d. ago Five things you need to know to stop ice and frost delaying winter mornings

It's seriously cold outside and, as the mercury plummets, so does the likelihood of snow and ice, with many places across the UK already seeing inches of the white stuff

Politics

2 w. ago What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional tollIt’s an icy cold winter morning, and 80-year-old Mohammed Bashir is armed with a broom, tackling the large pile of rubbish that has accumulated outside his terraced house in Small Heath, Birmingham.This has become an almost daily activity for Bashir since the city’s bin strike started 50 weeks ago and, like many in the city, he is starting to lose patience. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Winter solstice marked by magical Stonehenge sunrise celebrations

Thousands of people gathered to mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire early on Sunday morning (21 December).

Politics

3 w. ago ‘I feel special, in my heart’: thousands gather at Stonehenge for winter solstice

People, including druids and pagans, come from across world to watch sunrise on shortest day of the yearThousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge in the early hours of Sunday morning to celebrate the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.Crowds amassed in the dark around the historical site in Wiltshire to watch the sunrise, with some dressed in traditional pagan clothing, just as they did to mark the sun rising on the summer solstice six months ago. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Clear your frozen windscreen in seconds using former NASA engineer's 4 step hack

A former NASA engineer has shared a simple four-step method to defrost your car windscreen in seconds – and it's really beneficial for those cold winter mornings

Technology