ASK CAROLINE: Our relationships expert Caroline West-Meads answers your questions By Caroline West-meads Published: 00:02 BST, 16 May 2021 | Updated: 16:16 BST, 25 May 2021 If you have a problem, email Caroline at [email protected]. Caroline reads all your letters but regrets she cannot answer each one personall I hardly get to see my grandchildren … Read more
Trash talk: Floating island resort that will be made from Indian Ocean GARBAGE is unveiled The artificial island will be located off the coast of remote Australian territory Cocos (Keeling) Islands It’s called the Recycled Ocean Plastic Resort and could be accepting visitors by 2025 Passing rubbish will be scooped into bags and covered with sand and … Read more
Abolishing ground rents on new build properties moves a step closer as new Leasehold Reform Bill is discussed in Parliament The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill is seeking to abolish ground rents Developers can sell new flats with ground rents until the bill becomes law The date that the bill will become law is unknown … Read more
Affordable and chic, lampshades are a great way to add instant style to your home. Whether you introduce a dramatic pendant shade, a moody wall light or a cosy table lamp. Gone are the days when muted hues and standard drum shades ruled the roost — now vibrant patterns, unexpected materials and sculptural shapes provide … Read more
The new chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has promised to send officers to investigate every burglary and to end the ‘screening out’ of supposedly ‘minor’ crimes. Stephen Watson has become the first police chief in the country to commit publicly to sending an officer in person to every domestic break-in, which he acknowledged were … Read more
Last surviving veteran present at Dunkirk AND D-Day landings dies aged 98 as granddaughter reveals his fascinating memories documented in tape recordings World War Two army veteran Alfred White died a fortnight ago at the age of 98 He was the last known solider who was present at Dunkirk and D-Day landings Memories of war, … Read more
Last surviving veteran present at Dunkirk AND D-Day landings dies aged 98 as granddaughter reveals his fascinating memories documented in tape recordings World War Two army veteran Alfred White died a fortnight ago at the age of 98 He was the last known solider who was present at Dunkirk and D-Day landings Memories of war, … Read more
Wonder of the world between your ears! Psychology professor explores the extraordinary workings of the human mind in a fascinating new tome John Paul Minda has penned a wide-ranging book on the workings of the mind Author uses Henry Molaison’s case to illustrate the importance of memory Memories are created in a object ‘about size of … Read more
NATURE THE NIGHTINGALE by Sam Lee (Century £14.99, 240pp) At 10.45pm on May, 19, 1924, BBC radio announcer Rex Palmer interrupted the Saturday evening broadcast by dance band The Savoy Orpheans to whisk listeners into a Surrey woodland, where cellist Beatrice Harrison had been joined by a nightingale. In those days, just two years after … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK TAKING ON GRAVITY by Richard Browning (Bantam £20, 256pp) Richard Browning found himself standing in a Wiltshire farmyard in 2016 with jet engines the size of hairdryers attached to his arms and legs by flexible poles taken from a pop-up tent. The engines were controlled with a trigger taken from an … Read more