We hear a lot about Kent’s high-speed rail link to London and its Eurostar access to the continent; less about the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. However, as the RH&DR celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, locals will tell you what an asset it is to the community. They jump […]
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In the UK, drivers are paying on average £267 too much every year for their car insurance premium, reveals new research. According to data by GoCompare, motorists in Britain are collectively paying £800m a year too much in premiums by allowing their policy to automatically renew and not shopping around […]
The answer, of course, is that he’s a performer through and through and has known from his earliest days as a dancer in Australia that he made a fab-u-lous woman. In the 1980s he even dressed as his female alter ego Lavish, a gorgeous leggy red-head standing almost 7ft in […]
GETTY It’s quite normal to have mixed feelings about waving goodbye to the children It’s quite normal to have mixed feelings about waving goodbye to the children you’ve loved and nurtured all these years. Many parents – especially women – describe feelings of depression, sadness and even grief when the […]
Alsace in the far east of France is a wine region with German influences. It’s the source of some very interesting white wines, which usually come labelled by the grape variety – this is unusual in France. Most are dry, but some have a bit of sweetness, too. They are […]
Baroness Ros Altmann said the tax was putting older people off moving to smaller properties because it was too expensive. She said: “Stamp duty is a massive deterrent. “There’s a lot of talk about building homes for first-time buyers but what about last-time buyers? “Ultimately we need to be building […]
Figures published in the British Medical Journal indicates the £160million winter public health campaign may have been a waste of money for those over 65, its principal target. Now the government’s Joint Council on Vaccination and Immunisation is discussing plans to abandon the jab for pensioners and replace it with […]
Is the love of my life just a con man? My boyfriend of six months has asked me to invest in a business venture. He says it can’t fail and I’d be crazy to leave my savings in the building society earning so little. I love him so much – […]