Want to sell your home over Christmas? Here’s why you should put the decorations AWAY

Across the country, a warm glow is beginning to appear — but might it be from Yuletide decorations destroying the chances of selling your home? For some people the festive season involves inflatable Santas clinging to windowsills like burglars. Others prefer illuminated reindeers in the front garden. But if you’re among the 100,000 households trying … Read more

Fresh air for sale! Auctioneer wants £10,000 for ‘airspace’ above Battersea flat – even though there is no planning permission for anything to be built there

A plot of fresh air above a southwest London flat is being auctioned for £10,000  By Stewart Carr Published: 09:16 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 09:16 GMT, 1 December 2023 London’s housing market could face a radical overhaul as a plot of ‘airspace’ goes up for auction in Battersea. The fresh air above 47 … Read more

ALICE HART-DAVIS: CrossFit, Reformer Pilates… even her kneecaps are lovely! Princess Kate shows a flash of leg as she gets out of her car. But WHAT a leg!

Ooh la la! It’s just an accidental flash of leg as a woman gets out of a car . . . but what a leg! Very pale, very slender, both fine-boned and finely-toned, and it’s a leg attached to the Princess of Wales, which makes it all the more extraordinary. Pictured yesterday while greeting the … Read more

Inside Kevin McCloud’s ‘favourite ever’ Grand Designs house which cost just £130,000

The house in County Derry, Northern Ireland, featured on series 14 of the show  Conceived by architect Patrick Bradley, his plans initally divided opinion By Zac Campbell Updated: 10:29 GMT, 21 November 2023 From restoring a 600-year cave house in the countryside to renovating an old water tower in central London, Grand Designs has seen … Read more

Cosy cottage once owned by children’s TV star Fearne Cotton in leafy London surburb goes on the market for £1million

Star is thought to have lived at the ‘unique’ home while shooting Top of the Pops  By Ryan Prosser Updated: 10:23 GMT, 13 November 2023 A cottage that was once owned by children’s TV star Fearne Cotton has now been put on the market for £1million. The three-bedroom home in Richmond, south west London was … Read more

Eurostar tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are on sale NOW

By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 12:17 GMT, 7 November 2023 | Updated: 12:17 GMT, 7 November 2023 Eurostar has launched ticket sales for travel to Paris for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Customers can now race to purchase tickets to Paris for the following dates – 25 July to 9 September, 2024. … Read more

I used to write songs for Paloma Faith and Britney Spears… now I make £1M-a-year renting out homes I don’t own

A successful Derby songwriter who penned tracks for pop legends like Britney Spears and Paloma Faith traded in the glamour of the music business and is now making over £1million a year renting out properties he doesn’t actually own.  Entrepreneur Simon Smith, 37, worked with Ms Spears on the song  ‘Private Show’ which featured on … Read more

Pro-Palestine protesters lock down London Liverpool Street station as they stage sit-down campaign during rush hour

Sisters Uncut, a feminist group who organised the protest, said more than 500 demonstrators took to the station  By Gina Kalsi Published: 18:38 GMT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 20:43 GMT, 31 October 2023 Pro-Palestine protesters have locked down London Liverpool Street station as they staged a sit-down campaign during rush hour today. Pictures and videos … Read more

This new tool reveals the cheapest times to fly over Christmas and New Year – saving you as much as 40 per cent on flights

By Jessica Hamilton Published: 09:45 GMT, 31 October 2023 | Updated: 10:13 GMT, 31 October 2023 Flights around the festive period can be incredibly expensive, but this new tool could help travellers save their hard-earned cash. Travel site Kayak has launched a new service to help holidaymakers find the best time to travel to their … Read more

Milton Keynes – the 1960s New Town showing how we may live in the future

Milton Keynes used to be the butt of jokes about its scores of roundabouts, grey architecture and concrete cow sculptures.  But now it’s Britain’s innovation destination, a testbed for how the whole country is likely to live in the future. It is testing driverless cars, hosting an experimental Greentown eco-project, and using drones to deliver … Read more