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Dr Emilia Vuorisalmi was still reeling from her divorce from her husband of five years — the man she had “thought to be the love of my life”, who was the father of her six-year-old daughter — when she returned to her native Helsinki from the home they shared in …

Winter doesn’t have to be miserable the minute Christmas is over. The twinkly lights and decorations might have gone by January but there’s still plenty to brighten the cold, dark days if you know where to look. For years I presumed the only real option for a winter holiday was …

A Scottish funeral director who was unable to work for two years with cancer has won more than £60,000 after bosses sacked her for not being on call.Janie Crampshee won the discrimination payout after an employment tribunal ruled that Dignity Funerals “didn’t give her a chance” when she returned to …

Funding cuts and the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will have dire consequences for victims of domestic and sexual violence, charities have warned.On Monday a group of victims’ and women’s charity leaders wrote to the prime minister warning him that the cash shortfall from funding cuts and a rise …

Nigella Lawson has disclosed her secrets to achieving the perfect spiced and super juicy Christmas roast turkey.The television chef said she left the bird outside for several days to truly tenderise the meat. Her son’s skateboard was a protection against marauding foxes.In an email newsletter to fans, Lawson, 64, described …

A health and safety manager has been awarded more than £9,000 at an employment tribunal after his former bosses ignored his complaints about 12 tonnes of rotting dead crabs.John Coleman, who worked for the Orkney Fishermen’s Society, which subsequently fell intoadministration, told the tribunal that he witnessed a staggering amount …

By November, summer feels like a distant memory. When months of grey skies and dark mornings loom ahead, a mood-boosting blast of vitamin D can see you through until spring — and you don’t need to take a pricey long-haul flight to find it. Each year, I jet away in …

I’ve travelled to the United States so many times that a suspicious airport customs officer once queried why I visited so often. I’d barely noticed until he pointed it out: in fact, depending on the destination, focus and season, almost every trip had felt like visiting a different country. I’d …

India goes technicolour once a year, when the country welcomes spring with the Hindu festival of Holi. Held each March for centuries over one evening and the following day, the celebration has its origins in various legends. One tells of a female demon, Holika, who was so enraged by her …

Plans to build an exclusive golf club near St Andrews have sparked anger from local residents amid fears over how accessible it will be to the public.The American consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has submitted plans for a multimillion-pound golf club that will stretch across 100 hectares of land at …

Blending into the grit of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, the Fruitmarket Gallery may appear unremarkable at first glance. But behind the chipped brick and smatterings of careless graffiti is an artistic space reborn and redefined through careful and extensive refurbishment.In November, the gallery has a chance to be crowned Scotland’s best …

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It’s a toss-up as to what you notice first on arriving at Santa Marina, tucked away on the eastern corner of Ornos Bay: the helipad just beyond the entrance, or the superyachts docked by its private beach....

Tucked away off a main road on a small peninsula jutting into the Aegean, the Reges, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa, is not just one hotel, but two...

Foodie powerhouse Bologna sits 50 miles to the west; cultural corker Florence 90 miles southwest; needs-no-adjective Venice 90 miles to the north. But choose instead Ravenna and its little canal-laced coastal neighbour Comacchio and you’ll find this distinctive pairing mixes the magical elements of all three — but without the …

Labour is preparing to end the use of large military sites to house asylum seekers and will instead scatter migrants around the country to cut pressure on local services.

It’s mid-June and Emma Reynolds, now the MP for Wycombe, is doing what her colleagues are doing all over the country — knocking on doors. Treading the well-worn path of an election candidate, she picks a street and spends the day hoping to convince those over the threshold to vote …

Shadow cabinet ministers will see nearly double the average rise in new homes targets compared with the Labour cabinet, analysis shows, although the government denied Conservatives were being unfairly hit by new planning goals.

We all have tales of the dream homes that got away. But what if I told you there is a trick that could help you to secure it.

On a humid night in the US capital, Celtic began their tour with a 4-0 victory against hosts DC United. The scoreline was indicative of the gap in strength between the Scottish champions and the MLS side currently sitting 13 out of 15 in the Eastern Conference standings.Midfielder Matt O’Riley, …

Angela Rayner once compared herself to “John Prescott in a skirt” because of their similar political styles and praised the former Labour deputy leader for changing her life. But now Rayner, a 44-year-old grandmother from Stockport, is finding her own feet as the second in command.

With around 12 million visitors each year, Niagara Falls is one of North America’s most spectacular natural wonders with bonafide bucket list appeal. Though it’s by no means the world’s tallest waterfall — that’s Venezuela’s Angel Falls — Niagara’s roaring curtain of water makes it one of the most beautiful, …

There are few buildings anywhere in the world as recognisable as the Taj Mahal. Made entirely of white marble in Agra in northern India, it was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, when she died in 1631. It took 20,000 of the …

Rishi Sunak has warned of “concerning evidence of malicious foreign actors trying to malign our democracy” as the government’s disinformation unit opened an investigation into suspected Russia-linked interference.

A Reform UK candidate advocated for Nicola Sturgeon to be shot and called JK Rowling a “wild bitch”, it can be revealed, as Nigel Farage pledged to put the party under “much stricter control”.

If not Clacton, it would have been Great Yarmouth. The seaside town on the east coast, let down by governments over decades, would have been prime ground for Nigel Farage. T