British athletes began arriving in Delhi as the chaos-hit Commonwealth Games was seemingly brought back from the brink. At the eleventh hour, sporting bodies across the UK and elsewhere agreed 'unanimously' to let their squads go...

Research from the Keep Britain Tidy website shows that when residential or retail areas are covered in graffiti, the community as a whole begins to suffer, resulting in increased littering and vandalism as pride and respect for the locality starts to decline...

The refusal of RBS to extend any more credit to cash strapped Connaught, and the subsequent appointment of KPMG as the company’s administrators, put the social housing sector in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons last week...

When I stated that I like Plastic Surgeon on Facebook, a friend replied that I shouldn’t let too many people know that I’ve resorted to the knife to defy ageing...

With the cost of airfares being taxed beyond affordability, and the tail end of the recession hitting the UK (plus, let’s not forget, poor exchange rates), many people decided to holiday at home this summer...

Everyone has an unusual tale to recount to other people about their working lives. Sharing those ‘funnies’ and strange situations we find ourselves in are part of what makes working life enjoyable...

Just last month, the Government axed the Building Schools for the Future initiative, which Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, described as “bureaucratic and wasteful.”...

According to Phil Spencer, the presenter of Location, Location, Location and its spin-off, Relocation, Relocation, there are several ways to add value to your house, as well as make it more saleable, beyond doing the obvious such as converting loft space or adding a conservatory...

As the IT ‘expert’ in our household (that is, I’m the only geeky one who likes to play with computers), I am constantly aware of internet/email security, even on my Mac, which is supposedly immune to attack from viruses...

We have all heard that a company’s net income or loss is called the ‘bottom line,’ because it is typically found on the last line of a business’s income statement. It can also be used for emphasis, to make a point...