Sober couples who have low-key weddings and start out with few expectations about what life has in store for them have the best chance of a long and happy marriage, at least according to someone who spent much of last year interviewing dozens of people who have been married for at least 50 years.more
Winter is going - as the first sign that the season is over is here. Snowdrops, the blooms that signal the end of winter is on its way, have arrived around a week early this year.
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A house narrower than a Tube carriage has become the thinnest home outside Zone One to come on the London market with a £1 million price tag. The "Slim House" in Battersea is 7ft 7in wide at the front and is one of only a handful of its size in the capital.more
The number of millionaires in Britain has risen by a third driven by increasing pension wealth, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. more
Today at 9:00 am, the ticket sales for the unique concert on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence, which will take place at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 11th, were launched.more
THERE'S NOTHING WORSE than when you know how much you deserve to be pampered and preened, but your budget is less 'Prosecco' and more 'Pratsky'. Never fear, because Penneys is here to save the day once again.more
One can not allow "suicide of science" - the chairman of the Pontifical Academy of Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, commented on cloning macaques in a laboratory in China. This is the first case of cloning monkeys.more
A group of curry-loving British expats in France who yearned for a "proper Indian takeaway in France" have chartered their own plane, dubbed "curry air" to sate their appetites.more
Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be part of the oldest-known stone building in Galway city, dating from the early 13th Century. The find came as part of a survey during construction work at a site on Quay Street. more
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels.more
According to a recent survey just over half of Irish families say they are happy with their lives. The research for Celtic Pure Water shows only 4% feel unhappy. The survey was carried out across 679 Irish families with children up to 18 years of age, to give an insight into Irish family life and what makes us happy.more
Natasha Bream, 30, from Luton, bought three Creme Eggs from a Tesco Express store in the town while on her lunch break and said she was shocked to find she had a white version on opening the first one.more
Gems from the Crown Jewels were stored in a biscuit tin in Windsor Castle during the Second World War, according to a BBC documentary due to be screened at 8pm on Sunday. The stones were taken to the Berkshire property by officials fearful of a Nazi invasion.more
IT was a dream start to the New Year for shop manager Piotr Kotwa who scooped 250,000 euro on the National Lottery's Millionaire Raffle on New Year's Eve - after buying the lucky ticket in his own store. Cavan-based Piotr Kotwa is originally from Gdansk in Poland but living in Ireland for almost 12 years.more
Andrew Wilkins, 25, says the rodent stashed its hoard of nuts throughout his Volkswagen Golf. His vehicle was turned into a winter supply store by the squirrel who hid the acorns in the gearbox, the glove compartment and inside the bonnet.more
The fastest man in the world Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis or Italian football player Franceso Totti connected all the time with one club - AS Roma are one of the world's greatest athletes who finished their careers in 2017.more
However, there's a small caveat, the holiday hack only works if your job doesn't require you to work at weekends and you also get all your bank holidays off.more
A council that tried to have a controversial shark sculpture removed is to be asked to recognise its importance.
The fibreglass artwork was installed at 2 New High Street, Oxford, in 1986 by the property's owner Bill Heine.
He successfully fought to keep the shark after Oxford City Council tried to remove it during the late 1980s.more
Authentic festive decorations, lighting, music and greenery transform the museum's period living rooms, giving an evocative glimpse into how Christmas has been celebrated in English homes over the past 400 years. more
On Christmas Eve this year, soon after sunset, two stars should be visible in the sky: Vega and Capella- explains astronomer Tomasz Banys from the Planetarium EC1 in Lodz.more
