Government sceptic Katherine Burch contacted Gavin Barwell, MP for Croydon Central, to see what life in Parliament is really like

Bulldozers are coming to iconic venue but they cannot destroy memories

Stephanie Hirschmiller on the garden furniture you can leave outside in any season and in any weather

I was cross, but I wasn’t sure why...

Here's all you need to make sure your day by the sea is stylish and problem free... just make sure to bring them home with you

Calls for a ban on Chinese lanterns are made after one is understood to have started a fire causing £6million in damage

As thousands of Glastonbury festival-goers pack up their tents today they will wade through fields of litter, not mud.

Rescue services are still tackling the fire that broke out in Smethwick on Sunday evening

Department stores like the 32 shops that Beales runs are a dying breed. These small-town stores were once the heart of the high street. But, as other old-fashioned retailers have found, cheaper competitors, the internet and modern life have not been kind. Beales has shops from Harrogate to Horsham but its sales growth has been weak, and it reported a loss this year. When it reports its half-year results today, it is likely it will have suffered another tough period, with the inconsistent weather a major problem for many retailers.

Refuse and recycling workers at a Green Party controlled council will launch a week-long strike over pay tomorrow, causing collections to be suspended.

Writer Jonah Lehrer first learned he had been rumbled, as a plagiarist and fabricator, from a voicemail.

In the face of a seemingly never-ending recession, a group of Italian workers is attempting to reassume control of its own destiny by occupying the factory that laid them off – in order to start their own business.

It may have the presidential seal of approval but football fans in Brazil are reserving judgment on their answer to the vuvuzela.

Ten thousand tons of cardboard has been burning through the night in a “severe” fire at a paper mill.