A couple who flip houses in their spare time have shared their renovation tips, including choosing bold colours over plain magnolia walls. Deborah Marshall, 47, who is training to be a podiatrist, and her husband Paul, 44, who works as a joiner, have renovated and sold five houses in Yorkshire over the last eight years, … Read more
A grandfather-of-two who still boasts an impressively muscular body at the age of 67 has credited his passion for training outdoors for his envy-inducing physique. Mike Millen, from Kent, often delights his 9,000 Instagram followers with videos showcasing his incredible six pack and bulging biceps. The super fit single grandfather has been a personal trainer for the … Read more
Otter-ly in love! Two lonely otters who lost their partners find happiness again after being matched by their keepers from opposite ends of the country Pumpkin and Harris the otters found love with each other during lockdown Both of the otters lost their previous owners and had become lonely Harris relocated from Cornwall to join … Read more
Thank pod! Relatives can finally talk to their loved ones in care homes as non-profit project makes sealed cabins that allow safe communication via intercom By Mario Ledwith for Daily Mail Published: 22:31 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 08:59 GMT, 2 December 2020 Since visits were banned, care homes have been forced to find … Read more
Heartwarming moment locals rescue three elephants helplessly trapped in muddy swamp using diggers Locals used diggers to help make a slope for the group of trapped elephants The pit in northeastern India had been dug for use by electricity department People watched on as the rescuers dug up large chunks of mud to save the … Read more
A great-great-grandmother has knitted a two-and-a-half foot tall model of St Mary Magdalene Church at Sandringham as part of a bid to knit the whole royal estate. Margaret Seaman, 91, from Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, spent almost three months creating her woolly version of the Grade II* listed church, where members of the … Read more
Australian mammals and marsupials including wombats ‘glow in the dark’ under ultraviolet light, according to a team of scientists. After a US study in October found that platypuses are biofluorescent, researchers from Western Australian Museum borrowed a UV light to verify the claim. Not only were they able to confirm the findings of the earlier … Read more
What a coat-astrophe! Four women queue up separately for a coffee to find they are ALL wearing the same jacket All four women women saw the funny side at the Cafe Nero in Sherborne, Dorset Rebecca Birch had agreed to meet her friend Emily Lawrence for a walk and a takeaway coffee only to discover they … Read more
Touching moment schoolboy, 7, and pensioner, 93, who became pen pals during lockdown meet for the first time through a care home window Michael Lugg, seven and Lewis, 93, from Cornwall, became pen pals in March They finally met after months of correspondence last week through window pan Letters have given Lewis a ‘new lease of life’ … Read more
A grandfather has become the oldest person to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats but had to do it twice after realising he wasn’t not old enough the first time. Grandfather-of-five Laurence Brophy, 88, from Pencoed, South Wales, holds the record after he completed the gruelling 25-day cycle which totalled 874 miles. He first took on … Read more