Lifestyle

A three-day Festival of Flowers in All Saints’ Parish Church promises to a be a rare feast for the senses.

If you’ve fought the battle of the bulge to get yourself a bikini body or lost weight for a summer wedding, how easy is it to keep it off?

June and July have been especially hot and dry and have put our gardening skills to the test, writes Chris Margrave, head gardener at Clumber Park.

Kevin Bryan gives his weekly review of some of the latest music releases.

Nearly two million British passengers went on a cruise holiday last year, with Northern Europe now more popular than the Caribbean, according to figures released by the industry body, the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA).

It has been a bit of a scorcher lately hasn’t it

These were the scenes in the centre of a packed tourist area after England's World Cup victory on Saturday.

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When the sun shines as brightly as it has been doing recently, and the temperature continues to soar, my mind wanders off to Mediterranean coastlines and beautiful delicacies.

Most keen gardeners will be familiar with hypericum Hidcote, a classic garden variety which is reliable, rewarding and easy to grow, and named after a famous National Trust garden.

The last time I cruised down a river was in my father’s fishing cobble as a young boy. I said to my wife “I would fancy a river cruise holiday”, the response was muted.

With the ethos of serving good food fresh I was looking forward to my first ever visit to The Grind, which is situated on Doncaster’s High Street.

Railway Ramble

KnewKey, a trend-setting electronics manufacturing company has launched a retro-style mechanical keyboard this month.

Gainsborough Organ & Keyboard Club are delighted to present Nottingham’s very own ‘King Of The Keyboards’; Brett Wales in concert at the Weston Rooms, Hickman Street on Thursday, June 28 at 7.30pm.

Supermarket giant Morrisons is claiming to have developed the 'hottest ever supermarket curry' which is said to include a chilli TWO HUNDRED times hotter than a Jalapeño.

Gainsborough businessman Phil Green has released his autobiography, revealing all about his time at the helm of one of the UK’s top model agencies.