The majority turn their heating on in late October or when there are four consecutive days of minimum temperatures below 9C.

British Gas has urged households to “prepare now” for the winter ahead of most people turning on their heating by the end of ...

Ruth, the bride's mother, (centre) and fellow residents and staff watched her daughter and son-in-law's blessing ceremony at her care home For Rachel Berry, getting married without her mother there ...

A major gas leak in Canterbury led to a care home lockdown and the closure of a main road. The fire service and gas engineers were called to St Martin’s Hill shortly before 1pm on September 23, during ...

British Gas, the energy behemoth, has confirmed that it will be distributing £150 payments to state pensioners from November, in addition to their Winter Fuel Payments of between £200 and £300. The ...

A service which provides personal care and support to people in their homes has been rated inadequate and placed into special measures. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into Qualified Care Ltd ...

On 1 September, I’ll be driving to work with my eyes on stalks, eager to spot my first new-reg 75-plate car before I finish my morning coffee. It’s a biannual event – or annual, depending on how far ...

Correspondence to: Dr R Stevenson Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, UK; robin.stevenson{at}northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk Intermediate care is a treatment model ...

The car was found flipped on its side and wedged between trees (Picture: Feuerwehr Reinhardshagen) Two married couples have been killed in a crash after a car with a British license plate veered off ...

An Albanian murderer has shared a TikTok video from his British prison cell begging to be transferred to a jail in his home country so he can see his family and avoid the 'terrible' food. Eugert ...

One potential hangup: You can’t port an existing landline number over to this new service. Rob writes from Washington, DC, about problems and possibilities in consumer tech–and the policy decisions ...

A British woman who is the world's oldest living person has celebrated her 116th birthday in a care home in Surrey. Ethel Caterham, who lives in the home in Lightwater, became the oldest person alive ...