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If there was any doubt that we were in an election year, that was put to bed with the return of parliament. Liberal MP Sam Groth, announcing he would resign from parliament this week, has fired the ...

Jess Glynne and Professor Green are among the headliners of a family music festival this summer in Shropshire. Alderfest, at Alderford Lake, Whitchurch, takes place on 3-4 July. Other acts announced ...

A gym fan spent six months terrified of spiders in Australia - only to be bitten while working out within days of returning to the UK. Jess Wade spent the run-up to jetting off to Oz paranoid that she ...

At the heart of this quote is the idea that true success is measured by the impact we have on others, rather than by titles, recognition, or material possessions. Einstein emphasised that being of ...