Rule the roost

This year the British Hen Welfare Trust celebrates 20 years of rescuing laying hens from slaughter at the end of their commercial lives. Their work began when founder Jane Howorth MBE, watched an epis

AFTER a while, the hole in the bathroom floor became as familiar to Mary as her own reflection in the mirror over the sink. She contacted six tradespersons she found online before one agreed to even c

HAVE you seen Cedric recently?” Kath asked her husband, Dave. She was standing by the back door calling for their cat. “No, I’ve not seen him since breakfast.” Dave was scrolling through useless infor

When my nineteen-year-old niece, Bethany, asked if she could stay with me for a month ‘to find herself’, what could I say? I’d come here myself from the city last summer to recover from a failed relat

MUM?” Becky said. “When did you know Dad was the man for you?” “What? Pretty early, I think,” Frances replied, taken aback. “It’s so far in the past, I can’t remember.” “It’s important. Try and think

S a ffy and Neil had been married ...