The dog that changed our lives

It’s time to declutter and deep-clean your home in time for the new season ahead. Just follow our easy steps

When sexy soap star Nick Fox makes a bloody and permanent exit from the UK’s favourite TV show, Scotland Yard have plenty of suspects. Can you help them solve the crime?

Our latest fiction writing competition asked entrants to pen a love story, and we found find three romantic tales which we’re sure you’ll enjoy over the next few pages. Congratulations to Daniel Taylor with The Clockmaker’s Valentine , which you can read overleaf, along with two runners-up. Plus on page 58, find out details about our next themed short story competition...

Paddy and Christine McGuinness have revealed they are selling their home, having lived together for three years after their split. Christine, 36, whose 10-year marriage to Top Gear host Paddy, 51, end

‘He’s been a poppet, as always,’ Anne said when I arrived at her house to collect my son. On the days that I worked, my ex-mother-in-law picked Ezra up from school for me. She smiled indulgently. ‘He

Maggie smoothes down the front of her frock – the same dyed black dress she wore for Pa’s funeral ten years before. As she touches the fabric, she glances down at her hands, now decorated with liver s