Open plan spaces have many pros, and when you are designing a house for hosting and socializing, you want your rooms to have that openness; the ability to move from kitchen, to dining, to living room.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is dispatching more than 200,000 letters to people who will be affected by changes to the tax system next year. Just five months remain until sole traders and landlords ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Audi Q3 is a very important model for the German firm. Competing with the likes of the BMW X1 and Volvo XC40, it’s a well-proven entity that customers seem to like. The launch of this ...

The 2025 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS), billed as the world’s largest in-water boat show, is a quintessentially American show, with more than 1,300 vessels across seven locations.

An A-frame house akin to an Alpine chalet one might find in the snow is for sale in the middle of the bush 30 minutes from Brisbane. The property is hard to miss with its steep roof inspired by ...

Aspiring MMA fighter Colin, for one, stripped down to his jocks shortly after arrival in the house and has been near-naked ever since (come on Colin, the Gold Coast is warm but it’s not that warm).

Belah House is a four-level home set into the natural slope of Stokes Point, overlooking Pittwater in Sydney’s north. Completed in 2025, its central spine of custom joinery does double duty, defining ...

Bargain hunters have a fresh reason to browse the rails as a new-look Hospiscare shop has opened on Budleigh Salterton’s High Street, offering pre-loved treasures with a purpose. The store has become ...

When you buy an 1860s church in a small country town, you can be sure it’ll be big news locally – and that no one will be short of an opinion. That kind of tight-knit community is one of the reasons ...