Opinion

A community has spoken of its sadness that another village pub is to be lost with the closure of a bar.

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 (HFHHA) comes into force on March 20 and will amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

Now’s the time to sharpen your loppers, pruning saw and secateurs and prepare plants for the best show possible this season – and a lot of it is down to the correct pruning.

Q. I currently receive Income Based Employment Support Allowance (I’m in the support group), along with Personal Independence Payments for care at the enhanced rate.

Sitting smugly in their ivory towers, the Tories have no idea and care less about what is happening in real Britain.

Another unwelcome health statistic for our community has landed with a sickening thud.

I will have been separated from my husband for two years in April 2019. We had been married for five years before we separated.

With a massive skills gap in horticulture, the search to find the next generation of gardeners is on as the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) launches its School Gardeners of the Year 2019 competition.

This week the Police Grant and Local Government Finance settlements were announced. This will be the ninth year of savage cuts targeted at the most in-need areas and yet another exercise from this Government in money being shunted into the affluent Tory heartlands.

My neighbour told me the other day that I was breaking the law when I left my car running while defrosting the windows! Is this true and what could happen if I am caught?

Q. I have heard there are changes to some pension benefits for couples where one of the couple is pensionable age but the other is not and this could cause a drop in income. Is this correct and how could it affect people in this situation?

Slapping a £150.50 TV tax on elderly viewers is what the sneaky Tories are plotting by breaking an election promise to keep Labour’s free licences for our over-75s.

There are real fears that the ability to track down European criminals will be severely impacted in the event of a no-deal Brexit. I know this because Classic FM told me so.

Q. I have just been made redundant from work and received a good redundancy package. Will this affect the benefits I can claim? I was employed for 14 years before being made redundant.

I’m no lover of hot chillies but my stepson Ali must have no tastebuds left. He is obsessed and his fiery culinary creations have been known to make his friends cry and ruin their digestive tracts.

The general rule for keeping healthy is that we should get the nutrients we need through a balanced diet.

Sleep is a hugely important part of a healthy lifestyle. If you’re not getting enough sleep, for whatever reason, it can have a big impact on your mental health and your ability to concentrate during the day.

Theresa May is assuring that she makes the history books for all the wrong reasons.

Following the death of my father in October 2018, the relationship with my four siblings has broken down.