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Dorset-based independent builder C G Fry & Son Ltd., handed-over the completed internal refurbishment of the ‘The Seaside Boarding House’ in Burton Bradstock, located on the cliffs overlooking Chesil Beach and the stunning Jurassic Coast.

The exciting new venture is the brain-child of business partners, Mary-Lou Sturridge and Tony Mackintosh, the duo who set up the legendary Groucho Club in 1985. Formerly a 19-bed care home, the building has been refurbished to a very high standard with eight luxurious and spacious bedrooms, all with En-suites and each enjoying sea views. C G...

This winter is very likely to be a record breaker. Provisional Met Office statistics show that the UK has had its sunniest winter in records dating back to 1929.

While the figures for temperature and rainfall are fairly average, it has been one of, if not the sunniest winter in UK records dating back to 1929.

By 25 February the UK had already seen 189 hours of sunshine, equalling the 2001 record, but with 3 more days left to the end of the meteorological winter we are likely to beat that record by about 7 hours.

This is in stark contrast to last winter, which was...

As part of this year’s National Gardening Week (13–19 April), gardens all over Britain that normally charge for entry or are closed to the public will be opening their doors for free on Friday 17 April in a unified effort to engage more people with the UK’s great gardens.

The aim of National Open Gardens Day is to raise awareness of the diversity, richness and cultural value of the UK’s gardens and encourage new segments of the public to experience and value them. The four RHS Gardens are leading the campaign with many RHS Partner Gardens, some National Gardens Scheme gardens and...

A book that helped King Henry VIII to build his case against the Pope, and annul his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, has been discovered at the National Trust’s Lanhydrock in Cornwall. Now the book is to be the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the house where visitors will be able to see rare and unusual works with Royal themes from Lanhydrock’s library. Dated 1495, the book is a summary of works by philosopher and theologian William of Ockham who was a major figure in medieval intellectual and political thought. To help Henry VIII to gather evidence to support an...