Eleanor Peake

6 days ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Peake

Net-zero housing projects are on the rise across the UK. In 2024, Octopus Energy promised to build 100,000 Zero Bill homes by 2030, and some of the projects have already begun.Housing developer Thakeham is set on building 6,000 Net-zero houses in the south of England. Steve Hunt, 42, a pilot, and his partner Kate live in a three-bedroom house in West Sussex without a single energy bill. They live in the first of one of Octopus’s new Zero Bill homes.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Peake

Sarah lived a short walk from her former mother-in-law. Her husband’s family owned the farm the couple worked on and the farmhouse they lived in. Her mother-in-law would drop in daily and make passive-aggressive comments about not visiting enough or not spending enough time with the grandchildren. “I jumped through every hoop imaginable to try and win her approval,” says Sarah. “She is a very good cook, so I learned to cook so she’d be happy. But she’d always find something to comment on.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Peake

There are obvious things we should all do in a power blackout: unplug all electricals in case of a power surge. Find the drawer with the torches and candles. Lock the doors and bring out the blankets. But what if a UK blackout lasts more than just a few hours? What if it lasts days? Leigh Price, 50, has enough food stored to feed his family for 12 months. Packs of pasta, rice and tinned fruit and vegetables line his kitchen. “When people are desperate.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Peake

Debbie Griffin and her partner were simply not happy in the UK. “We weren’t happy with the safety for the kids, or the tax system,” she says. “The private school fees were the last straw.”Until September 2024, the couple raised their three children, aged five, 14 and 25, in Northamptonshire. But after the 20 per cent VAT increase was announced on private schools in July, they decided to take action.

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Peake

During his first year at Oxford University, Paul Sapper experienced a series of what he would call “cataclysms.”He broke up with his girlfriend, and shortly after, he began to hate his Philosophy degree. He didn’t fit in, and he wasn’t making friends. There were some days when he was so depressed, he struggled to leave his room. He was considering dropping out until his mother, who had been brought up an Iraqi Christian, suggested he seek out the university’s Christian Union.