Jane Denton

3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Jane Denton

In our How I Manage My Money series we aim to find out how people in the UK are spending, saving and investing money to meet their costs and achieve their goals. This week we speak to Liz, 75, who lives in south-west Scotland with one of her two sons. Liz struggled with a low income and debt for years. She deferred her state pension for two years and stopped working at the age of 62. Liz is now enjoying an active life in Scotland and thinks people should consider whether they genuinely need a car.

3 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jane Denton

Demand for student accommodation and high-quality sustainable office space is fuelling a commercial property 'revival' in Britain, new research claims. Having grappled with inflationary pressures, a 'punitive tax regime' and new development regulations, commercial real estate is 'turning a corner', exclusive dat from Together shows. Together said its average customer commercial loan size in the year to date was £252,707.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jane Denton

Hedgehogs in Britain have declined rapidly in the last 20 years, with some estimates suggesting numbers have dropped by 75 per cent. The spiky creatures' habitat is being decimated by new housing developments and the expansion of towns and cities. New figures reveal that a quarter of Britons have never seen a hedgehog in the wild, rising to 40 per cent of those aged between 18 to 34.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jane Denton

We've got a problem with seagulls in our garden. A pair of seagulls had some chicks and the entire family has made themselves at home in our garden. I get dive-bombed every time I try to go in the garden. Even when we have days of lovely sunshine, I can't let my son play outside as the seagulls won't stop flying near his head. He came running back inside screaming when he encountered them once! I can't let the dog in the garden either. There's also the noise issue.

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Jane Denton

Enquiries about 'big ticket' home improvements increased in the last quarter, according to new data from Checkatrade. While the quarter-on-quarter figures were strong, the year-on-year picture was, however, more mixed, the platform said. The number of households enquiring about getting a new bathroom fitted via trades on Checkatrade in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 17 per cent compared to the previous quarter.