Giving a massage can be as good for you as receiving one - and helps strengthen relationships, say scientists. Rubbing your partner up the right way boosts both their well-being and yours, according to new research. Experts say it's easy to incorporate into lovers' "daily routine." Couples who took part in a three-week course found their physical and emotional health significantly improved after each lesson. Crucially this was equally apparent whether the participant was giving - or receiving - the...

Camden Rocks Festival have confirmed Royal Republic and Leeds’ Pulled Apart By Horses will join the 2017 line up this June 3rd. Camden Rocks Festival 2017 is the biggest multi-venue all-day music event of the UK festival calendar. Progressively expanding each year adding new venues - 2017 will take place across 25 of Camden Town’s legendary music venues, now including Koko - and feature 250 bands, it’s become the annual highlight for many in the London locality. With near 100 more...

Not to sound ungrateful, but inheriting a country that is awash with unaffordable housing, mega inflated education fees, toxic air and a juicy divorce case with its biggest trading partner is a pretty shoddy settlement as far as young Brits are concerned. MPs last week warned that young Brits will be priced out of the housing market for years because of a lack of urgency from “unambitious” ministers. The powerful cross-party Committee panned the Department of Communities in a scathing report for...

The image of a student flat littered with empty beer cans, pizza boxes, stained wallpaper and the odd rat, has been replaced with London’s luxury student accommodation. But why are so many students choosing to study in one of the most expensive cities in the world? With a range of high end studio flats and shared apartments, more graduate employers than the rest of the country, and a melting pot of culture, art and nightlife, London offers a more sophisticated...

Dogs Trust West London rehoming appeal for Star ‘Paws’ characters To celebrate Star Wars Day on May the fourth, staff at Dogs Trust Harefield are hoping the ‘force’ is with a handful of strangely familiar looking dogs searching the galaxies for the Obi ‘one’ Kenobi. The West London-based rehoming centre is appealing to dog lovers out there looking for a four-legged friend that is out of this world, to ensure these lovely creatures don’t stay ‘Solo’ for long. Ernie aka...

The incredibly rare litter of sextuplets were born were delivered by Raymond Brindley, 51, as he lambed his flock of 400 Texel-cross sheep. The farmer was expecting the ewe to have triplets but was amazed when she gave birth to three white lambs and three black ones. Mr Brindley, who has been working 15-hour days to keep up with his flock, said: "I helped her deliver three of them but then realised there were two more to come. "I thought...

This is the moment a construction worker screamed with fear - after his pals hid a huge fake TARANTULA on a building site. Dressed in a hi-vis jacket and hard hat, the unnamed victim stepped forward to inspect woodwork where his mate was pointing. As he looked up the worker was astonished when a giant black spider fell from scaffolding above his head. The middle-aged man shouted with horror as the massive furry spider, on an elasticated string, swung from...

This heartbreaking video shows the moment a baby son of a hit and run victim hears his dad's voice - while he fights for life in hospital. Three month-old Noah is fussing on the sofa and about to break into tears before the recording of Jason Bunce is played to him. Jason, 25, is in a coma and police are still hunting the callous driver who left him for dead at the roadside. Little Noah's mood suddenly calms when he...

A council has been ordered to rescue a homeless family-of-five after leaving them "trapped" living in a hotel for THREE YEARS - at a staggering cost of £88,000. The Burns moved into a hotel when they were turfed out their flood damaged private rental flat in 2014 and thought they would be there for a week. But two authorities spent months arguing over who should look after them before they were declared "intentionally homeless" - putting an end to any...