By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent In 2007 the UK Government introduced EPCs (Energy Performance Certificates). The Housing Act 2004 made it a mandatory requirement that an energy assessment is made on all properties listed for sale in Britain and late also applied to rental properties. This was derived from an EU diktat, European Union Directive 2002/91/EC. Britain was told it must adopt a regime of sending inspectors to all homes marketed for...

Today's kids are part of a "lost generation" of campers because parents are not prepared to take them on trips. A new study has revealed that despite nearly two thirds of British parents camping in their youth; more than a third (37 per cent) have never given their own children the same opportunity to make family memories on a holiday in the great outdoors. The research has highlighted parents’ attitudes towards camping, with more than half avoiding trips because of the unreliable British weather, not...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 6.5% ABV Brewed: Ellon, Scotland Tired of a market dominated by industrially brewed lagers and ales, the team behind BrewDog set up the world’s first crowd-funded brewery in 2007. Now operating from a site in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, a community of over 35000 investors own shares in the business, with shares still available. And what’s more, the brewery that’s made for the people, by the people is still constantly striving to encourage passion for craft...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I have been away getting married and on my honeymoon, and hands up I didn’t want to keep up with the unraveling of UK politics. Without sounding like an egotist, our politicians don’t deserve a moment of my time, or anyone else’s for that matter. Perhaps in the new post-politics era we will realise we didn’t need politicians at all, they will become redundant like VHS, great at the time, but now even the charity...

Packing for a long weekend away can be a highly stressful experience but packing for a festival where you need to include all necessities for the unpredictable English weather means you need to step up your packing game. This handy infographic from Ready Steady Store provides this summer’s ultimate festival packing guide.     Featured image by Stinkie Pinkie from Ocean Grove . CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

Two students from Brixton have launched a bizarre dating app with the aim of matching British passport holders with EU citizens living in the UK. Katy Edelsten, 25, and Chloe Cordon, 23, a student creative team from the School of Communication Arts in Brixton, created the dating site when they saw the increase in hate crimes after the Brexit vote. They’re hoping that some of the matches will lead to marriages so that the EU citizens can stay in the UK, even...

Ex-shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith is favourite to become the next Labour leader, with odds slashed from 3/1 to 11/10 while Angela Eagle drops from 3/1 to 5/1. The Pontypridd MP, who quite Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet last month, said he could "heal" the party and "turn the page" on its internal strife, adding that Labour needs a "radical and credible" leader. An election timetable will be launched on Thursday with the contest expected to take two months, ready for the Labour Party conference on...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport  @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Columnist Richard de Winter review Euro 2016, analyse Andy Murray's fabulous victory in the Wimbledon Final, discuss the opening week of the Tour de France and preview both England's Test Series against Pakistan and the Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon.

Have you ever heard the expression 'buy cheap, buy twice'? Well, when it comes to car hire rip-off, this couldn't be more accurate. There are the usual car hire rip-off tactics; charging you for your fuel before you take the car and then refunding you a fraction of the cost when you bring it back full, or virtually nothing if you've used a drop of juice;  Or charging you for one car, but sending you off in one with an engine half...