This is the moment one of Britain's leading horse trainers took her ponies to meet their relatives on the Shetland Islands - on a tiny boat. Emma Massingale, 34, accompanied Albert and Ernie back to their native roots as part of her latest equestrian challenge. During the month-long adventure the ponies travelled around the rugged islands with Emma, running free with local herds. And they also took a trip out on the water to mirror the historic way Shetlands were...

In a year when strikes look likely to become increasingly prominent, here's one that would near cripple the economy. If all migrant workers downed tools for a day Britain's economy would take a £328 million hit, the nation's GDP would fall four per cent and institutions such as the NHS "would be unable to function", according to a report by the New Economics Foundation. The report has been published to coincide with the "1 Day Without Us" campaign which has...

As the lights go down at the end of See Me Now’s press night the audience rise collectively to their feet in outright admiration. This display of elation is not born out of left liberal values, but out of respect for the performers, for the gutsy real life stories they as an audience have just been witness to and the realisation of the emotional cost that telling such stories has for the ensemble. The show is about the sex industry...

A man who was left in A&E with a perforated bowel says he could have died after being forced to wait for more than 14 hours. Eddie Thomas, 50, was in desperate need of urgent surgery when he first arrived at hospital after suffering from intense pain in his stomach and vomiting. He arrived at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital at 10.40pm, but was made to wait 14 hours, visiting two different hospitals, before he finally went under the knife...

Police uncovered a massive haul of cannabis being grown in a £15 million mansion just yards from Buckingham Palace. The drugs factory growing "£500,000 of weed" was raided by police inside the mansion on one of Britain's most expensive streets in posh Belgravia, central London. Around 30 bags of suspected drugs were seized from the five storey vacant property at around 7.30am on Friday morning, in Grosvenor Gardens. One cheeky squatter - part of a group that have taken over...

As if Britain's local shops weren't beleaguered enough already with giant corporations showing up on every corner and the majority of people preferring to use online retailers than spend their money with small businesses, the government is about to deliver what could be the sucker punch for small shops when business rates are increased in April. That's right. As Amazon's business rates are cut at most of its warehouses our high street stores are been forced to pay more. The American internet giant,...

By Dr Nigel Mellor, author of the Good, the Bad and the Irritating  ADHD and attention seeking are often confused. In this article I will have a close look at dealing with attention seeking in children and how to cope with it using mindfulness. PARENTS AND GUILT As parents we are generally racked with guilt and anxiety when managing our children. We often feel inadequate and try very hard to be “good parents” - we may, for example, do our utmost...

Dogs Trust Harefield is appealing for a home for a dog that resembles the famous cartoon character, Goofy. Staff at the rehoming centre are concerned that Beaky has been overlooked due to his unusual appearance and goofy smile. Handed over to Dogs Trust over 500 days ago, the ex-racing Greyhound is eagerly on the marks and set to sprint off to a new home. Although his canine carers at the charity were instantly won over by his striking and quirky...

By Andrew Screen, Director at CBRE  Following the recent RICS Real Estate Investors’ Conference, held in Holborn, featured panellist, Andrew Screen, Senior Director at CBRE explores the evolution of the UK’s Private Rented Sector and build-to-rent funding. The Private Rented Sector has undergone much evolution over the past five years, particularly with the creation of the Private Rented Sector Taskforce as well as the Build-to-Rent fund. The Taskforce was created to improve the quality of existing rented accommodation and to...