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Where Love, Rosie ends rainbows begin again
My daughter is a fan of the novelist Cecelia Ahern, so when she had finished reading Love, Rosie she started another book, Where Rainbows End.
When hidden treasure is just a Stone's throw away
Metal detecting will, for some people, always be viewed as the beach equivalent of trainspotting or twitching; an activity associated with social misfits.
We will fight them on the beaches...
With their candy-stripe colours and doll-house dimensions, beach huts have a quintessentially British appeal.
Virtual trips that ensure you're not being taken for a ride on holiday costs
Whether you're planning to take a trip alone this summer or heading off on a family holiday, try these websites before you go:
Travelling with children - the mother of all battles
Half the fun of any holiday is getting there, right? Probably not if you have infants.
Northern exposure the cheap way to get a house by the sea
Waking up to the sound of seagulls and steady rush of the sea outside is, for many, the stuff of dreams.
Check your cover in case delays leave you grounded
If you turned up at the airport and a technical problem prevented the plane from taking off, would you expect your insurer to compensate you for any lost holiday time?
Warmed to capped energy bills? Now is the time to switch
Given the soaring temperatures this week, probably the last thing on your mind is your gas and electricity bills.
How to complain: Tony Levene's top tips
1 Remember, it generally costs a company £400, plus their own internal expenses, if you go to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Hop Farm festival offers free tickets with a rain mac
Buy a £9.99 rain mac and get two rock festival tickets worth £250 chucked in for free.