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As the heat of the season rises, summer weather is not only tough on gardeners but on our plants as well. The good news is the heat won’t last forever. In the meantime why not try these tips for keeping your garden running. Put saucer trays filled with water under potted plants, and allow them ...

It’s 4pm and the cravings hit . . . just a piece a cake or a couple of biscuits, or maybe an ice cream or a bar of chocolate and a coffee…anything to give you some energy! Or maybe you crave a bag of crisps . . . all that saltiness and crunchiness . . . yummy! What many people don’t realise ...

'This is such a considerate book. AJ is caring for his family as best he can, but an 11-year-old can only do so much.'  - Waterstones Customer AJ's grandfather has always been the one to hold his strange family together, so when he passes away things start to untie at the ends. AJ is concerned ...

Wood Pigeons in flight © Andreas Trepte It’s the month when many bird species notably flock up after breeding. There are various reasons why they do this but taking advantage of safety in numbers is a key one. Getting together affords protection while feeding, hunting, nesting and roosting. ...

Postcard of the Onslow Arms, post-marked 1908 (by kind permission of Roy Pobgee), one of the Cranleigh pubs that may have been flouting DORA’s regulations on ‘treating’ At the Guildford Borough Bench, a bar attendant and the manageress of the Lion Hotel in Guildford were both fined £5 on two ...

I was asked to suggest some food for people practising sport and having had to feed the “Pompey eleven” for several years, I prepared this three course meal according to the instruction received by the dietitian of the football club then in the second division. The menu consisted of these three ...