From an artist’s studio to the ideal spot for stargazing, meet the women who say that a shepherdess hut is their perfect refuge from Covid cabin fever. When your boss is the future King, you might expect to have a palatial home. And shepherdess Charlotte Darwent, who looks after Prince Charles‘s Scottish flock, says her … Read more
A damning report has found tens of thousands of unmarried Irish mothers and their babies suffered emotional abuse at refuge homes throughout the 20th century. The Commission on Mother and Baby Homes said the blame ‘rests mainly with the fathers of their children and their own immediate families,’ in its inquiry published today. Nine thousand … Read more
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor saved from the Nazis by Prince Philip‘s mother Princess Alice has thanked the late royal for her bravery. Speaking in a new documentary, Evy Cohen, reveals how her father Alfred Haimaki Cohen, head of a prominent family with ties to Greek royalty, sought out the royal as their only hope of … Read more
They are creatures who always seem to have a smile on their faces. And now, two beluga whales are sure to be feeling much happier thanks to British charity the Sea Life Trust. The whales, called Little Grey and Little White, have been freed from captivity in China to swim in the sea for the … Read more
Boris Johnson has said he will have ‘no choice’ but to offer the people of Hong Kong citizenship if China erodes human rights in the former British colony. The Prime Minister said last night that a proposed new national security law in Hong Kong would ‘dramatically erode its autonomy’ and breach the terms of its … Read more
‘Murdered’ woman whose sawed-up torso was found stuffed in two suitcases in the Forest of Dean ‘was in her 20s and had been living in a refuge’ A torso found in a suitcase may belong to a woman who was living at a refuge The woman, in her 20s, hasn’t been seen in weeks according … Read more