In 2025, children from across UK submitted their stories into 500 Words. Read some of the finalists from this year’s competition.

Supermarkets are suffering from sporadic shortages of some fruits and vegetables due to bad weather in Spain and Morocco. Read this and catch up with the latest personal finance and consumer news ...

For a dose of nature’s medicine even in the coldest of times, head indoors to these tropical forests, desert landscapes, and scented flower beds.