The best way to store whole leeks in the refrigerator is in a loose plastic bag or perforated produce container—line it with a few paper towels to help absorb excess moisture.

Some days are indisputable soup days. The antidote to a wintry cold and gray day is a steaming bowl of creamy soup.

Your container-grown violas and pansies may have been sulking over winter, but if you deadhead them now, they should come ...

THERE are a number of gardening jobs that you can do now that your lawn will thank you for in the warmer months. With winter ...

If the ground is suitable for outdoor sowing (not frozen or waterlogged) and you live in a mild area, you could try sowing ...

Later, prune roses, Group Two and Three clematis, wisteria, and summer-flowering shrubs such as buddleia and Hydrangea ...

From sowing seeds indoors to pruning shrubs and deadheading winter flowers, there are plenty of gardening tasks to prepare ...

Landlines are being replaced by faster full fibre technology, as the UK continues moving away from outdated technology ...

The next batch of areas losing access to older copper cables has just been confirmed, with 1.2million homes affected.