HANNAH BETTS asks will you have to iron again with a handheld steamer?

The last time I ironed, I was 18 and freshly arrived at university.  ‘How hard can this be?’ I thought, brandishing said implement with a sweeping gesture that began on a blouse and proceeded straight up the tender skin inside my left arm. Horrified by my wounds, the boy downstairs offered to press things for … Read more

Boat passengers suffer injuries as world’s last paddle steamer crashes into Isle of Arran pier

Boat passengers were reportedly thrown into the sea after the world’s last ocean-going paddle steamer crashed into a pier on the Isle of Arran this afternoon. The Waverley paddle steamer crashed near the the ferry terminal in Brodick, Scotland, at around 5.15pm. A coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Prestwick has been sent to the scene, … Read more