Dad saves £345 using DIY tricks to build adorable toddler bed

heatwave scorches the UK. Forecasters say temperatures will hit 26C, with humidity and wind conditions making things feel even warmer. The previous hottest day of the year so far was April 15, when a balmy 23.4C was recorded in St James's Park, London.

Cotton dress, £320, Seraphina (seraphinalondon.com); Seersucker dress, £265, Rixo (rixo.co.uk); Organic cotton dress, £139, Baukjen (baukjen.com)Keep to 100 per cent natural fabrics like cotton and linen that will keep you cool on a warm day.I love a good detail on a dress – such as this long bow – especially when its a simple gingham check.Accessories are an easy way to add a colour pop to your outfit.A good pair of metallic heels help elevate any dress for a special occasion.Twill headband, £95, La Double J (ladoublej.com); Gold plated earrings, £106, By Alona (byalona.com); Lip and cheek stick, £30.50, Jones Road (jonesroadbeauty.com); Packable hat, £70, Rae Feather (raefeather.com); Jute bag, £29, Toast (toa.st); Denim jacket, £69, Aligne (aligne.co)We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.Thank you for your support.Need help?Visit our page.

1960s-style French navy blue indigo cotton twill canvas chore jacket, £52.95, etsy.com/uk; Mien painters chore jacket, £174, madewell.com; Women’s indigo chore jacket, £89, community­clothing.co.ukFor proper chore jackets, the French Workwear Company sells vintage, classic blue jackets (from £58) together with more expensive customised printed and embroidered styles and has a pop-up shop in London’s Shoreditch (73 Rivington Street, EC2) until May 25. Purveyors of traditional hardware and functional clothing, Labour & Wait sell the iconic Le Mont St Michel jackets (£198) – made in France this super-chic chore has been around since 1913 and is also available in a wide range of colours on the lemontsaintmichel.fr website but that’s without taking the extra tax into account.

Prep time: 1 hour, plus chilling timeCook time: 20 minutes6 (makes 12 pieces of shortbread)For the shortbreadFor the fruitTo serve (optional)I had a dessert very similar to this at Noble Rot in Bloomsbury, but it was made with rhubarb. The layers and the swirl of custard on top made it seem full of fun, like a sundae.

Telly psychic Chris Fleming has claimed he was “violated” by a ghost while visiting Stirling’s historic Old Town Jail.

A police officer who used to catch criminals now finds himself living among them after he was jailed for perverting the course of justice.

The Home Office has opened the door for a seven-year-old Ukrainian girl to stay in Scotland with her mother after the Daily Record stepped in.

Purchasing some good quality haircare can be as expensive as it is exciting, which is exactly why we all love to hear when there is a good bargain doing the rounds.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to say "as much as you can" over bullying allegations made against her former Cabinet colleague Fergus Ewing.

Gwen Stefani announced some pretty big news to her fans tonight – she’s returning to The Voice!

puma while parking their cars at Gimblet Rock in Pwllheli, North Wales Live reports.Paul Wilson, Paul Owen and Patrick Owen noticed the “brown or tawny” animal near the rocky outcrop at the end of the town’s beach.Two days later they reported it to Puma Watch North Wales, who say that this is the first ever reported sighting of a big cat on the Llyn Peninsula.Puma Watch said that it is likely that the reduced levels of human activity during the pandemic has encouraging big cats to roam further from the hills into more populated areas such as this one. A BBC study recently collated more than 100 big cat sightings in 18 months across North and Mid Wales.Speaking of the sighting back in March, Paul Wilson told Puma Watch: “Myself and two friends had turned up to do night fishing.

Hollyoaks actress Stephanie Davis took to social media to thank her partner Joe Mckalroy for being her "absolute rock" after he revealed she was in hospital.Joe had posted a picture of the pair holding hands to his Instagram account, where fans spotted Stephanie, 29, wearing an NHS bracelet in the background.While the photo has since been deleted, fans were left concerned for Stephanie's mystery illness, especially as Joe gave no context to the snap or explanation as to why she was in hospital, simply captioning the image with a heart emoji.Stephanie has now posted a picture of a bunch of flowers with a message of gratitude, also thanking people who had reached out to send messages of support. She also shared a clip of herself with Joe, captioning it: "So grateful to this one, my absolute rock."Another image she posted was of her son Caben-Albi, who she had with former boyfriend Jeremy McConnell, writing: "My beautiful two, so blessed to have them both.

fiancée of Milly Dowler's twisted killer Levi Bellfield insists he's "not a monster" and says they "kiss and cuddle" in prison. It was revealed earlier this week that the 53-year-old serial killer had proposed to a female prison visitor, and that she'd said yes.The woman is reportedly a blonde in her 40s who has been visiting him once or twice a week for two hours at a time.Bellfield is currently serving a whole-life sentence in HMP Frankland in County Durham, having been found guilty of killing Dowler, 13, Marsha McDonnell, 19, Amélie Delagrange, 22, and attempting to kill Kate Sheedy, 18 at the time.

become too “aggressive”, but before this she had risen to fame as an adult star working with some of the industry’s leading companies.The model made her way into the mainstream when she starred in a spoof film, parodying US politician Sarah Palin.And, while interviewed on the Stiff Socks podcast, Lisa took fans behind the filming process, confessing that the 2009 follow-up hadn’t gone entirely to plan.“The second one was Obama’s nailin’ Palin, we were shooting it as a ‘what if’, if Obama wins, we’ll release it on election day,” she recalled.So, Lisa remembered how the producers had found a male performer [Guy DiSilva] who shared some similar features with the former American President, but confessed that the plans became chaotic when the director bizarrely tried to introduce horses to the scene.“They want us to be on horseback. I’m fine with it, but all I can think about is the guy.

Bill Maher can’t understand what has happened to the world he once knew, as he lamented during Friday’s Real Time on HBO.

, the HBO series ended on a high note with the surprise return of original cast member and star Quinta Brunson. The season 3 finale opened with an action-packed sketch that saw her reuniting with her former co-stars -- and series creator Robin Thede breaks down how it all came together. “It was a really fun sketch for her to be a part of for a number of reasons,” Thede tells ET about getting Brunson to return for the finale, which saw her walking down a back alley in “Rain Fighter” as she’s forced to face off with Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend, who play various villainous hair styles. Of course, getting their former co-star back on the sketch series was no easy feat. “Quinta [had to] move mountains to be a part of the finale because she loves us and we love her,” Thede says, explaining that the actress was busy working on the ABC breakout sitcom, which first premiered in December 2021.

Thora Birch is opening up about the legacy of Now And Then, which came out in 1995, when she was just 13.