Jane Fryer

Alderley Edge is a pretty, leafy and lovingly-maintained village in, what locals call, Cheshire's 'golden triangle' of wealth, footballers and celebrities.

Built from stone in 1320, it has outlived dozens of kings and queens of England and weathered the Great Fire of London and the Blitz .

For many of us, the very mention of electric shock (or electroconvulsive) therapy (ECT) conjures up dark thoughts of locked wards, nightmares and Boris Karloff movies of the 1950s.

For decades, Mottistone Manor garden, on the Isle of Wight, has been the pride and joy of the National Trust and all the happy volunteer gardeners who work there.

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Sandwiched between an industrial estate and a car park, in a small beech wood on the outskirts of Jedburgh, is the Kingdom of Kubala.

Reggie the dolphin has had a rollercoaster ride of it lately. He first came to fame for performing back flips and generally having fun. But now, he's a potentially dangerous and aggressive aqua sex pest.

Somehow, after a gruelling tournament with an awful lot of extra time, two days of solid partying, a couple of 4am finishes and almost no sleep, the Lionesses are still at peak bounce.