New Brexit travel hope for under 30s as EU plan to relax visa rules in the works

[ BRUSSELS – British under-30s could soon find it easier to study, work and live in European Union countries, and vice versa, under plans unveiled by the European Commission on Thursday that aim to restore some freedoms lost under Brexit. The Commission on Thursday proposed opening talks with the UK on “an agreement to facilitate … Read more

Sydney attacker who killed six people named as Joel Cauchi by police

[ The man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before he was shot dead by a police officer has been named. Joel Cauchi, 40, launched the knife attack at the busy Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon armed with a long blade. Five women and a man were killed, … Read more

I want to move abroad but feel I can’t leave my 35-year-old brother

[ Kenny Mammarella-D’Cruz, i’s agony uncle, advises a man who wants to take a job opportunity abroad but feels responsible for his brother and mother in the UK I’ve been offered an excellent work opportunity, based in Hong Kong. On paper, I should be going for it. But I’m worried about leaving my family – in … Read more

I’m dating in my 50s after a long marriage

[ Each week i asks experts to answer readers’ questions about love, sex and relationships I have been dating a man for six months. I like him and I think he is a good guy. The only thing is I’m disappointed by the lack of effort he puts into our “dates” – if you could even call them that. … Read more

Five ways cruises are probably not like you think

[ I waited until I was 36 before boarding a cruise ship for the first time, having always viewed cruising as the preserve of “the newlywed, overfed and nearly dead”. That may have been the case once, but, in the past decade, the cruise industry has undergone quite the transformation. There is now a cruise … Read more