On the evening of December 2, we were advised by British Airways that our flight from Edinburgh to Heathrow had been cancelled owing to inclement weather and that we should check its website.

Where can I search online for affordable alternative holiday accommodation with a bit of local character, outside the usual hotel and villa websites, which all seem to have the same sort of places?

In January 2010, my wife fell on ice and broke her wrist just days before we should have flown to Tenerife.