Category: News

A tour of a village named one of Britain’s poshest has been given by its residents. The leafy corner of Yorkshire has been labelled among the 54 most desirable places to own a house in the country. People say its success is down to a sense of community, but its attractions and amenities show why […]

A dad fearing he’d been spiked was left horrified to discover he’d actually been bitten by a venomous false widow spider. Nathan Green felt the moment the eight-legged predator sunk its fangs into the back of his right calf when he was out with pals. But the 50-year-old didn’t think anything of it and brushed […]

A 90-year-old man tried to stab his blind wife to death as she slept beside him after she ‘got on his nerves’, a court was told. Edward Turpin is accused of attempting to murder frail Joan Turpin, also 90, at their home in Orpington, Kent, last September. After decades of ‘happy marriage’ he said he […]

Train passengers will have to contend with a third day of strike action in September after another union announced it is to get in on the action. In what has been dubbed the “summer of discontent”, transport unions are in a row over pay, jobs and conditions with rail route operators and the UK’s train […]

A castle with connections to Mary Queen of Scots has gone on the market for £625,000. Powrie Castle, which has been converted into a home, has gone on sale for less than the average semi -detached house in London. It even has a monument on its ground which dates back as the 16th century. Cheaper […]

Motorists could be fined up to £5,000 if their four-legged passengers aren’t abiding by the rules of the road. According to the Highway Code, dogs need to be kept safely secured to avoid distracting the driver and potentially leading to a crash. A new study has revealed that half of dog owners aren’t transporting their […]

Food bank users are now asking for “non-cook food” because they are struggling to afford their soaring energy bills, with some families choosing cereal as an evening meal because it doesn’t need heating up. The cost of living crisis has seen a rise in food bank users as shop prices rose by a record 5.1 […]