EXCLUSIVE Vernon Kay leads fight with council over ‘illegal’ bungalow near Buckinghamshire home

Vernon Kay is fighting to block what he claims to be an illegal bungalow being built to house workers near the Buckinghamshire mansion he shares with wife Tess Daly.  The Family Fortunes presenter, 46, has been complaining for several years that illegal dwellings are being built at the end of their exclusive country lane at … Read more

EXCLUSIVE Vernon Kay leads fight with council over ‘illegal’ bungalow near Buckinghamshire home

Vernon Kay is fighting to block what he claims to be an illegal bungalow being built to house workers near the Buckinghamshire mansion he shares with wife Tess Daly.  The Family Fortunes presenter, 46, has been complaining for several years that illegal dwellings are being built at the end of their exclusive country lane at … Read more

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for dementia

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for households where family member has dementia By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 Charity Alzheimer’s Society is urging local authorities to stop playing hard ball over paying council tax discounts to households where … Read more

Self-taught DIY experts transform an £8,000 former council bus bought on eBay into a family home

A free-spirited couple have transformed a £8,000 former council bus into a nomadic home for their family after getting ‘sick’ of the nine to five work pattern and missing out on time with their children. Self-taught DIY experts Thariea, 28, and River Paige, 27,  had never even hung a picture when they bought the 7.6m … Read more

Self-taught DIY experts transform an £8,000 former council bus bought on eBay into a family home

A free-spirited couple have transformed a £8,000 former council bus into a nomadic home for their family after getting ‘sick’ of the nine to five work pattern and missing out on time with their children. Self-taught DIY experts Thariea, 28, and River Paige, 27,  had never even hung a picture when they bought the 7.6m … Read more

Key ways to challenge the spiralling cost of council tax bills

Local authorities increase council tax bills by up to 5%, but some households can mitigate impact by challenging them or applying for discounts By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 Cash-strapped local authorities have just increased council tax bills for the year … Read more

Protesters picket Muslim council chief who said she would ‘welcome’ Batley Grammar School teacher

Now protesters picket Muslim council chief who said she would ‘welcome’ the Yorkshire teacher at the centre of the Prophet Mohammed cartoon controversy Protesters demand resignation of Sabia Akram, deputy leader of Slough Council She said she would be happy to welcome the Yorkshire teacher who is in hiding  The original row erupted after Batley … Read more

Flytippers hunted by council after dumping a boat and a caravan outside a primary school

Flytippers are hunted after dumping a boat full of rubbish and a massive caravan outside a primary school Mystery culprits who dumped the eyesore face prison or a fine of up to £50,000 £100 gift cards are offered by Wokingham Borough Council for any information  Town residents poke fun whilst speculating on the backstory of … Read more

Flytippers hunted by council after dumping a boat and a caravan outside a primary school

Flytippers are hunted after dumping a boat full of rubbish and a massive caravan outside a primary school Mystery culprits who dumped the eyesore face prison or a fine of up to £50,000 £100 gift cards are offered by Wokingham Borough Council for any information  Town residents poke fun whilst speculating on the backstory of … Read more

Arts Council Nicholas Serota boss opposes tearing down historic statues

Historic statues should NOT be pulled down, Arts Council boss Sir Nicholas Serota tells MPs Sir Nicholas Serota told MPs controversial artefacts could be ‘reinterpreted’  Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has threatened to pull funding from museums The government is opposed to removing statues dedicated to slave owners  Boris Johnson expressed his dismay after slaver Edward … Read more