Doorstep broadband sharks exploit lockdown to trick homeowners

Rogue salesmen working with Britain’s biggest utility companies are putting vulnerable customers at risk by flouting coronavirus rules, Money Mail can reveal. An undercover investigation reveals the sinister tactics used by door-to-door sellers to coax their targets into switching providers. With no regard for safety, salesmen were filmed routinely defying Government guidance to enter people’s … Read more

Doorstep broadband sharks exploit lockdown to trick homeowners

Rogue salesmen working with Britain’s biggest utility companies are putting vulnerable customers at risk by flouting coronavirus rules, Money Mail can reveal. An undercover investigation reveals the sinister tactics used by door-to-door sellers to coax their targets into switching providers. With no regard for safety, salesmen were filmed routinely defying Government guidance to enter people’s … Read more

‘Struggling’ mother-of-five moved to tears when stranger leaves free meals on doorstep for children

‘Struggling’ mother-of-five is moved to tears when kind-hearted stranger leaves free meals on doorstep for her children Mother’s eldest child found the five lunches and two large bags of shopping The mother-of-five said a note was left, reading: ‘A gift from our family to yours’     Emma, of Cheshire, said: ‘I read the note and teared … Read more

Deputy headmaster’s estranged wife, 60, dug her nails into his arm during doorstep confrontation

Council HR consultant Lyndsey Rolt, 60, admitted assault by beating, but was given an absolute discharge my magistrates The estranged wife of a deputy headmaster dug her nails into him during a doorstep confrontation after discovering him living with his new lover. Council HR consultant Lydnsey Rolt, 60, had been hoping to reconcile with 42-year-old … Read more

Deputy headmaster’s estranged wife, 60, dug her nails into his arm during doorstep confrontation

Council HR consultant Lyndsey Rolt, 60, admitted assault by beating, but was given an absolute discharge my magistrates The estranged wife of a deputy headmaster dug her nails into him during a doorstep confrontation after discovering him living with his new lover. Council HR consultant Lydnsey Rolt, 60, had been hoping to reconcile with 42-year-old … Read more

Son of banker, 30, who was shot on the doorstep of his home in unsolved murder asks for answers

A son whose father was shot dead in one of the UK’s biggest unsolved murders has revealed he was killed halfway through reading him a bedtime story as he appealed for new evidence. Andrew Wilson, 20, said his family deserve to know why bank worker Alistair Wilson, 30, was gunned down 16 years ago. He … Read more

Heartbroken Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’

Heartbroken Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’ home after her parents’ divorce ‘but she never came’, her brother Charles Spencer reveals Earl Spencer, 55, who lives in Althorp House, discussed their childhood today  Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’ as a … Read more

Heartbroken Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’

Heartbroken Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’ home after her parents’ divorce ‘but she never came’, her brother Charles Spencer reveals Earl Spencer, 55, who lives in Althorp House, discussed their childhood today  Princess Diana ‘used to wait on the doorstep for her mother to return’ as a … Read more

Police hunt gang of youths after ‘vulnerable’ father-of-three was beaten to death on his doorstep

Police have launched a murder investigation after a ‘vulnerable’ father-of-three who was ‘tormented and bullied for weeks’ was beaten to death on his doorstep.  Glenn Smith, 47, was allegedly assaulted by a gang of youths who then fled and left him to die outside his home in the early hours of this morning. Shocked neighbours … Read more

Head to Bristol if you want urban bustle and wild countryside on your doorstep

There’s always been a vibrancy and edginess to Bristol. I know, because I grew up there.  I adore the city’s diversity; from swanky Clifton with its grand Georgian mansions and great expanse of green known as The Downs, to Brunel’s Suspension Bridge, which has spanned the Avon Gorge for 150 years, and the arty Harbourside … Read more