The woman suing her solicitor over doubling ground rent bill 

Would you pay £1m a year to live here? That’s the fate of one woman suing her solicitor over doubling ground rent bill Carole Patterson’s one-bed South London flat has become her worst nightmare She faces an annual ground rent bill that will eventually cost her £1m every year Mother-of-two’s contract means annual ground rent … Read more

Meghan Markle is ‘on dodgy ground’ writing a book about relationships with fathers

The Duchess of Sussex is ‘on dodgy ground’ choosing to write a book about relationships with fathers, royal authors have warned. Meghan Markle yesterday announced she has written a £12.99 ($18.99) children’s book called The Bench, which is inspired by Prince Harry and her son Archie and comes illustrated with pictures of a red-headed soldier.  But royal … Read more

Meghan Markle is ‘on dodgy ground’ writing a book about relationships with fathers

The Duchess of Sussex is ‘on dodgy ground’ choosing to write a book about relationships with fathers, royal authors have warned. Meghan Markle yesterday announced she has written a £12.99 ($18.99) children’s book called The Bench, which is inspired by Prince Harry and her son Archie and comes illustrated with pictures of a red-headed soldier.  But royal … Read more

Man in his 40s is ‘pushed to the ground and raped’ while walking on footpath in Middlesbrough

Man in his 40s is ‘pushed to the ground and raped’ while walking on footpath near nature reserve in Middlesbrough Cleveland Police are investigating after alleged attack at 7.30pm on Thursday Victim said the attack happened on path from Tees Barrage to Newport bridge He said she was walking on the path near to Maze … Read more

Laos’ mysterious Plain of Jars that has stone jars across the burial ground may be 3,000 years old

Laos’ eerie ‘Plain of Jars’ may be thousands of years older than previously suspected, and in use for a much longer period of time. Limestone vessels dotting the landscape in northern Laos were place there up to 3,300 years ago, according to analysis of quartz crystals in the sediment underneath them.  But most of the … Read more

Farmer ordered to clean up illegal dumping ground on his land in Boxley, Kent after long court case

A farmer who turned his land into an eyesore by using it as illegal dumping-ground for years has been ordered to have the mess cleared up by October. Langley Beck, 58, was finally hit this week with a High Court injunction after a seven-year legal fight with Maidstone Borough Council.   The site stretches over 36 … Read more

Farmer ordered to clean up illegal dumping ground on his land in Boxley, Kent after long court case

A farmer who turned his land into an eyesore by using it as illegal dumping-ground for years has been ordered to have the mess cleared up by October. Langley Beck, 58, was finally hit this week with a High Court injunction after a seven-year legal fight with Maidstone Borough Council.   The site stretches over 36 … Read more

Angry Manchester United fans blockade their training ground and confront Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United fans blocked entrances to the club’s Carrington training ground this morning to protest against the club’s billionaire American owners, and only left when the manager, his coaches and a senior player emerged to speak to them.  Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, first-team coaches Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher and midfielder Nemanja Matic spoke with the … Read more

Manchester United fans BLOCK entrances to club’s training ground in protest against the Glazers

Manchester United fans blocked entrances to the club’s Carrington training ground this morning to protest against the club’s billionaire American owners, and only left when the manager, his coaches and a senior player emerged to speak to them.  Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, first-team coaches Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher and midfielder Nemanja Matic spoke with the … Read more

Heathrow told dedicate terminal to red list arrivals amid claims airport is Covid ‘breeding ground’

Ministers want Heathrow to dedicate a terminal to passengers arriving from ‘red list’ countries amid fears the airport has become a Covid ‘breeding ground’.  The Home Office is keen for Terminal 4 — which has been shut since last year — to process travellers from coronavirus hotspots with troublesome virus variants.  Officials are bracing for … Read more