Cottage with no electricity that businesswoman bought for £59 is now an idyllic country retreat

A mum bought a quaint cottage for just £59 for her dream escape to the country – and after taking 22 YEARS to fix it up is now worth £450,000. Jane Beck, 54, bought the cottage when she fell in love with it on a holiday break two decades ago. She piled her four children … Read more

Cottage with no electricity that businesswoman bought for £59 is now an idyllic country retreat

A mum bought a quaint cottage for just £59 for her dream escape to the country – and after taking 22 YEARS to fix it up is now worth £450,000. Jane Beck, 54, bought the cottage when she fell in love with it on a holiday break two decades ago. She piled her four children … Read more

Couple are isolating on idyllic uninhabited Bahamas island with nine-month-baby

A couple who have been isolating on an idyllic uninhabited island in the Bahamas for over 100 days during lockdown have told how they may soon be forced to return home due to the onset of hurricane season. Captain Brian Trautman, from the US, and his Swedish wife Karin, live aboard their boat SV Delos … Read more

National Trust plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into sprawling car park

Protesters are locked in a furious row with the National Trust over plans to turn acres of idyllic Green Belt countryside into a sprawling car park for a moated manor house. Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, already has 232 parking spaces but the conservation charity wants to double capacity by moving the car park to a nearby area … Read more