The best commuter villages where workers moving out of London can snap-up homes for less than £500,000 have been revealed. With Covid having a huge and potentially lasting impact on the working habits of millions of office workers – many of whom are now working from home – properties in the capital’s commuter belt are … Read more
Britain’s property hotspot villages have been revealed and top-of-the-pile Malborough, near Salcombe in Devon, has seen prices almost double. Lockdown has seen a surprise property boom – marked by deep-pocketed buyers escaping to the country – driving prices in some popular villages up substantially. The top 10 villages listed by estate agent Savills have all … Read more
Every April (and let’s hope it happens this year), people from the mayor’s office in the southern Spanish hill town of Vejer de la Frontera tramp its streets in search of residents who have let the facades of their homes get a bit, well, grubby. Those inhabitants whose walls fail to come up to snuff … Read more
Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been listed as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping audit of pre-existing work linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which is … Read more
Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been listed as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping audit of pre-existing work linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which is … Read more
Hotspots that now sound even better: How audio tours can conjure up cities, castles and country villages and bring them to life wherever you are Sir Ian McKellen shares personal stories in the Theatreland Tour of London BBC newsreader Huw Edwards can be your lockdown guide to Cardiff Castle The official Quayside Adventure audio tour … Read more
Mirror, signal and one heck of a manoeuvre: Skilled hauliers negotiate huge 220ft rotor blades through tiny villages and narrow roads Haulier company P. Adams Schwertentransporte shared the astonishing images The Luxembourg transporters carried the 25-tonne blade through country lanes The blades are attached to a platform which can pivot according to the roads By … Read more
Mirror, signal and one heck of a manoeuvre: Skilled hauliers negotiate huge 220ft rotor blades through tiny villages and narrow roads Haulier company P. Adams Schwertentransporte shared the astonishing images The Luxembourg transporters carried the 25-tonne blade through country lanes The blades are attached to a platform which can pivot according to the roads By … Read more
Prince Charles today met with hospital workers after appearing in a video to praise a Surrey retirement village for its ‘indomitable community spirit and resilience’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The Prince of Wales, 72, met with members of staff during a visit to the Tetbury hospital to thank them for their work during the pandemic. It comes … Read more
Prince Charles has praised a Surrey retirement village for its ‘indomitable community spirit and resilience’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The Prince of Wales, 72, said staff, volunteers and residents at Whiteley Homes Trust, in Walton on Thames, should be ‘truly proud’ of their efforts throughout the Covid-19 crisis. Speaking via video from Clarence House, Charles, who … Read more