1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (88+ words) Families in 'unsellable' flats face financial ruin: Residents are washing in buckets at block that's had no gas or hot water for six months - and estate agents warn the value of their properties is 'next to nothing' Daily Mail Families…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (599+ words) A leading housebuilder has warned of a further deterioration in the housing market and urged the Government to reform stamp duty, which has become a 'binding constraint'. Berkeley Group said war in the Middle East and ongoing political uncertainty have…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (471+ words) The owners of a Grade II-listed Cotswolds manor has been left 'devastated' after a blaze ripped through the £8million property just a year after it was purchased. Images from the scene show the extensive damage caused to Barton House after an…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (452+ words) By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA A green-fingered pensioner has been banned from gardening outside his home and even had his lawnmower confiscated after a row over a foot-high picket fence. The association ordered the miniature picket fence to…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (72+ words) 17 signs YOU are the nightmare neighbour: Former royal butler reveals the bad behaviour you're being judged for - and your garden accessory the people next door hate Daily Mail 17 signs YOU are the nightmare neighbour: Former royal butler reveals the bad…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (361+ words) A 600-year-old Chinese jade dog with a 'magical history' could sell for up to £10,000 after it was bought at a car boot sale for just £1. The tiny figurine is made of mottled black and green stone and is estimated to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (795+ words) By LIZ HULL, NORTHERN CORRESPONDENT and IAN LEONARD For five years residents whose homes backed onto a grotty, rubbish-strewn alleyway lovingly and painstakingly transformed it into green and pleasant communal garden. They cleared the fly-tipping, planted wild flowers, shrubs and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (762+ words) By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA A 'disingenuous' property developer could be forced to demolish an illegal privacy wall that blocked a family's sea view after losing a planning appeal. The towering wall has also opened up the possibility…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (761+ words) Notting Hill Carnival is well underway in the capital this weekend, with its usual display of bedazzled costumes, hectic energy and Caribbean-inspired food and drink stalls lining the streets of the eponymous London borough. However, for those preferring to avoid…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (573+ words) By LIZ HULL, NORTHERN CORRESPONDENT A farmer has criticised the National Trust for forcing him to remove horses that have grazed a hilltop overlooking one of Britain's best beaches for more than a century. Nick Beynon's family have kept ponies…...