1 week ago 'Great Wall of Devon' landowner wages war with neighbours AGAIN after building six foot concrete barrier to block locals

The 2-meter concrete barrier, which was hastily and mysteriously erected over the Easter holidays, stopped residents from getting their children to St James Primary School in Oklehampton, Devon.

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2 w. ago Will the new Middle East crisis rock the world economy? The markets say no – but I fear they’re wrong | Larry Elliott

The oil shocks of the 1970s-90s had brutal economic impacts. As Israel attacks Iran, a moderate rise in oil prices rests on questionable assumptionsFinancial markets picked up the clear message when Donald Trump cut short his stay at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies this week. Despite calls from fellow western leaders to de-escalate the crisis, the president’s early return to the White House was taken as a sign that the US is considering joining Israel in its military action against Iran. Trump says he wants Iran’s unconditional surrender.This is where modern summitry came in half a century ago. In 1975, the first meeting of what eventually became the G7 was convened at Rambouillet in France in an attempt to work out a joint response to the oil shock that accompanied the Yom Kippur war between Israel and its neighbours.Larry Elliott is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by em...

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3 w. ago A gate too far! Couple who lost bitter war against neighbours over Bond

EXCLUSIVE: A A couple who defied a council enforcement order to remove a £10,000 set of gates have had to tear them down in a humiliating defeat.

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3 w. ago Flight 149: Hostage of War review – a tale so staggering you couldn’t write it

This excellent documentary tells the tale of a BA plane’s Kuwait stopover just as Saddam Hussein invaded. It’s a crucial tale of a four-month nightmare that is barely believableIf it were a work of fiction, the story of Flight 149 would probably be deemed too horrifying – or too unbelievable – for television. Indeed, as a documentary interspersed with dramatic reconstructions, at points it is almost unbearable to watch. But it is a crucial piece of work: a one-off film that goes deep into a bizarre and increasingly hideous ordeal to ask how and why it happened.On 2 August 1990, a British Airways plane carrying nearly 400 passengers and crew from London to Kuala Lumpur touched down for a scheduled stopover in Kuwait. Those on board knew nothing of the unfolding Iraqi invasion of the country and the brutality Saddam Hussein was inflicting on his neighbours (this would, of course, soon lead to the Gulf war). British Airways maintains that it, too, was unaware of what was taki...

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3 w. ago A fence complaint too far: Couple claimed it ruined their picnics...but in the end they were forced to rip up their own patio after neighbour war backfired

Helen Faber and her partner Dominic Miles brought a claim against their neighbours, Richard and Katherine Reid, alleging that a wooden fence had reduced a path by 40cm.

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3 w. ago War of the roses! Neighbour gets restraining order after stealing plant pots and decorations from next door for her own garden

Her target Patricia Thorley, who lived in the adjoining bungalow, said around £1,000 worth of items mysteriously went missing over a period of several years.

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3 w. ago Residents' fury after wealthy neighbour extends his 'horrific' £1million 'American

Civil war has erupted on a leafy street in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, over a 'horrific' extension on a £1million property that neighbours knew nothing about.

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