2 w. ago Resident finds note on car with very 'entitled' request from angry neighbour

A man has shared his distress over his neighbour taping angry notes to his car's windscreens as he explains how his mum accidentally started a parking war on their street

Politics

2 w. ago Stunning circular home in converted torpedo testing site in heart of Bushy Park on sale for £7.5m

The circular property was converted by the BBC Television Centre architects firm in the Noughties

Economics

3 w. ago Couple ordered to tear down home gym in neighbour war over parking spaces

Paul Willis, 42, and Emma Woodley, 43, from Basingstoke, have been told to pull down a gym on their driveway after locals complained that they would need to park in the road

Events

3 w. ago Couple must tear down home gym they built on their driveway after neighbours moaned that it meant one of their cars would have to be parked out on street

Paul Willis, 42, and Emma Woodley, 43, from Basingstoke, had the building - thought to be worth tens of thousands of pounds - put up in one of two parking spaces which came with the house.

Transport

3 w. ago Those who object to music events shutting off parks are branded nimbys. But this time, I’m on their side | Moya Lothian

A high court dispute over a south London park shows the limits of private interests encroaching on public spaceA grassy south London oasis erupted into a turf war this week. From Monday, visitors to Brockwell Park would have seen calling cards left by both sides. The provocation? A sturdy 3-metre-high boundary fence, encircling large swathes of the 50-hectare (125-acre) stretch that has been designated for music festivals this summer. Daubed on the structure were signs of discord: graffitied messages in stark white lettering. “You fucked our park,” read one. “We fucked your wall.”Brockwell is now the hottest front in a conflict that has started to rear its head in the capital every summer. A week ago, it made the front pages in the form of a bombshell high court ruling against Lambeth council. The authority responsible for the park lost a case brought by Protect Brockwell Park (PBP), a group of local residents and park users who argued that the council had not obtained the proper pl...

Politics

4 w. ago Couple ordered to tear down dream £1million home in 'flagrant breach' of planning

Jeremy Zielinski and his wife Elaine spent years building the property of their dreams - but now they have been told to tear it down after a "flagrant breach" of planning rules

Economics