3 d. ago Shock bills: How much do you need to save in an emergency fund?

Lisa Salmon asks financial experts what unexpected expenses people need to be prepared for, and how much they should put aside to cover them.

Economics

6 d. ago ‘I’ve been criticised for tracking my daughter at uni – I’ve no idea why’

Steven Medway started tracking his daughter Martha some months ago. Now she's gone off to university he says he loves the tracking app as it gives him peace of mind

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6 d. ago Luxury spa boss 'blockaded GP surgery car park with her Bentley' in bitter neighbour row over access to her new property

Dr Reshma Rasheed, 62, is suing property developer turned spa boss, Joy Jarvis, (pictured) over rights to a narrow alleyway bordering Chapel Street Surgery, in Billericay, Essex.

Culture

1 week ago Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood 'in neighbour row' over proposed renovation works as they hit out at 'excessive noise' at BBC star's £1.8m countryside mansion

The Strictly judge, 60, has sought planning permission to raise his back garden by building a terrace around the pool at the £1.8million property.

Economics

1 week ago Grand Designs viewers left baffled by 'unhinged' couple who spend £150,000 on eco

Grand Designs viewers have branded a couple who spent £150,000 building an eco-home they could be forced to leave in five years 'unhinged' - while also calling them out as 'selfish'.

Economics

1 week ago Man cleared of assaulting neighbour amid exhaust fume row in King Charles' Poundbury village says he may sue his accuser for 'dragging his reputation through the mud'

Sekhar Sootarsing, a retired commodities trader, was accused of attacking 83-year-old Ingrid Wright-Holmes after she and her husband complained about fumes from his Ford Mustang.

Events

1 week ago Millionaires' row at war in 'bitter' battle over country lane: Pensioner, 84, claims she was 'attacked by her crippled neighbour' and 'threatened with a shotgun' in nine

Wealthy pensioners living on a leafy 'millionaires' row' in Hampshire are locked in a nine-year feud featuring allegations of assault, harassment and even gunfire across a quiet country lane.

Events

3 w. ago Couple 'spend daughter's university savings' to fund neighbour row over bin shed

Kevin and Elizabeth Harrison-Ellis were forced to almost £150,000 in legal fees following a battle over their home in Oxfordshire - which was triggered by a small wooden bin store

Economics

3 w. ago Couple landed with £175,000 bill after row with neighbour over bin store

The neighbours did not object to a one-storey extension to the property, but went to the High Court over a bin store on the drive

Economics

3 w. ago Couple 'spend daughter's university savings' on war with neighbours over wooden bin shed at £1m country bungalow

Kevin and Elizabeth Harrison-Ellis bought their bungalow in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 2020 and set about adding a first floor to the home.

Economics

4 w. ago We’re locked in bitter row with neighbour who wants to host his own CONCERTS – we’ll be living by the next Glastonbury

A FARMER has won a battle to host concerts on his land until 6am - despite fuming residents fearing it will be the next Glastonbury. Huw Evans, 25, has been hosting events on the farm in Monmouthshire, Wales, with a permit and alcohol license between Thursdays and Fridays. But he has now applied for permission...

Culture

last month My cousin’s daughter didn’t invite me to her wedding and I feel deeply hurt | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

You have done a lot for her over the years and understandably feel rejected, but this could be the start of a more adult relationshipMy cousin is older than me and I have always enjoyed a close relationship with her children, despite not living nearby. Her daughter was my bridesmaid, and after we emigrated when she was a teenager I became a distant mentor – cheering on her ambitions and inviting her to spend a post-uni gap year using our home as a base. She has a great independent streak and quickly found her feet, and became close with my own children, some of whom now live near her in the UK. We all get together regularly when I visit each summer. She’s always had access to our holiday cottage, and we let her stay rent-free in our daughter’s university flat while she was saving for a mortgage.I was delighted when she got engaged, but heard nothing for months apart from a note from her mum to say they were looking forward to the wedding. It later transpired that she had decided to ...

Politics