41 h. ago Scullion LAW Recognised for Excellence in Property and Private Client Law

Scullion LAW is celebrating a major milestone after being named a finalist in two prestigious categories at the 2025 Scottish Legal Awards—Property Team of the Year and Private Client Team of the Year.

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4 d. ago Couple whose home was demolished by 'Britain's worst builder' while they were on holiday in a row over money finally get to move into property

The £500,000 property on leafy Guilford Road, in Stoneygate, Leicester, was demolished by the workman back in June 2021 in a row over money while the owners were on holiday.

Society

6 d. ago How 'the worst builder in Britain' demolished a family's £500k home after they refused to pay his bill in a bitter war lasting four years

The summer of 2021 should have been a fresh start for the Kurji family - a new beginning in their freshly renovated dream Leicester home. Instead, it was the start of four years of hell.

Economics

8 d. ago Inmates clear tornado damage to free Oklahoma family stuck for over a week

Officials in Oklahoma say a work crew of inmates cut through downed trees to clear the way for a woman and her three children to finally leave their rural property

Events

9 d. ago Children injured, wildlife slaughtered, forests ravaged: is it time to ban disposable barbecues?

Single-use grills are ‘the worst form of litter’, says the boss of Keep Britain Tidy, whose own young son was badly burned by one left on a beach. They’re also a terrible way to cook. Should shops stop selling them?Toby Tyler can still hear his son William’s scream. “That will never, ever leave us,” he says, speaking on a video call from the family home in Stockport, Greater Manchester. “But we didn’t understand what had happened. We thought he’d stood on something that had gone into his foot. It was only when he got to us and we grabbed him that we could see his foot completely stripped – all the skin had gone.”It was 2020, in a break between lockdowns, and the Tyler family – Toby and Claire, their kids Lily and William, who was nine at the time – had gone to the beach at Formby. “There was another family who’d brought a disposable barbecue which they’d used on the sand in the morning. The whole unit had cooled, so they had moved it because they were worried about the kids standing...

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9 d. ago Home gym that has torn a street apart: Neighbours weigh in on 'stupid' parking row that's forced couple to demolish workout suite on their driveway

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Willis, 42, and Emma Woodley, 43, were told to remove the home gym after residents moaned it would mean one of their cars would be parked on the street.

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9 d. ago Neighbours defend couple ordered to demolish home gym they built on their own driveway because of 'dangerous' parking situation

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Willis, 42, and Emma Woodley, 43, were told to remove the home gym after residents moaned it would mean one of their cars would be parked on the street.

Politics

1 week ago New blow for Britain's worst seaside town rated 'drab' and 'rundown' as its main shopping centre goes up for sale at knockdown price

The historic Welsh resort of Bangor took the unwanted number one spot on the Which? survey of worst seaside town in Britain earlier this month, scoring just 42 percent approval ratings.

Economics

1 week ago Couple are ordered to demolish home gym they built on their own driveway... after neighbours complained it created a 'dangerous' parking situation

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.

Society

1 week ago Death in the Yorkshire Dales: How 32 housewives and driver died when coach plunged off 'Devil's Bridge' after its brakes failed in Britain's worst ever road disaster 50 years ago

Fifty years ago today, a packed coach crashed in the Yorkshire Dales after its brakes failed, killing 32 passengers and the driver. It was the worst road disaster in British history.

Events

1 week ago WORST place in the UK for food standards with streets RIDDLED with zero

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's worst area for food standards can be revealed today after an investigation by MailOnline.

Politics

2 w. ago Mountain marvel: how one of biggest batteries in Europe uses thousands of gallons of water to stop blackouts

‘Much-loved’ Dinorwig hydroelectric energy storage site in Wales has a vital role to play in keeping the lights onSeconds after a catastrophic series of power outages struck across the UK in the summer of 2019, a phone rang in the control room of the Dinorwig hydropower plant in north Wales. It was Britain’s energy system operator requesting an immediate deluge of electricity to help prevent a wide-scale blackout crippling Britain’s power grids.The response was swift, and in the end just under million people were left without power for less than 45 minutes. While trains were stuck on lines for hours and hospitals had to revert to backup generators, that phone call prevented Britain’s worst blackout in a decade from being far more severe. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Britain's 'best and worst' motorway services revealed including one with 'urine' smell

A survey by consumer group Which? has ranked 90 of the country's motorway service stations, from those with a farm shop and lake to others branded 'dark and gloomy'

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2 w. ago Britain's worst drivers: Moment motorists leave other road users inches from death as they run red lights, mount pavements and perform dangerous overtakes in shocking dashcam videos

Experts at dash cam firm Nextbase, who compiled the footage, fear impatience on the roads is likely to spike in huge traffic jams during the upcoming bank holiday weekend.

Events

2 w. ago Couple told to demolish £1m home they claimed would be ‘horse semen lab’

Jeremy Zielinski and his wife Elaine ‘built a home from the off’ after getting approval for a horse semen centre

Economics

2 w. ago Britain’s ‘worst zoo’ where keeper was mauled to death and animals went missing set to close

The decision for South Lakes Safari Zoo to close comes after years of abuse and malpractice reports

Events

2 w. ago Couple are forced demolish their conservatory and left with £60k repair bill after bamboo from next door grows through their floor

A husband and his wife had been living in Brighton for a year when they noticed leaves sprouting from the floor of the conservatory.

Economics

2 w. ago This is why Starmer's Brexit deal could leave Britain trapped in the worst of all worlds: LEO MCKINSTRY

Almost a decade ago, the British people voted decisively to take back control from Brussels. Now Keir Starmer is seeking to put the EU back in charge.

Economics

3 w. ago Man Utd legend Gary Neville launches campaign to save Britain's 50 worst football pitches

As a robust right-back and Sky Sports pundit, Gary Neville was never afraid to make his mark - but now he is taking on a new crusade to help save Britain's grassroots pitches from decay and neglect

Politics

3 w. ago Freedoms in Britain declining at a faster rate than almost anywhere in Europe as UK jumps up the rankings in 'nanny state' league... with Germany  last in 29

Britain has moved four spots to become the seventh worst place in the continent to eat, drink, smoke and vape, according to the analysis.

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