14 h. ago Picturesque Norfolk town fighting back against county's crackdown on second home owners by refusing to double council tax and impose strict rules on new builds

Wymondham welcomes outsiders with open arms - with the Tory council leader insisting they 'don't believe in tax for taxation's sake'. Businesses and locals said the income from visitors is 'obviously of benefit'.

Economics

18 h. ago Couple who spent £550k on former bank to convert to home refused council permission

Pat Sharp and her husband Nigel hoped to turn into their dream retirement home but it has turned into a planning nightmare.

Economics

60 h. ago Council faces £100,000 tax bill as its ban on second home owners makes its new flats in multi

Bosses have been forced to lift the restriction on the flats in Hunstanton which were intended to go on the market - for local people only - in December 2023.

Economics

61 h. ago A multistory building collapse in Pakistan's port city of Karachi kills at least 6 people

Officials say a multistory building has collapsed in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least six people and injuring several others

Events

66 h. ago Council pays domestic abuse victim £1,600 after leaving him homeless for weeks

‘Waltham Forest Council let this man down when he approached it for help,’ a watchdog finds

Economics

69 h. ago Posh new office building finally opens in Swansea years after work started

The new building is expected to be fully let in the upcoming months

Politics

4 d. ago Former office block transformed into council homes in Cardiff Bay

The first tenants are set to move into the building as the council grapples with "unprecedented numbers" of people in need of housing support

Society

5 d. ago Cardiff office building could be turned into apartments after being put up for sale for £9.5m

Eastgate House is being marketed by Savills with the potential for its upper floors to be turned into residential

Economics

8 d. ago We bought land behind our homes and erected a 6ft fence to keep yobs out... but then snobby neighbours complained to the council

Residents in Ramsey Court and St Michael's Court, Slough, fear they may have spent thousands on land they will never benefit from after being refused council permission to erect a fence.

Society

1 week ago Mayor of seaside town condemns his OWN council over plans to charge residents £70 to park outside their own homes

George Farquhar claimed he knew nothing about the contentious plans which are in response to visitors parking across driveways, on pavements, grass verges and even roundabouts.

Economics

1 week ago Demolition set to begin on old Cardiff pub that's earmarked for council housing

Local councillors for Pentwyn said demolition is about to begin more than a year after Cardiff Council approved plans for 11 council homes on the land

Politics

1 week ago Residents angry over state of Cardiff park which council is refusing to take on

The park, built as part of a brand new housing development in 2012, has been eyesore for some time and Cardiff council are still not taking it on from the developer Persimmon Homes

Politics

1 week ago Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration

Politics

1 week ago Martin Lewis reveals how council tax could change – and urges people to act

It could soon be easier to challenge council tax bands under new plans

Politics

1 week ago Kenya: at least 10 injured during protests in Nairobi on anniversary of 2024 anti

Casualties arrive at Kenyatta national hospital in Nairobi as parliament buildings and president’s office barricadedPictures from Nairobi city centre show police firing water cannon at protesters:The protests on 25 June 2024 saw police relying on teargas and water cannon to disperse the crowd of thousands of protesters. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago South Dakota eager for Trump's statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite local opposition

Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore

Politics

1 week ago ‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions?

Scientists fear thousands of tonnes of chemicals dumped in mining tunnels in Alsace may seep into an aquifer, with devastating consequences for people and wildlifeEight police officers linger with their backs to the two-hectare (five-acre) site known as Stocamine. The place is nondescript in the morning drizzle: two mine shafts, some modern-looking office buildings, a staff car park, lines of landscaped trees. The reason for the police presence, however, is what lies beneath: 42,000 tonnes of toxic waste stored under our feet.Stocamine, which lies in the old industrial town of Wittelsheim, Alsace, once held an old potash mine. Now, the mine shafts are closed, storing poisonous waste from elsewhere. Above the mine shafts is one of Europe’s largest aquifers. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago 26 images from the Cardiff Triathlon with hundreds of competitors and even more spectators

Thousands of people flocked to Cardiff Bay in order to cheer racers who swam, cycled and ran towards the finishing line.

Politics

2 w. ago Hero police officer who rescued toddler from a burning building loses job after speeding to work

Custody Sgt Tim Perrin, 43, was dismissed by Devon and Cornwall Police after being found to have acted dishonestly when he tried to appeal against a speeding fine.

Events

2 w. ago Furious locals in UK city of culture claim their title is a joke as council allows fly

EXCLUSIVE: Bradford is officially the UK's City of Culture - but furious residents say the honour feels like an empty slogan when they cannot walk their streets without stepping over filth.

Politics