42 h. ago UK homeowners with oak trees in gardens face £20,000 fine after council decision

One gardener was left stunned after he was slapped with a £20,000 fine for cutting back a tree in his garden, and it turns out many people don't realise they could be breaking the law.

Economics

4 d. ago 'I'm a lawyer and these are the rules for putting fairy lights in your garden'

As the weather gets warmer, many people will be looking to spruce up their gardens - but homeowners have been warned they could face fines for putting fairy lights on their fence

Society

9 d. ago Homeowner landed with £116,000 bill after cutting down tree decade earlier

Claire Rands said she had no idea that she'd done anything wrong

Economics

9 d. ago Homeowner fined £116,000 for chopping down tree in garden more than decade ago

Claire Rands had a 100-year-old lime tree chopped down in the back garden of her home in Newport, Wales back in 2012 - and was taken court by the local council over a decade later

Economics

1 week ago Owner of posh home thought it was fine to chop down tree 13 years ago

Claire Rands, of sought-after cul-de-sac Mons Close in Allt-yr-Yn, said she had no idea she was doing anything wrong when she had the tree removed

Politics

1 week ago Record 116,000 mobile phones stolen in the capital last year

Data from the Metropolitan Police reveals there were 116,656 reported mobile thefts in 2024 - the highest number on record.

Politics

2 w. ago Macron condemns ‘antisemitic hatred’ after attackers chop down tree honoring murdered Jew

The commemorative tree for Ilan Halimi was felled on Wednesday night, seemingly with a chainsaw

Events

2 w. ago French authorities vow justice after unknown attackers chop down tree honoring murdered Jew

Authorities in France are vowing to track down unknown attackers who chopped down an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew murdered in 2006

Events

3 w. ago UK homeowners face triggering £5k fine for 'not tidying up enough'

During the summer, homeowners will be heading out into their gardens to spruce them up, but there's one thing they should all be aware of

Economics