17 h. ago 500,000 households could be missing out on free TV licence under little

Around half a million households across the country could be missing out on a free TV licence, worth £174.50 a year, according to a new report

Events

23 h. ago Inside the Welsh seaside town where homes regularly sell for more than £1m

It's a location that can easily boast coast, country and city and has a house price way above the Welsh average

Economics

50 h. ago Iraq's justice minister says prisons are at double their capacity as amnesty law takes effect

As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview

Politics

52 h. ago Trump orders reopening and expansion of Alcatraz to house country’s ‘most ruthless’ offenders

The former federal penitentiary is located on a remote San Francisco island and closed in 1963

Politics

54 h. ago Trump says he has ordered reopening and expansion of Alcatraz to house country’s ‘most ruthless’ offenders

The federal penitentiary is located on a San Francisco island and closed in 1963

Politics

3 d. ago Inside breathtaking Scottish country house with its own ballroom for sale

Bennathie is equally beautiful inside and out.

Politics

3 d. ago My family's house was on Escape To The Country and the crew left it in a NIGHTMARE state

The BBC show sees hosts help prospective buyers living in the city, discover their dream abodes in the countryside.

Society

6 d. ago The infamous Britpop 1995 showdown between Blur and Oasis is coming to the stage

The chart showdown between the warring bands - when Blur released 'Country House' on the same day as Oasis's 'Roll With It' - will be played out on the stage in a piece called The Battle due to open in Birmingham next February

Politics

7 d. ago Oasis vs Blur 'Battle of Britpop' to be brought to stage in new Scotland tour

In August 1995, Blur moved the release date of their single Country House to the same day that Oasis issued their single Roll With It

Events

7 d. ago DWP Universal credit change brings £420 boost to over a million households

The change comes into effect today and is predicted to help more than a million households across the country

Economics

7 d. ago Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a contest between cheeky chaps and lairy lads. Thirty years on, a new play is to revisit the fierce rivalry between Blur and Oasis when both British bands put out a new single in the same week and competed to grab the No 1 spot in the charts. Some purchased both releases, many couldn’t care less, but for a few days it was a decision that defined you: whether to spend £2.99 on Oasis’s Roll With It or Blur’s Country House?The Battle is the debut stage play of novelist and screenwriter John Niven who said of the era: “Music was so central to the culture that two pop groups could dominate the entire summer, the evening news and the front page of every newspaper in the country. We’re going to take you back there.” Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago London leaver: 'we swapped our Home Counties rental for a four

Even though she was born and bred in the London suburbs Reanne Witter jumped at the chance the pandemic gave her to try out a new life in the country, swapping her childhood bedroom for a four-bedroom house in the process.

Society

9 d. ago Britain's property wealth age gap revealed! Over 60s hold NINE times more than under 35s

Owner-occupiers aged 60-plus now hold a record estimated £2.89 trillion of all owner-occupier housing wealth across the country, according to Savills.

Politics

1 week ago London leaver: 'we swapped our Home Counties rental for a £485k four

Even though she was born and bred in the London suburbs Reanne Witter jumped at the chance the pandemic gave her to try out a new life in the country, swapping her childhood bedroom for a four-bedroom house in the process.

Society

1 week ago Who opened her first classroom in Rome back in 1907? The Saturday quiz

From the Albert Square pub and Bombay Sapphire bottle to the Pest Control Office, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which father and son footballers both have more than 100 international caps?2 In 1907, who opened her first classroom in Rome?3 Which mythical beast had a human face, lion’s body and scorpion’s tail?4 What becomes the Padma within Bangladesh?5 Used in the 14th century, the pot-de-fer was an early type of what?6 Whose work is sold and authenticated by the Pest Control Office?7 Which African country is named from the Shona for “houses of stone”?8 What list currently ends with oganesson?What links: 9 Buckthorn bark; brazilwood; cochineal; madder; safflower?10 Platypus (0); human (1); dolphin (2); ostrich (3); cattle (4)?11 Brownie; Frankenstrat; Lucille; Red Special; Trigger?12 Aktau; Baku; Makhachkala; Rasht; Türkmenbaşy?13 Albert Square pub; Bombay Sapphire bottle; first postage stamp?14 Big Bounce; Big Crunch; Big Freeze; Big Rip?15 Asparagus; Burgh; Burrow; ...

Politics

2 w. ago Russia ‘may be willing to drop claims to parts of Ukraine it does not occupy’

David Lammy to host US and European negotiators for ceasefire talks in London amid encouraging speculationDavid Lammy, the foreign secretary, will host US and European negotiators for fresh talks about Ukraine on Wednesday amid speculation that Russia has told Washington it might be willing to drop its claim to parts of Ukraine it does not occupy.The price would include the US making concessions to Moscow such as recognising the 2014 annexation of Crimea, though Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said no such proposal had been shared with him by the White House and that his country could not endorse it. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago BBC Escape to the Country hopeful's brutal response as they shut down house search

Things took a downward turn during the BBC property show's latest instalment

Politics

2 w. ago UK house prices mapped – search by postcode to see if your area is rising or falling

As house prices lept by a whopping 5.4% in the year up to February, we have created an interactive map highlighting the average house price in each area of the country - enter your postcode to check your local market

Politics

2 w. ago This north London borough is currently the country’s fastest place to sell a house

This north London borough is currently the country’s fastest place to sell a house  Time Out

Society

2 w. ago UK house price growth accelerates as buyers ‘rushed’ to beat stamp duty rises

Across the country, house prices were higher in February, compared with a year earlier.

Economics