31 h. ago The 'lawless' UK estate where residents claim they have been 'left to rot' and are terrorised by 'balaclava

Balaclava-clad gangs tear through the roads on scooters, pulling reckless wheelies and shouting abuse at terrified passers-by.

Events

34 h. ago My best friend of 50 years knew me better than anyone. But when she died, no one seemed to take my grief seriously

Friends know you differently from family, but where do you sit in the pecking order after they die? Below immediate relatives, ahead of a cousin, behind a workmate?I don’t remember a time in my life when Chrissy wasn’t in it. We were born 11 days apart and were both one when our families moved on to the same street in Geelong, a port city an hour south-west of Melbourne. We had a very Australian childhood; summers spent in our bathers, running through sprinklers; swimming in back yard pools; eating sausages in bread on New Year’s Eve, when we were allowed to stay up late while our parents drank cask riesling with the neighbours, and we’d lie on the cool evening grass listening to crickets.During those blisteringly hot summer days of our childhood, we lived at the beach, where shark alarms were constant and the waves dangerous. Occasionally, Chrissy would paddle out on her inflatable red and blue raft to the big waves out the back where the serious surfers were. Sometimes, I’d panic ...

Events

3 d. ago UK hospital's eerily abandoned rooms left to rot but patients still allowed in

The abandoned pain clinic at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre has been out of commission for seven years due to severe structural issues, including leaking pipes and collapsed ceilings

Science

4 d. ago Abandoned EFL stadium has sign which shows just how cheap football used to be for fans

Rotherham United's Millmoor Stadium was abandoned in 2008 and left to rot, but after being brought back to life by a local team in the community, a recent video shows how it looks now

Sport

4 d. ago Staggering number of Brits who would lick a stranger’s armpit for £10k revealed

Brits would also shave their eyebrows off to bag the cash as well swimming in a bath of baked beans and spending 24 hours locked in a lift with their ex

Economics

6 d. ago Eerie video shows 'abandoned Center Parcs lodges' left to rot

A TikTok video has shown the eerie side of Center Parcs, with footage appearing to show a number of 'abandoned' lodges at a holiday park in the Netherlands left to rot with furniture still inside

Culture

7 d. ago Inside James Corden's abandoned £8million mansion that's been left to 'rot' after being invaded by vandals

James Corden's UK mansion which he planned to demolish and turn into an £8million new home has seen better days after it was 'abandoned' by the star.

Economics

1 week ago Abandoned town left to rot for 40 years after plane crash horror

Goussainville-Vieux Pays is now a largely empty village where plant life is taking over and almost everybody has left, following a major plane crash around 50 years ago

Events

1 week ago Inside Center Parcs' 'abandoned lodges' left to decay with furniture still inside

An online content creator shared eerie footage of the abandoned lodges in the Netherlands - and it seems the holiday homes have been left to rot with furniture still inside

Politics

1 week ago Abandoned UK tower overlooking M6 left to rot but cost £14m to build

The Pennine Tower, a 90-foot hexagonal structure that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, was built in 1965 as part of the Forton motorway services between Lancaster and Preston

Economics

1 week ago Inside creepy abandoned Scottish high school 'filled with decay and pigeons'

The photographer said it was "sad to see" the state of the building.

Culture

1 week ago Creepy ghost town suddenly abandoned now overrun with polar bears

Pyramiden, a town in the Arctic Circle that has stood empty of humans since 1998, is a living museum to Soviet life. Visit today and you will find cups left on the table, skiing equipment abandoned in the hallway and newspaper cuttings on the wall

Politics

1 week ago Incredible Spanish town abandoned by mistake and left to rot for 55 years

A stunning Spanish town that 1,000 residents once called home was completely abandoned and left to rot more than five decades ago - all because of a flood that never even happened

Politics

2 w. ago The death of Debenhams: The reason why ghost stores are left to rot across the country as locals say 'desolate' shells are 'ruining' their town centres

Once a stalwart of the British shopping experience, the bedraggled shells of former Debenhams stores now litter the UK.

Events

2 w. ago Center Parcs' eerily abandoned lodges left to rot with furniture still inside

An eerie video shared on social media shows the state of disrepair some of abandoned accommodation at a Center Parcs in the Netherlands with moss growing over furniture

Politics

3 w. ago Abandoned theme park with crumbling arcade and creepy dummies 'left to rot'

An urban explorer Lukka Bradburn visited the remains of two abandoned theme parks in Japan after visiting nearby ghost towns deserted in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Politics

3 w. ago Creepy theme park abandoned after nuclear disaster looks like Wild West 'left to rot'

An intrepid traveller managed to locate an abandoned theme park in Japan – but appeared to take a huge step back in time and stumbled upon the US Wild West remade

Events

3 w. ago Time running out for abandoned orcas left to rot in 'zombie' marine park

The two killer whales, Wikie and her son Keijo, have been left abandoned in a rotting marine zoo after it closed permanently in January and now face an uncertain future

Politics

3 w. ago Inside abandoned wildlife park where eerie 'ghost shark' left to rot

The great white shark was caught in fishing nets in Australia before she was transferred to a wildlife park where she was put on display. After the park was closed, she was abandoned

Politics

3 w. ago Abandoned Disney World theme parks left to rot and eerily quiet

Walt Disney World in Florida is known for being a magical place, but there are some parts of the resort that have been left abandoned and are now slowly decaying

Politics