24 h. ago Woman torched 'evil badger man's' Land Rover in bizarre revenge attack

Susan Lupton, 63, believed the animals had killed a local cat and deliberately set fire to Graham Lee's vehicle after branding him an "evil badger man"

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26 h. ago Moment writer shouts abuse and hurls bricks at badger before torching her wildlife loving neighbour's Land Rover

Susan Lupton, 63, terrorised wildlife-loving Graham Lee when she mistakenly thought badgers he had rescued and cared for had killed a local cat.

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39 h. ago Writer who torched her 'evil badger man' neighbour's Land Rover because she thought his badgers killed local cat avoids jail

Susan Lupton, 63, set fire to and destroyed wildlife-loving Graham Lee's Freelander in a callous attempt to kill badgers living on his driveway.

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50 h. ago Pensioner, 81, loses 'ridiculous' £280,000 neighbour row over 'inches' of land... after seven years of fighting

Christel Naish, 81, had complained that her neighbour Dr Jyotibala Patel's garden tap and pipe were 'trespassing' on her property in Ilford, east London.

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5 d. ago Mum left humiliated after vile 'racist' hurls abuse and throws coffee at her

Anne Camara, 37, says she was walking home with her daughter in Harlesden, north-west London, when a woman began shouting abuse and threw coffee at her in a shocking street row

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6 d. ago Underrated seaside town is home to one of Wales' best restaurants

This small waterside town is home to Michelin-star dining, wildlife spotting boat trips and lovely pubs with excellent beer gardens.

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6 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.

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7 d. ago Schoolboy aged NINE is suspended from class after shouting sexist jeers at woman sunbathing in bikini in her garden

Hollie Hardy, 26, of Wickford, Essex, was wearing a bikini in her garden which backs onto the school when a group of pupils climbed up a fence and spotted her before shouting sexual abuse.

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1 week ago Charles Dickens’s ‘sliding doors’ moment: how a cold turned an aspiring thespian into a writer

An exhibition explores the authors’ love of theatre, highlighting the dramatic impact of his works As a sliding doors moment, it leads to arguably one of the greatest “what if?” questions in literary history. Passionate about the theatre, Charles Dickens, then just 20, wrote to the famous Covent Garden theatre actor-manager George Bartley seeking an audition, saying he believed he “had a strong perception of character and oddity, and a natural power of reproducing in my own person what I observed in others”.Bartley responded saying they were producing “the Hunchback” and arranging an appointment. Dickens planned to take his sister, Fanny, to accompany him singing on the piano. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump | Rafael Behr

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spreadThere is no founding charter or admissions process to the self-selecting group of “leading” economic powers that currently numbers seven. It was the G8 from 1997 to March 2014. Then Russia annexed Crimea and had its membership suspended, establishing the rule that participating nations should not seize their neighbours’ land.The White House used to condemn that sort of thing on the grounds that “it violates the principles upon which the international system is built”. These days, not so much. On Sunday, shortly after arriving for a G7 meeting in the Canadian resort of Kananaskis, Donald Trump told his host, the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, that Vladimir Putin’s expulsion from the club had been a “big mistake”.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnistOne year of Labour, with Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr and moreOn 9 July, join Pippa Crerar, Rafael Behr, Frances O’Grady and Salma Shah as...

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3 w. ago Salford riot broke out after funeral for teen killed in crash as bricks hurled

A dispersal order was put in place after around 50 to 60 people gathered from around 1.30pm in Salford, as people were using cars and wheelie bins to block off a road

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3 w. ago Riots erupt on streets of Salford after 60 masked youths set fire to cars, build blockades and hurl bricks at police

Between 50 and 60 people flocked to Lower Broughton Road at around 1.30pm this afternoon, using cars and wheelie bins to block off the road.

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3 w. ago Riots erupt in Salford as 60 masked youths burn vehicles and hurl bricks at police with 'tensions high'

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and remains in custody

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3 w. ago Riots erupt on streets of Salford after 60 masked youths set fire to cars, build blockades and hurl bricks at police: Girl, 16, arrested for assaulting cop 

Between 50 and 60 people flocked to Lower Broughton Road at around 1.30pm this afternoon, using cars and wheelie bins to block off the road.

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3 w. ago Capture pictures of Scottish wildlife to celebrate biodiversity and win a free holiday

Wildlife lovers across the UK are invited to capture nature’s beauty in Verdant Leisure’s Wild Shot competition

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3 w. ago My neighbours have built an extension over my property by 15 INCHES... it has destroyed my home and left me facing £85k bill

Brenda Grant, of Uxbridge, west London, said she has been left suicidal after next door's Amarjit Singh Dhunna sliced her plastic roof to build a new wall.

Economics

3 w. 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.

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