4 h. ago What’s in a popular first name? Let this Sarah tell you . . .

Data suggests the drive towards individualism has increased the selection of monikers in recent decades

Politics

20 h. ago 'Neighbour tried to get my car towed from by own drive but I got revenge'

A woman has vented her frustration after her 'entitled' neighbour tried to kick her off her own driveway - but she played him at his own game and taught him a lesson

Transport

20 h. ago Shocking moment pensioner deliberately drives his car into elderly neighbour

Shocking CCTV shows the moment a pensioner deliberately drove their car into an elderly neighbour.

Events

48 h. ago I used to embrace my manic episodes – until a therapist’s advice set me straight, and out on a butterfly hunt | Claire Jackson

The highs were preferable to the depressive lows, but I needed balance, not extremes. Perhaps a return to a childhood passion could help‘Please sit down,” I begged my neighbour, who was leaning across the car gearstick, arm stretched around my headrest. My pleas for him to fasten his seatbelt were futile. Now he was jigging about, gesticulating wildly as he revealed his latest plans.He had told me before about the script he was writing for Gary Oldman. I hadn’t thought too much of it, then – all writers have to be a bit grandiose, I had reasoned, otherwise they wouldn’t achieve anything. But now he was telling me he was inventing a flying machine, from which he would fall – and I quote – “like a sycamore seed”. “You very much won’t,” my partner muttered. “What goes up, must come down.”Claire Jackson is a journalist who writes about classical music, art and animals Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago 'Neighbour demands I move my car for unacceptable reason and I refuse to budge'

A man has shared his frustration at his neighbour's 'outrageous' demand for him to move his car, as the reason she wants him to park elsewhere is 'unacceptable'

Politics

4 d. ago The overlooked towns within two hours’ drive from Europe’s biggest cities

Steer away from Paris, Lisbon and Barcelona for hidden hilltop villages and crowd-free coastlines

Politics

1 week ago DOJ reveals items taken from John Bolton’s house during FBI raid including folders labeled ‘Trump I

Federal agents also seized two iPhones, a hard drive, two USB drives, a Dell Precision Tower computer, a Dell XPS laptop and a Dell Inspiron computer

Politics

2 w. ago 'My neighbour parks her car on my property and reason is outrageous'

A woman has been praised for teaching her 'entitled' neighbour a lesson after catching her parking up on her property, but some people say she should have taken things further

Culture

2 w. ago One of UK's most colourful towns with ancient castle, charming harbour and 13th century walls

The town is a two-hour drive from Cardiff and is home to a number of sandy beaches, a castle and a dinosaur park

Politics

3 w. ago Cold case detectives hunt killer of mum Vera Anderson found with throat cut 34 years ago

Vera Anderson received a phone call, then left her son with a neighbour - five hours later she was found dead in her car just five minutes from her house

Events

3 w. ago St George's cross is 'intimidating' and has been 'hijacked by people with unacceptable views', council leader claims

Nick Ireland, Leader of Dorset Council, has alleged that the drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags has become 'co-opted by certain far-right groups' to 'promote their agendas'.

Politics

3 w. ago The seaside town near Greater Manchester that's one of UK's best for food and drink

The town that's just an hour drive away has been called a "jewel" of the North West coast

Politics

3 w. ago The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianismOn 4 March, Donald Trump delivered his epic 100-minute speech to Congress, the longest such presidential address in US history. Having finished speaking, in time-honored fashion, he walked down the line of supreme court justices, gladhanding each in turn before coming to a stop before the chief justice, John Roberts.“Thank you again, thank you again,” Trump said, taking Roberts’s hand into both his own and shaking it vigorously. Then, as he began to step away, the president tapped Roberts on the arm in a gesture of buddy-buddy intimacy, and said: “Won’t forget.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Plot to raise hundreds more flags on England's streets: Army of patriotic 'Operation Raise the Colours' activists vow to defy council bans with St George's Cross displays

A drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags is being coordinated by an online movement called Operation Raise the Colours.

Politics

4 w. ago Small towns drive growth for office firm IWG as workers abandon daily commute

Flexible working has become the ‘default model for a significant proportion of white-collar workers’, the company said.

Economics