3 d. ago Love Island star sparks fix row as she says winner Toni Laites was ITV plant

Toni Laites emerged victorious from the latest series of Love Island but it's now been alleged that she was actually spotted by a top ITV producer when he was on holiday

Politics

4 d. ago Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in GenevaWhen a Liberian-flagged container ship, the MSC Elsa 3, capsized and sank 13 miles off the coast of Kerala, in India, on 25 May, a state-wide disaster was quickly declared. A long oil slick from the 184-metre vessel, which was carrying hazardous cargo, was partially tackled by aircraft-borne dispersants, while a salvage operation sealed tanks to prevent leaks.But almost three months later, a more insidious and persistent environmental catastrophe is continuing along the ecologically fragile coast of the Arabian Sea. Among the 643 containers onboard were 71,500 sacks of tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles. By July, only 7,920 were reportedly recovered. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmondson in new planning row over £250k Dartmoor extension

The celebrity couple have owned the Grade II-listed property in Devon for 30 years

Economics

6 d. ago Rita Ora 'locked in bitter row with neighbours over plans to build high

Rita Ora is reportedly embroiled in a bitter dispute with her neighbours over plans to build a state-of-the-art gym in the garden of her £7.5million Grade II-listed North London home. 

Politics

7 d. ago Single councillor will go into battle in row over plan to build 216 homes

He's offered his services after two other elected members pulled back

Events

1 week ago Locals' fury over plans to build huge solar farm on idyllic countryside made famous by The Vicar of Dibley

EXCLUSIVE: The row centres on a 97-hectre solar project which is planned for fields in Oxfordshire that feature in the opening credits of the iconic 1990s BBC sitcom, starring Dawn French.

Politics

1 week ago Owner of Pablo Escobar's old jumbo jet is embroiled in planning row over 'noisy' Airbnb parties in aircraft

Johnny Palmer, 41, created the unique accommodation in the abandoned Boeing 727 plane once owned by the drugs lord to makes guests 'feel like billionaires.'

Politics

4 w. ago Moment fists fly as British stag do erupts into brawl just after landing at Tenerife airport following onboard row

The appalling footage captures a group of men dressed in black stag do tops engaging in a violent scuffle after disembarking a Ryanair flight from the UK.

Transport