3 d. ago 'I would rather go to jail than remove plant pots outside my home'

A pensioner has caused one local council a huge headache after refusing to remove three plant pots designed to block dodgy parking that has blocked his garden and forced his grandkids to walk on the road

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3 d. ago Pensioner at war with council after being told to remove three plant pots from outside his home

The embattled granddad, Graham Bedward, set out the decorative display on a pavement in the village of Helmshore in Lancashire.

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6 d. ago Pensioner spends £40k waging bitter war with neighbour over SIX INCH gap between their gardens

Pensioner John Micallef, 71, who says he is 'very careful' with his has spent £40,000 on a legal battle over a six-inch gap between his and his neighbour's garden.

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9 d. ago Welsh council told it could go further with ban on junk food and petrol car ads

Cardiff Council has become the second council in Wales to bring in a restriction on adverts promoting foods high in fat, salt and sugar

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1 week ago Council told saying ‘we are sorry you felt the need to complain’ to tenants is insincere

Camden Council was accused of putting responsibility on residents instead of the council

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2 w. ago Blundering council dig up mum and dad's grave as grieving daughter hits out

Gillian Carlon, 31, was left horrified after being told the council had dug up her mother and father's grave in error last month.

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2 w. ago Stockport council told to progress local plan after 'repeated failure'

The council leader has hit back at the claims

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3 w. ago Poland says UN will hold emergency meeting after Russian drone incursions

Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian foreign ministers say act was deliberate and coordinated as Trump offers little supportEurope live – latest updatesPoland said the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting over an incursion into the country by Russian drones on Wednesday as allies disputed whether it was a deliberate attack on Poland by Russia and Donald Trump offered little in the way of public support.Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, told local radio Poland planned to use the security council meeting to “draw the world’s attention to this unprecedented Russian drone attack on a member of the UN, EU and Nato”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK households told to put one plant in bathroom to eliminate damp and mould

Bathrooms are prone to mould in the colder seasons but one plant has proven to remove up to 94% of airborne mould particles in just 12 hours.

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3 w. ago Man claims he has spent £1MILLION removing Japanese Knotweed jungles from his properties after invasive plant explodes through walls and engulfs land

Dorian Payne, a developer in Wales, revealed he encounters the invasive species, which looks like bamboo and can grow to heights of more than 10 feet, at almost every property he takes on.

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3 w. ago UK couple may have to evict Ukrainian refugees owing to planning rules

Rosemary Duckett, 80, and her husband, Anthony, 88, say situation is ‘bureaucracy gone mad’A couple who the prime minister thanked for housing Ukrainian refugees have been told by their local council they may have to evict their current guest due to planning rules which the couple describe as “bureaucracy gone mad”.Rosemary Duckett, 80, a retired magistrate and former chair of her local YMCA, and her husband, Anthony, 88, have been providing accommodation in a room above their garage to Ukrainian refugees since 2022. Continue reading...

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