18 h. ago Residents fear Falkirk care at home outsourcing will have serious impact

Falkirk Council staff will no longer provide care to residents at Tygetshaugh, who say that despite assurances that care support will not change they are still worried.

Politics

59 h. 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.

Society

3 d. ago Women could be conscripted if WW3 breaks out – here's what happened in WW2

If WW3 was to break out it is possible women could be conscripted to help serve the country, and as tensions rise across the globe, the fear of war is playing on many UK residents' minds

Politics

7 d. ago ‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: immigrants are disappearing from the streets – can US cities survive?

Heavily immigrant towns and cities in California resemble ghost towns as fear of Ice raids grip local residentsAt Hector’s Mariscos restaurant in the heavily Latino and immigrant city of Santa Ana, California, sales of Mexican seafood have slid. Seven tables would normally be full, but diners sit at only two this Tuesday afternoon.“I haven’t seen it like this since Covid,” manager Lorena Marin said in Spanish as cumbia music played on loudspeakers. A US citizen, Marin even texted customers she was friendly with, encouraging them to come in. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago The ‘sacrifice zone’: villagers resist the EU’s green push for lithium mining

Residents of a Portuguese rural idyll where four vast mines are planned are among those who feel they will pay too high a cost for the energy transitionFilipe Gomes had been craving fresh air and quiet routine when he and his partner quit the chaos of London’s catering industry for the fog-misted hills of Covas do Barroso, the sleepy Portuguese farming village in which he was raised.But his rural idyll has been disturbed by miners drilling boreholes as they push to dig four vast lithium mines right beside the village. The prospecting has sparked resistance from residents who fear the mines will foul the soil, drain the water and fill the air with the rumbling thunder of heavy trucks. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Is this Britain's unluckiest village? Durham town was left stinking of rotten eggs from landfill site...now local authorities are introducing an INCINERATOR which residents fear will be just as bad

A 10,000-tonne incinerator, which lies within a mile of a nursery, a primary school and a sixth form college, is being built and will be up and running next year. But locals are making a last ditch attempt to stop it.

Culture

2 w. ago We're being terrorised by a 'feral' GIRL GANG: Desperate locals claim wild teens nicknamed 'the little s****' are trashing shops, slashing tires and going on Prosecco rampage

A 'feral' gang of prosecco-guzzling teenage girls have been terrorising their neighbours as residents walk in fear and say they are powerless to stop it.

Events

2 w. ago Project to reduce falls to be rolled out across Falkirk Council care homes

Staff at Grahamston House in Falkirk were praised for the project that dramatically cut elderly residents' falls

Politics

3 w. ago Psycho buzzard terrorising village is filmed breaking into people's homes

Residents of the village near Romford in East London have been ‘living in fear’ for months after a buzzard began swooping down on residents at the end of March

Events

3 w. ago Residents of tiny Dumfries and Galloway village fear 'catastrophic' impact of children's care home

CareTec are aiming to turn a home in Milton near Crocketford into a children’s residential care home.

Society

3 w. ago London's canal of chaos: Furious homeowners battle against antisocial behaviour after boat party revellers had sex, flashed and used gardens as toilets

Residents with houses along the quaint Little Venice canal fear there will be a surge in anti-social behaviour if the licence is granted to GoBoat UK, a boat rental company based in London.

Events