35 h. ago Steady as She Goes: Scotland’s residential property scene continues to be a tapestry of diverse local markets

Scotland’s residential property market has long defied simple categorisation. Unlike other parts of the UK, it is best understood not as a single entity but as a collection of distinct micro-markets, each shaped by its own local dynamics, economic undercurrents, and buyer sentiment says John McHugh, managing partner at DM Hall.

Culture

45 h. ago I've moved from LA to Italy to renovate a £23,000 crumbling medieval house with 17 rooms

Kiki Leigh, from Winnipeg, Canada, was stunned by the local property market when she came across a tiny Italian town called Mussomeli, where historic homes were going for 'the price of a handbag'.

Economics

7 d. ago Everybody’s favourite manic pixie dream aunt: Celia Imrie’s 20 best films – ranked!

As Imrie turns 73, and ahead of her star turn in next month’s The Thursday Murder Club, we revisit the greatest big-screen hits of the actor who is so much more than Miss BabsEmma Thompson’s Mary-Poppins-with-warts is a dog’s dinner of a movie, but Celia Imrie amuses herself (and occasionally us) with a broader-than-usual turn as the widowed Mrs Quickly, who is pursuing a father of seven (Colin Firth) forced by his aunt to marry within 30 days or face penury. Imrie cites this as one of her favourite roles, despite having a live tarantula on her head in one scene and a wriggling worm in her mouth in another. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Land near Stirling goes on market with £1.3million price tag

The farmland and grassland area near Thornhill is said to be "versatile and productive".

Economics

7 d. ago Thrifty Scot who built authentic garage pub crowned country's biggest beer lover

Built single-handedly over four months, almost everything inside Iain Mason's pub Stoaters was sourced for free or under £10 thanks to Facebook Marketplace, Freecycle and local skips.

Politics

7 d. ago ‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica

Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buriedThree decades after genocide was committed in the middle of Europe, memories in the rest of world are beginning to fade, helped along by a relentless effort by the perpetrators and their allies to cover up evidence. But the sprawling murder scene in the hills and fields around Srebrenica continues to cough up its bones.In the town of Bratunac, 6 miles (10km) north of Srebrenica town, a group burial was performed recently of victims’ remains that had been identified over the course of the preceding year. Imams gathered from across the country to pray before a line of six coffins draped in the blue and gold Bosnian flag. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Ten charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing Texas Ice agents

Federal prosecutors described ‘planned ambush with intent to kill Ice correction officers’ on 4 July in AlvaradoTen people have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Texas on 4 July.Federal prosecutors said attackers drew the agents out of an Ice detention center in Alvarado, Texas, with fireworks and by vandalizing vehicles. They allegedly shot a police officer in the neck and unloaded between 20 and 30 rounds on immigration agents, and were later apprehended by local law enforcement near the scene. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Women’s Euro 2025: Spain lay down marker, Germany v Demark and Poland v Sweden – live

All the latest news and reaction from SwitzerlandPlayer guide | David Squires’ wallchart | Mail DominicSome reading from elsewhere in the football world for you:England forward Michelle Agyemang is eager to carve out her own distinctive identity after bursting onto the scene in spectacular style. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Council faces £100,000 tax bill as its ban on second home owners makes its new flats in multi

Bosses have been forced to lift the restriction on the flats in Hunstanton which were intended to go on the market - for local people only - in December 2023.

Economics

2 w. ago Hundreds of mourners come together for vigil of 'murdered' pregnant mother, 27, after man appears in court over her death and 'child destruction'

Sarah Montgomery, 27, was found found dead in a residential property in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland on Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, Zak Hughes, 28, was charged with her murder.

Events

2 w. ago Airbnb owner is ordered to tear down 40ft 'prison camp watchtower' from his garden after neighbour complained

The owner of Gardd y Llys, an Airbnb property in one of the most upmarket residential areas of Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales, has been ordered to tear down a towering 'garden room' following complaints.

Events

2 w. ago Six people killed as small plane crashes minutes after takeoff in Ohio

‘Extremely tragic situation’ as all six people onboard Cessna 441 bound for Montana died in crash on Sunday Six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport, officials said.The Cessna 441 with six people on board crashed near Youngstown-Warren regional airport on Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Authorities remained on the scene on Monday. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Brit woman among dead after horror gas explosion at Spanish bar

A 56-year-old British woman was reportedly one of two people killed following a gas explosion at a bar in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, southern Spain, as she was walking by a local market

Events

3 w. ago Offers close on historic church with council 'unable' to confirm offers received

The iconic St Kessog's Church in Callander has been on the market for several months and the local authority this week confirmed that the closing date for offers passed last week.

Politics

3 w. ago ‘The risk is the lure’: subway surfing in New York City continues to claim young lives

Social media popularizes the deadly activity, and a 1847 law stymies families who try to hold the city to accountJaida Rivera’s 11-year son, Cayden, was supposed to be in school at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene preparatory academy on the morning of 16 September last year. Staff saw him in the cafeteria after his grandmother dropped him off at 7.45am.But 30 minutes later he was marked as absent. Cayden had somehow slipped out, boarded a G subway train traveling south and was riding on top of one of its carriages when he fell on to the tracks at the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street station just after 10.00am. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago The rise of local entrepreneurship: How small businesses are powering Yorkshire’s economic revival

As Yorkshire charts its course through a post-pandemic economy, a quiet revolution is taking place—not in corporate boardrooms, but on high streets, in market stalls, and behind home-office desks. Local entrepreneurs, armed with resilience, creativity, and digital tools, are breathing new life into communities and powering a grassroots economic revival that is reshaping the region’s future.

Economics

last month Meghan reveals Archie, six, and Lili, 4, sell their homegrown fruit and veg at the local market in Montecito

The Duchess of Sussex said she tries to keep her children grounded by getting them to do gardening, admitting they are 'very lucky' to live in a 'privileged' home.

Politics