6 h. ago UK households must do one thing before painting garden fence or 'face fines'

Before you start freshening up your garden fence with a lick of paint, make sure you check one crucial detail - otherwise you could potentially face fines or legal action

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3 d. ago Garden expert's fence cleaning DIY spray that removes algae, mould and stains

Wooden fences can become easily stained with algae, moss and mould. But one expert has shared a simple hack to remove green streaks without using a pressure washer

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5 d. ago Stop using brushes or sprayers to paint your fence as clever 46p hack works faster

A TikTok user has shared a 'genius' painting hack that will help you transform your garden fence in 'minutes' without the need for a brush or sprayer

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1 week ago Review: I watched Clarkson's Farm on the garden fence thanks to Dangbei's N2 Mini projector

The latest affordable projector offers versatility and quality wherever you want to watch it

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2 w. ago New UK garden fence law 'simplifies' rules but households could face £20k fine

New UK garden fence rules came into force in May 2025 and govern the height of fences in your front and back garden - and breaching them could result in a hefty fine

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2 w. ago Art for Everybody review – the dark side of Thomas Kinkade, ‘painter of light’

The extraordinarily popular painter of kitsch American scenes struggled with addiction and depression, as this documentary with access to his previously unseen works showsYou won’t find the works of Thomas Kinkade lining the walls of the Museum of Modern Art, yet the painter, who died in 2012, is one of the best-selling artists in history and his paintings hang in tens of millions of American households. Kinkade’s typical subjects – rustic landscapes, sleepy cottages, quaint gazebos – bask in an idyllic calm, a luminous callback to a fabled simpler past. Turning to his unpublished archive, Miranda Yousef’s engrossing documentary portrait unveils the dark shadows that lurked within the self-titled “painter of light”.Through interviews with family members, close collaborators and critics, as well as Kinkade’s own words, the film traces his meteoric success in the 1980s and 90s. Shunned by the art world, he marketed his works through home-shopping television channels and a network of f...

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2 w. ago Painter gets 'sweet revenge' on customer who refused to pay for garden fence job

A tradesman has shared his fury after a customer refused to pay for a service, so he decided to take matters into his own hands and get 'revenge' on the non-paying client

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2 w. ago Homeowners with garden fences told to 'contact council' or risk £20,000 fine

New rules came in last week under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 give households guidance - here's all you need to know

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3 w. ago Tortoise who escaped to find a mate nearly a year ago at a speed of 0.13mph is found... just ONE mile away

Ginger dug under a garden fence before making a slow getaway across countryside fields in the quest for love, following the death of her longtime companion Fred.

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