18 h. ago Welsh villagers lose four year long fight to stop farmer building barns near their homes

The farmer who applied to build the barns said he lost livestock in the years he waited for a decision on his plans

Society

60 h. ago Moment woman on Grand Designs breaks down as she realises that she may need to sell her beloved pet to pay for her 'wild' £900,000 building project

In the latest episode of Grand Designs, Sarah and Pip were faced with the mammoth task of transforming a rickety barn in Bedfordshire into a family home.

Economics

7 d. ago Incredible barn conversion in Wales' most expensive county that will take your breath away

Arguably the most stunning transformation from listed building to stunning home currently on the market

Politics

9 d. ago Residents' fury as the only road through Britain's smallest town closes for six months so the mayor can repair his £1million house

The small Kent town of Fordwich will have its only road closed for six months as 'essential repair works' take place on a £1million home owned by local mayor Barney Riggs.

Economics

2 w. ago PETER HITCHENS: It's 30 years since I saw a Trident missile leap from the sea. But would it fire today

How embarrassing to see one of our Trident submarines steal back home, speckled with barnacles, blotched with rust and with several of its costly acoustic tiles missing.

Events

2 w. ago Plan for 1,500 new homes in Finchley considered by Barnet Council after securing City Hall support

The scheme includes a 25-storey tower and ‘re-provision’ of a demolished leisure centre

Politics

3 w. ago Newcastle boss Eddie Howe hails ‘massive win’ at West Ham ahead of cup final

Bruno Guimaraes stuck out a leg to turn home Harvey Barnes’ cross in the 63rd minute for the game’s only goal.

Events

3 w. ago Athol Fugard was a dreamer, listener and master storyteller – on stage and at home | Barney Norris

The South African writer, who has died aged 92, was grateful for his extraordinary life and wrote out of love rather than angerI feel that Athol Fugard and his wife, Paula Fourie, changed my life in the autumn of 2022 when I visited South Africa to spend time with them and their daughter Halle. We were supposed to be working on a book together, and we did; but our time became so much more than that. There were lunches in the house or the restaurant round the corner; walks in the woods; a braai that went on past midnight.Over coffee in the mornings I’d sit with Athol and we’d use an app on his phone to identify the calls of all the birds in the garden. Then he might tell me a story from his life – the awe he felt when he asked Yvonne Bryceland to smash a chair to bits during rehearsals for Antigone and she proceeded to do so for a full 30 minutes; the journey he made by sea at 18 from Cairo to Japan, when an illiterate Somalian sailor used to watch him every night as he wrote a novel...

Politics