Millionaire neighbours spend £70,000 in four-year legal battle over fence

A property developer and his neighbours are facing off in court once again after blowing a combined £70,000 in a four-year fight over whether a fence should be moved back six inches. The row erupted after millionaire Patrick Doyle moved in next to Janusz and Elzbieta Wajda’s £1.7million house in Ealing, west London, in 2014.  … Read more

Mother-of-two outraged after spending £12,700 on TUI ‘holiday from hell’ at ‘shabby’ four-star hotel

A mother-of-two was outraged after spending £12,700 out of her pension on a TUI ‘holiday from hell’ at a ‘shabby’ four-star hotel in Jamaica that allegedly provided awful food, filthy conditions, and a wardrobe that collapsed on her father.   Lisa Wickstead, 53, booked the Christmas holiday getaway for her family to celebrate the end of … Read more

Queen bans Prince Harry and Meghan Markle using Sussex Royal

‘Good on you Ma’am!’: Britons back the Queen after she banned Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from using Sussex Royal brand… while others joke that alternative ‘H&M is already taken’ Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s use of the label ‘Sussex Royal’ is being reviewed  Couple will reportedly need to re-brand after stepping back from public … Read more

Mother of three kids murdered by their father in Brisbane car blast tragedy dies in hospital 

Hannah Baxter pictured with her ‘main man’, son Trey in a beach snap A mother of three children who were killed by their father when he set the family car alight has died in hospital.   Hannah Baxter, 31, survived the initial inferno, which killed Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three on Wednesday morning.  She … Read more

Chinese staff forced to do push-ups if ‘they walked too much’ while working remotely

Chinese staff operating from home during self-isolation are forced to do push-ups by their boss if app shows they were walking around instead of working A company in Shanxi is using a step-counting app to keep track of its staff  Employees who walked more than 1,000 steps a day must do 20 push-ups  Those walking more … Read more

Paddocks estate residents Cottam Lancashire lose three yards of garden due to developer mistake

Homeowners on a new estate have been left furious after developers told them they are chopping three yards off the end of their gardens because of a mistake by bungling builders. Residents of the Paddocks estate in Cottam, Lancashire, were told they will lose land from their back gardens because a boundary fence was erected … Read more

Priti Patel insists it’s ‘about time British businesses invest in British workers’

Priti Patel today dismissed business concerns that the government’s new immigration system could lead to staff shortages as she told British companies to focus on employing British workers.  The Home Secretary today published plans for the UK’s new Australian-style points-based immigration system as she said net migration will fall when it is introduced next year.  … Read more

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is awake and speaking after fiery crash at Daytona 500

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is alert and talking after his car was hit during the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Monday, causing a fiery wreck. Newman remains at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida but Roush Fenway Racing confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he was ‘awake and speaking with family and doctors’. ‘Ryan and his … Read more

Hilarious moment squirrel is defeated by an oiled bird feeder pole and gently slides to the ground 

Nuts to that! Hilarious moment squirrel is defeated by an oiled bird feeder pole and gently slides to the ground Cheeky squirrel desperately tries to scrabble up the pole in Buckinghamshire  Bird feeder owner had used extra virgin olive oil to foil the greedy squirrel’s plan  While he slowly slides down the police the squirrel … Read more

Green MP Caroline Lucas ‘under investigation for alleged breach of Commons rules’

Green MP Caroline Lucas ‘is under investigation after offering tours of Parliament in exchange for money in 2019 general election campaign’ Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, facing probe from standards watchdog  Probe is thought to relate to fundraising efforts ahead of 2019 general election  By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:50 … Read more

Beijing punishes three Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘the real sick man of Asia’ headline

China has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal after the U.S. newspaper declined to apologise for a headline that called China ‘the real sick man of Asia’ amid the coronavirus outbreak. The opinion column, penned by an American professor and published earlier this month, has been deemed racist and slanderous by Beijing. … Read more