HOMEOWNERS who built a tiny gym in their driveway without planning permission have slammed a “jobsworth” council for ordering them to rip it down. Madam Pal Singh was given the green-light to build a single-storey garage at his semi in Highgate, Birmingham, in 2019. But when a bigger property appeared at the end of the driveway, town hall planners demanded […]

A fish and chip shop owner who celebrated the Queen's death has handed the business over to new bosses following an angry mob confrontation Jaki's Fish and Chip Shop in Muir of Ord, Easter Ross has reopened under new management – but with the same name and sign. The Highland chippie caused controversy hours after the death of the Queen […]

Rishi Sunak WILL be the next PM: Penny Mordaunt drops out of Tory race allowing a coronation for ex-Chancellor after he racks up backing from 200 MPs including key Boris allies Rishi Sunak is on the brink of becoming the UK’s next PM after a breathless few days of Tory manoeuvring Boris Johnson pulled out of race last night despite […]

Ukraine’s First Lady urges Germany to supply more weapons for war with Russia as she visits refugees who fled to the country Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife Olena Zelenska visited Germany She issued plea for more weapons as she met Ukrainians who had fled there At women’s magazine event in Frankfurt she said Ukrainians are fighting for lives Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife has […]

AN apocalypse-obsessed millionaire has angered neighbours with her plans for a vast nuclear bunker under her mansion. Lavinia Jacobs, 42, wants a 15-room fallout shelter with air-tight blastproof doors. A planning application says: “The work involves the excavation, forming and casting of a reinforced concrete nuclear bunker basement.” The shelter would include four bedrooms, a kitchen and storage rooms, a […]

THE family of a boy who was crushed to death when a garage wall collapsed have paid tribute to their "well-loved boy". Scott-Swaley Daniel Stevens, 12, died at a home in Essex on Friday night when bricks fell on him and his father. It's thought their family lived at the detached house where the incident unfolded. It is believed that […]

One of the country's most iconic statues of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been vandalised – for the third time in just five months. The statue, in St Peter's Hill, Grantham, was only erected on May 15 this year, but it has been a target for anti-Conservative Party vandals. And the latest attack on the £300,000 sculpture has gone […]

We’re sitting on £1billion of unspent shop loyalty points: Survey estimates UK consumers hold almost £19 per adult on average Survey estimates UK consumers hold around £1 billion in loyalty card points  It comes as 37 per cent of Brits have said they are nervous in run-up to Christmas Over seven million people started saving for the festive season in […]