The end of toxic leaseholds has been announced by the Government – much to the delight of long-suffering homeowners. Housing minister Robert Jenrick said the new laws are being introduced to banish the ‘scandalous pitfalls of leasehold’ and ‘put fairness back at the heart of the housing system’. The changes have been widely welcomed as … Read more
If you have heard that an unsuitable new housing development is being proposed near where you live then you may want to raise an objection. The plans could involve building on the Green Belt or countryside, or simply see an increasing number of homes in your area, putting pressure on existing traffic congestion and air … Read more
Teenager, 17, is arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a 69-year-old woman he knew was found in a Brighton home The boy and the 69-year-old woman who was killed were known to each other A spokesman for Sussex Police has said the 17-year-old was being questioned It followed the discovery of a … Read more
SCI-FI/ FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 7 January 2021 WITCH BOTTLE by Tom Fletcher (Jo Fletcher Books £16.99, 320 pp) WITCH BOTTLE by Tom Fletcher (Jo Fletcher Books £16.99, 320 pp) Poor Dan’s a-cold — a minimum wage delivery driver in a … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Meg Rosoff take to a desert island? Meg Rosoff has recently read Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror And The Light She would take James Thurber’s essay, The Dog That Bit People to a desert island American author said Lord Of The Flies by William Golding left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 7 January … Read more
ART TRAVELS OF A PAINTER by James Reeve (Unity Press £25, 320 pp) James Reeve belongs to that rare breed of artists who can write. Not that you will learn anything about his painting methods in this book, but it is a delightfully entertaining, if often shocking, memoir, an escapist antidote to our lockdown times. … Read more
Fearne Cotton reveals how she unravelled in a moving new book that explores how pretending to be a ‘shinier’ version of ourselves can be damaging Fearne Cotton was just 15 when she first began working for Disney Club in 1996 British presenter has spoken about her experience of pretending to be bubbly She explores how … Read more
Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright’s £1.3m dream home has reportedly been criticised by the local council after they deemed their new plans ‘too large’. The couple have demolished a farmhouse and are building a five-bedroom family house in Essex with a lavish outdoor swimming pool, bar, gym and even a make-up room. Yet despite their original planning … Read more
Pictured: Care home resident, 93, ‘beaten to death in her room with walking stick’ as fellow resident, 62, appears at Old Bailey charged with her murder Alexander Rawson, 62, accused of killing 93-year-old Eileen Dean at care home Ms Dean was rushed to hospital from Fieldside care home in Catford on Monday Rawson appeared at … Read more
‘He started feeling very weak’: Peter Andre, 47, is ‘secretly battling coronavirus after he took a test when he was struggling to breathe’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 14:12 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 14:25 GMT, 7 January 2021 Peter Andre is reportedly secretly battling coronavirus at home. The singer, 47, has kept … Read more