Ocado’s Islington distribution hub plans halted by locals

Ocado’s distribution hub plans halted by locals: Online grocer wanted to build depot next to school playground By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Ocado has been dealt a blow after residents in North London successfully halted plans to build a distribution hub … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Locals go into battle with Duke of Marlborough at Churchill estate

The Battle of Blenheim is being re-fought, with the Duke of Marlborough leading the charge. But, unlike his illustrious ancestor 216 years ago, the Duke doesn’t have tens of thousands of French in his sights but a rather smaller force – the allotment holders of the Oxfordshire village of Cassington. This motley army has been … Read more

Terrified locals blame traveller families for hellish life on Britain’s worst estate

Terrified locals have spilled all about life on one of Liverpool’s most dangerous estates, where ‘wannabe gangsters’ think they’re the Kray twins, dogs are shot and firefighters are attacked by vicious thugs.  Residents say living on Primrose Court in Huyton, Liverpool, is ‘horrendous’ after the area – once full of nice well-kept family homes – … Read more

Middlesbrough Mayor does U-TURN: Leader is NOW urging locals to follow Covid rules 

The elected mayor of Middlesbrough has urged people to obey the latest coronavirus rules just a day after he was praised by businesses for his defiant stance. Independent Andy Preston, 54, was furious when the Government said housholds must not mix in public spaces like pubs and restaurants.  Yesterday, he said the strict rules would … Read more

Furious locals fly-tip outside Tim Burton’s £2.9m Cotswolds home amid row over a wooden fence

Furious locals have fly-tipped outside Tim Burton’s £2.9million Cotswolds home amid a row over a wooden fence the Hollywood director erected around his property. Multi-millionaire filmmaker Burton, 62, moved into the Grade-II-listed 18th-century Mill House with his partner at the time, Helena Bonham Carter, in 2008. But a row with locals started earlier this year … Read more

Cornish locals battle with traders offering tourists henna tattoos and hair plaits in Padstow

A war has broken out in a Cornish seaside town as locals clash with ‘scruffy’ street traders who do hair braids and henna tattoos.  The hair and ink artists have been plying their trade near the harbour of Padstow in Cornwall for decades to capture tourism income. But locals in the upmarket resort – known … Read more

Zac Efron lookalike fools locals and tourists in Byron Bay as the A-lister goes into hiding

Zac Efron ‘lookalike’ fools locals and tourists in Byron Bay – as the A-lister keeps a low profile with his new girlfriend Vanessa Valladares By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:39 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 01:16 BST, 29 September 2020 Zac Efron has been keeping a low profile in Byron Bay … Read more

Kanye West dances and raps with locals while visiting Haiti

He’s been traveling without his family in recent weeks as he’s continued to run a doomed third-party presidential campaign. And Kanye West continued his travels on Friday as he touched down in Haiti where he participated in local celebrations. The 43-year-old rapper was pictured joining a large group dance and even spitting out some bars … Read more

Moroccan town demolishes ‘pornographic’ fish statues after a social media outcry from locals

Willy the fish: Penis-shaped statues of leaping piscenes are demolished in Morocco as locals say they should never have been erected Moroccans have scoffed and raged at the statues of the peach-coloured fish Demolition began on Thursday in the coastal town of Mehdia, near Kenitra  Locals are angry that money was spent on statues instead … Read more

Priti Patel’s neighbours say they WON’T snitch on locals breaking the Covid ‘Rule of Six’

Priti Patel’s neighbours were split today over her vow to snitch on them for flouting the government’s new draconian Covid ‘Rule of Six’. The Home Secretary wants to turn us into a nation of narks and said she would report any behaviour she believed was ‘inappropriate’ and risked spreading the virus. But some residents living … Read more