Greek locals have set up roadblocks to stop a new migrant camp being built on the island of Lesbos after the country’s largest shelter burned down on Tuesday. Trucks were blocking access to the smouldering ruins of the Moria camp on Thursday to prevent a clean-up operation that would make way for new tents. ‘Now … Read more
Angry locals leave stinking dead fish on ‘rudely parked’ Aston Martin V8 Vantage after owner left £120,000 car in private space on quay in Devon Devon locals left dead fish on the windscreen of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage The £120,000 car was left ‘rudely parked’ in a space reserved for fishermen The car was blocked … Read more
Some residents of the Florida Keys are furious over plans to release more than 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in the region to combat disease. The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District gave final approval Tuesday to the plan, which will be rolled out in 2021 and 2022. The transgenic insects, classified as OX5034, have been modified … Read more
Salcombe on the lush Devon coast is known as ‘Chelsea-on-Sea’. It’s easy to understand why. Nearly 60 per cent of all properties here, including fabulous multi-million-pound waterfront addresses, belong to wealthy ‘out-of-towners’, many from London. Those who want to stay in the resort but don’t have second homes are prepared to pay handsomely for holiday … Read more
Locals in leafy Altrincham and Hale have hit back after a row over their geographical boundaries, insisting they don’t live in Greater Manchester and shouldn’t be included in the area’s lockdown restrictions. A major incident was declared by authorities in the metropolitan county this week following a rise in the number of coronavirus infections. New measures … Read more
Lancashire nightclub becomes first in the UK to reopen – despite being less than six miles from the new lockdown area at the centre of country’s coronavirus concerns Switch nightclub in Preston reopened its doors to party-goers on Saturday night Last-minute U-turn saw the Council stating the club had been given green light Footage shows … Read more
Furious locals were kept awake until 3am after around 160 guests attended an illegal house party in north London. Metropolitan Police officers broke up the event, said to have been held at an Airbnb property in Tavistock Terrace, Archway, on Friday night, following complaints from neighbours. Police were in a battle this morning to shut … Read more
Benidorm on steroids! Cornish locals say they are ‘too scared’ to go food shopping as visitors ignore social distancing and pour down narrow streets Street marshals have been patrolling hotspots where visitors pour down streets St Ives resident has banned her children from the main street and harbour Comes as Prime Minister urged Brits to … Read more
Britain’s beauty spots are being inundated with campervans and campsites filled to bursting – provoking angry locals to call for action to stop the ‘tidal wave’ of holidaymakers destroying their areas. Fed-up residents in Scotland have called for a ‘congestion charge’ on campervans as beauty spots across the UK experience a camping boom amid surging … Read more
Angry locals in Devon and Cornwall have lambasted tourists as hordes of caravans have descended upon Cornish beauty spots. Holidaymakers have been taking advantage of the eased lockdown restrictions and are heading to popular destinations all over the country to try and get a break. But locals are so enraged they have hung a sign … Read more