16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (476+ words) During autumn, many animals become more active as they prepare for the colder months, making it one of the best times of the year to explore the British countryside. There is plenty to see, from squirrels gathering food to cute…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (220+ words) As the thwack of leather on willow fades from village greens with the waning of the cricket season, a new sound, perhaps less evocative of the country idyll, fills our little valley. Toppled willow trees rip through the canopies of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (342+ words) Plans to demolish an empty building in the centre of Newport are expected to be approved next week. Earlier this year, with backing from the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund, Newport Council acquired the three-storey property in Commercial Street for…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (368+ words) Rodents and other pests can be an incredibly nasty problem to deal with, especially if you've noticed your outside bins beginning to smell. Bins attract rats because they provide an easy source of food, as rats have a powerful sense…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (570+ words) In Thessaloniki's Upper Town, some residents seem to have found a different way to respond to scribbles and haphazard graffiti. Instead of repainting the facades of their houses again and again, they hand them over to artists who turn them…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (329+ words) The site of a former county hall in Cwmbran is being turned into a residential scheme providing 143 new homes. Housing association Codi Group has appointed housebuilder Lovell to deliver the £35.6m development Construction work, which is under way, is scheduled for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (279+ words) The owner of a sprawling country house used as Wayne Manor in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins risks losing the home unless they begin conducting bat surveys. The Grade I-listed Mentmore Towers, in Buckinghamshire, served a formal listed building repairs notice…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) FC Barcelona footballer Pablo Páez Gavira, better known as Gavi, is reported to have allocated 1.3 million euros to a housing project for people who are homeless or in vulnerable situations in Los Palacios y Villafranca, the town in Seville where…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1479+ words) That particular day, the homeowner was babysitting two children belonging to a friend. The children were six and five years old, and their parents had established a fairly predictable after-school routine for them. They would come home, wash their hands,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) A new homeowner is feeling stressed over their neighbour’s “entitled” demand for privacy hedges to be installed - but they don’t want to foot the bill. The neighbour will not contribute to this in any way as he paid for the…...