Crime fiction writer Sharon Birch, 58, and her partner Stephen are desperate to downsize from their five-bedroom townhouse in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool.
They are among the almost 90 pc of people aged over 65 who are rattling around homes that are now too big for them, according to figures from research institute the International Longevity Centre.
But like millions of homeowners who would like to downsize, Sharon and Stephen’s plans are being thwarted by stamp duty, which they say is
With just over a month to go until she married the heir to the throne, Lady Diana Spencer was looking forward to dancing with her fiance.
Along with the entire Royal Family, she’d been invited to a party at Windsor Castle to celebrate Prince Andrew’s 21st birthday. And what a party! Elton John was providing the cabaret and there was a disco, complete with dry ice wafting smoke across the dancefloor.
Incredibly, even the Queen joined in the fun, dancing
She’s the most divisive British politician of the age; the scourge of left-wing intelligencia whose fire and brimstone rhetoric on immigration makes even those within her own party flinch.
Suella Braverman’s suggestion this week that charities be banned from giving tents to the homeless was only the latest radical policy proposal from the U.K. Home Secretary to receive widespread liberal criticism — with even Tory Cabinet colleagues distancing themselves from her remarks.
For the second time in recent months, a
Hundreds of Londoners are dodging Sadiq Khan’s hated Ulez charge by buying classic cars – which they can then insure for a fraction of the cost of a modern motor.
Merlin McCormack of Duke of London said he has clients searching for a classic that can be used as a daily driver.
In the UK, once a car reaches 40 years by year of manufacture it is deemed historic. This means the car is exempt from road tax, does not
As the daughter of the one-time king and queen of daytime TV, Richard and Judy, Chloe Madeley had an idyllic childhood.
She wanted for nothing and was cocooned by the love of two parents, who even finished work in time to collect her from her prestigious private day school.
However, she could never have predicted that the privileges bestowed upon her would, in early adulthood, lead to so much vitriol — from colleagues and even strangers — that she would
Sadiq Khan was today branded ‘politically courageous’ by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) climate chief for pushing through with the ULEZ expansion.
London’s mayor sparked outrage with his decision to widen the scheme to cover all 32 boroughs, which kicked in at the end of August.
Protestors angered by the levy — £12.50 a day for cars that fall short of the emissions standard — have even taken to destroying cameras.
Maria Neira, the WHO’s environment, climate change and health
Snow White star Rachel Zegler has stirred fresh controversy after several videos of her trashing the original cartoon version of the movie resurfaced online.
The 22-year-old actress revealed she ‘hated’ Disney’s original 1937 classic and its ‘stalker’ Prince – whose ‘weird’ storyline won’t feature in the new movie – in a series of interviews that have sparked anger on social media.
Disney has produced a number of live action remakes of its beloved classics in recent years, with casting and
Sophia Bush did not hold back about her disdain for Brooke and Lucas’ story in One Tree Hill’s 100th episode.
“You guys, this never made sense,” Bush, 41, confessed to cohosts Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz on the Monday, August 7, episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast. “As soon as it started I was like, ‘ah f–k, I know what’s coming.’ Because they wanted to get into the storyline of Brooke wanting to have a kid.”
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Hundreds of motorists and Londoners have launched a protest following Sadiq Khan’s decision to extend the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).
The activists were seen gathered around Trafalgar Square this afternoon equipped with signs protesting the London Mayor’s controversial move, which is widely seen to have lost Labour Boris Johnson’s former seat in Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
Their signs dubbed the mayor a “liar”, and have previously made appearances in the capital, including outside the Royal Courts of Justice
J. Robert Oppenheimer’s grandson has discussed a key moment in the hit movie that he doesn’t agree with.
This particular part of the film shows Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) injecting an apple with potassium cyanide and leaving it on the desk of his university tutor Patrick Blackett (James D’Arcy).
But before Blackett can take a bite out of the poisoned fruit, Oppenheimer decides to throw it in the bin.
Having seen the film for himself, the physicist’s grandson Charles
