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Dog breeder (Representative image) A long-serving kennel worker who spent 34 years caring for prize-winning Airedale terriers has taken his late employer’s son to court over her £1.1m estate, arguing that the £100,000 left to him in her will was not enough to secure his future. The case has now led to an interim agreement…

Pic credit: Instagram/ Gilly McArthur We hear rescue stories every day. A dog pulled from a flooded ditch. A cat coaxed out from behind a fridge. But how often have you heard about a bumblebee with a broken wing?Gilly McArthur found one lying in the sun beside a road. She took it home, made it…

Image courtesy: Instagram/@shinewithshanu A Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street gave travel creator Shanu, who goes by @shinewithshanu on Instagram, an opportunity to see how the festival was celebrated at the official residence of the UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. From flower decorations, diyas and rangolis to vegetarian food, Bhagavad Gita recitation and the chanting…

Honorata Jamrozik and husband win lottery. Image Credit: Good News Network A woman who won £1 million in a UK lottery draw decided to share her good fortune by giving £5,000 to her neighbours of 14 years so their family could take its first holiday abroad. Honorata Jamrozik, a mother of two from Dartford, Kent,…

England’s lynx reintroduction plan faces setback as High Court rejects legal challenge (Image: AI-generated) Could one of Britain’s lost wild predators return to its forests after more than 1,300 years? A conservation group hoped to make that possible by bringing three Eurasian lynx to Northumberland’s Kielder Forest for a monitored trial. The proposal aimed to…

A British urban explorer filming an abandoned building has discovered a rare 1928 Bentley 4.5 Litre Sports Tourer hidden under decades of dust and debris inside an unused barn. The car was found by Colin Smith, who makes videos for his YouTube channel, The Bearded Explorer. While exploring the building, Smith came across the vintage…

Scotland’s Westfield Viaduct, built between 1854 and 1855, underwent a £2 million restoration that repaired its historic stonework while creating permanent roosting spaces for bats. Located in Westfield, West Lothian, the 60-foot-high structure once carried the Monkland Railway extension before the railway line closed in 1964. The restoration included masonry repairs, waterproofing and replacement of…

The couple have transformed this disused Land Rover dealership into a family home. Image Credit: Jam Press (@fearlessaliceblog)/Birmingham Mail A couple have given a disused Land Rover dealership in Derbyshire, England a new lease of life by transforming the former commercial property into a family home. Purchased for £330,000, the building had stood empty for…

Two 16th-century Italian Renaissance maiolica plaques that disappeared into a private collection in 1884 have sold for £100,000 at auction. The artworks were recently found hanging in the hallway of an English family home. The ceramic pieces were made in 1536 by well-known Italian artist Francesco Xanto Avelli. They had been hanging unnoticed for decades…

If you have ever been to a supermarket, you will know that food often remains unsold even when it is perfectly good to eat. A bag of carrots rejected because one is too crooked. A crate of apples set aside because of a small bruise. A loaf of bread left on the shelf because it…