The Inspector visits a shabby-chic stately home near the M25 that’s been turned into an ‘off-grid hideout’ – and he’s smitten Birch in Hertfordshire is set in a stately home with just enough dilapidation to fit the shabby-chic mould The Inspector says it’s billed as a ‘community’ and an ‘escape from urban living’, ‘time off for … Read more
A former drug den which once had walls emblazoned with the words ‘wanna buy some meth’ and ‘death with entry’ has been transformed into a luxury family home – and is for sale for £875,000. Owner Emma Meese had driven past the Cardiff squatters’ hideout for eight years when she decided she wanted to buy … Read more
December’s operation targeted the ‘Ndrangheta families based in the southern Italian city of Locri in the Calabria region – the rural, mountainous and under-developed ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot and the heartland of the worldwide crime group. Despite intense police attention and frequent arrests, the ‘Ndrangheta – which derives its meaning from the Greek word for … Read more