‘Less fighting over toilet paper, and more of this’: Jackie ‘O’ Henderson shares moving post praising a friend who is caring for elderly neighbours during coronavirus pandemic By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:21 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 08:42 GMT, 17 March 2020 Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has called for people to … Read more
Thousands of thoughtful Brits have taken to social media to offer help to vulnerable neighbours during the coronavirus outbreak – as authorities warn anyone feeling unwell should avoid older people. Offers of help poured in on social media sites including Facebook, Twitter and Reddit amid fears for the frail and elderly, who are at greatest risk of … Read more
Woman designs postcard aimed at helping people to look after their neighbours if they are self-isolating over coronavirus Becky Wass, from Falmouth, Cornwall, came up with idea to ‘spread kindness’ Postcard designed to help those self-isolating and unable to go out to the shops Also offers help of picking up urgent supplies or simply ‘a … Read more
A spring evening and Catherine Searle emerged from her terrace house, carefully crossing the road to the small patch of grass opposite. There she briefly stopped to scatter some breadcrumbs on the ground — an 81-year-old widow feeding the birds. But as she turned to head back home, one hand was dragged across the bonnet of … Read more
Russell Brand is in Australia for his Recovery speaking tour. And on Friday, the UK comedian, 44, took time out to visit the Neighbours set in Melbourne and film a cameo opposite veteran star Ryan Moloney. It comes after his ex-wife Katy Perry, who is also in the Victorian city, revealed she’s expecting her first … Read more
NATURE TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME By Richard Mabey (Chatto £18.99, 262pp) As a young man working in publishing, Richard Mabey would use his lunch hour to go for a walk, observing kestrels wheeling overhead, sand martins burrowing in a sandbank and the profusion of plants such as Canadian fleabane and Indian balsam. Far from … Read more
An 81-year-old pensioner ‘tortured’ her neighbours by encouraging her parrot to sing loudly in a long running campaign of harassment against the couple. Catherine Searle, 81, began her reign of terror after a parking row with neighbours Paul and Lydia Appleton outside their home in Sevenoaks, Kent. For three years, the pensioner would throw dog poo … Read more
Married mother-of-three, 38, is arrested for ‘stabbing to death neighbour’s boyfriend who took her parking space’ in Dublin The victim was named locally as Gareth Kelly, 38, from Donomore Park, Dublin He was attacked as he attempted to jump-start his car and go to work yesterday His suspected attacker is a married stay-at-home mother, not known … Read more