Struggling first time buyers living in Dorset ‘ghost village’ buy homes built for locals only

Villagers struggling to buy their first home in unaffordable a Dorset ‘ghost village’ filled with holiday homes have been thrown a lifeline after new houses were built for locals only.  The nine homes have been built in Worth Matravers on the picturesque Isle of Purbeck, a peninsular in Dorset. Sixty per cent of the 180 … Read more

Cows fitted with woolly BRAS in the world’s coldest village as temperatures drop to -45C in Siberia 

Udderly brilliant! Cows are fitted with woolly BRAS in the world’s coldest village as temperatures drop to -45C in Siberia Video footage shows cows wearing fur or wool-lined bras as temperatures drop Cows are fitted with the triangular bras in Oymyakon, Russian region of Yakutia Bras help protect tender skin on the udder and saves … Read more

Brooke Shields stays warm in a fuzzy jacket as she strolls around Manhattan’s West Village

Brooke Shields stays warm in a fuzzy jacket as she strolls around NYC after wrapping a Netflix film in Scotland By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:22 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 03:22 GMT, 22 December 2020 Brooke Shields stayed warm in a short fuzzy coat as she strutted around Manhattan’s West Village, just after … Read more

Two men die in suspected murder-suicide in quiet Cambridgeshire village

Two men die in suspected murder-suicide in quiet Cambridgeshire village after ‘victim’, 62, was found with ‘traumatic head injuries’ James Hunter, 62, was found with serious injuries in Tilbrook, on December 15 His death is being treated as suspicious after he died in hospital on December 18  A second, unnamed man, aged 50, died at … Read more

History: Iron Age village in Essex may have been burnt down by the Romans after the Boudiccan revolt

Archaeologists have dug up remains of an Iron Age village in Essex — one that may have been burnt by Roman forces in retaliation for the Boudiccan revolt of 61 AD. Experts from Oxford Archaeology East have revealed at least 17 roundhouses within a large defensive enclosure at Tye Green, Cressing, in the district of Braintree. … Read more

Peter Pan author JM Barrie’s home in unspoilt village goes up for sale for £950,000

A delightful Victorian five-bedroom house that was once home to beloved Peter Pan author JM Barrie has gone on the market for £950,000.  The famous novelist is known to have spent summers at Beechwood, in the unspoilt Scottish village of Strathtay in Highland Perthshire, and is understood to have rented the period property.  The home has … Read more

There’s no business like SNOW business! Village shops decorate their windows with wintry scenes

A rustic Hampshire village has decorated its shop windows with amazing wintry scenes in a bid to bring festive cheer to the embattled High Street in the run-up to Christmas. Hartley Wintney has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland, with more than 35 shop windows decorated using 80 cans of regular Snow Spray and a … Read more

Mystery as hundreds of precious jewellery items wash up on beach in poor Venezuelan fishing village

Gold coast! Mystery as hundreds of precious jewels wash up on beach in poor Venezuelan fishing village sparking frenzied treasure hunt The mystery treasure washed up on beaches of the village of Guaca, Venezuela  Since September hundreds of pieces of jewellery and golden nuggets found Unconfirmed reports some locals sold their discoveries for as much … Read more

‘Schoolboy’ is found dead in quiet Lincolnshire village as boy, 14, and man, 19, arrested for murder

‘Schoolboy’ is found dead in quiet Lincolnshire village as boy, 14, and man, 19, are arrested for murder – after police ‘originally thought victim was in his 30s’ The victim was discovered in Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, at around 10.22am yesterday Age of victim hasn’t been released and two teenagers are being held in custody  Police asking anyone … Read more

Locals outraged at plan to house 500 asylum seekers in portacabins on MoD land in Hampshire village

Locals have reacted with ‘horror’ to a proposal to house 500 asylum seekers in portable cabins near a picturesque village near one of the south’s busiest trunk roads. The plan is for the asylum applicants to be stay in the makeshift housing on Ministry of Defence land by the A303 at Barton Stacey, Hants, while … Read more