Miracle as a missing German boy “Joe”, eight, is found whimpering in a sewer a week after he disappeared from his home and sparked a massive manhunt Joe, 8 from Oldenburg, is said to have been stuck in the sewers for eight days A passer-by heard a “low whimper” and called the police, who found … Read more
A frugal couple with nine children who own a home in upstate New York, have no debt and spend just $364 a month, say they’re coping with the country’s record high inflation by doing what they’ve always done has: no money to spend. The Shillito family of Burnt Hill, New York, grows fruits and vegetables … Read more
Spekboom is a delight in any garden, as a houseplant, as a hedge, as a ground cover, in sun or partial shade, for the enjoyment of dedicated gardeners or those short on money and water. The South African succulent has bright red stems, the brightest of small, fleshy leaves, and is particularly beautiful when it … Read more
Nationwide chaos? For many, the rail strike is a blessing in disguise. While the stars align gloriously and bring us industrial action, a heatwave gives workers the chance to sweat on the garden bench, a cocktail in one hand and a laptop in the other. Employers may think they need to shirk their duties, but … Read more
The Scot is stunned when Americans show up and start taking pictures in her front yard because a relative used to live there – only for many commentators to tell her the same thing happened to them Lanna Tolland left stunned when eight Americans showed up in front of the property The group began walking … Read more
A widowed grandmother is defying an order to trim shrubs in her front yard after her local council ruled they posed a “health and safety risk” because they clogged the sidewalk. Becky Curtis, 84, regularly receives admiring comments from neighbors and passers-by who are impressed by the plants outside her 18th-century Grade II listed home … Read more
‘Working from home fuels alcohol and drug addiction’: Rehab center reveals 40 per cent rise in treatment requests as doctors warn socially isolated executives secretly snorting cocaine in the attic and drinking alcohol in the garden shed dr Niall Campbell linked working from home to an increase in drug addiction The Priory Hospital in south-west … Read more
This is the terrifying moment a former commando climbed a fence and jumped into the back garden of his neighbors before entering their home and stabbing them both. Former royal engineer Collin Reeves used a ceremonial pocket knife to kill Stephen and Jennifer Chapple in their living room on November 21 last year while their … Read more
A Craigavon man who kept five dogs on a property without access to fresh water or food has been given a six-month suspended sentence. Martin Henry of Legahory Court was found guilty of an animal welfare offense before District Judge Trainor of Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 7 June. Henry was charged with causing unnecessary … Read more
Four people suffer only minor injuries after a helicopter they were in crashed onto a tennis court in the back yard of a village house Four people miraculously escaped after their helicopter crashed in Oxfordshire All four managed to get out of the rubble at a tennis court near Wheatley Experts from the Air Accident … Read more