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Homes for sale with stylish bedrooms in England and Wales – in pictures
The Guardian’s regular “Fantasy house hunt” gallery showcases a selection of five homes currently for sale across England and Wales, chosen for their stylish bedrooms. The feature highlights how period properties and conversions have been renovated with distinctive interiors, ranging from a warehouse penthouse to a converted 17th-century barn. The homes span a broad price…
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Bognor Regis named Britain’s worst coastal town again – with visitors slamming the ‘foul’ fish and chips and calling Butlin’s the ‘worst place on earth’
Bognor Regis in West Sussex has been named Britain’s worst seaside town for the second consecutive year in the consumer group Which?’s annual survey. The town, which once earned the “regis” in its name after King George V convalesced there in 1929, has suffered decades of decline, and the ranking matters as a barometer of…
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Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, since it is believed to have been created in England shortly after the events it depicts. It was driven into a loading bay at the British Museum at 02:50, having been escorted from a secret location in northern France…
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My grandmother Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain – she doesn’t belong with serial killers and sex offenders in Madame Tussauds’ ‘Chamber of Horrors’
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged for murder in Britain, has been granted a posthumous pardon by the King, some 71 years after her execution. The decision, announced in the House of Commons by Justice Secretary David Lammy, follows a long campaign by her descendants, who argue that she was a victim of…
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As England take on Norway, a saga to stir the blood… Has scourge of the Vikings Alfred the Great been found under a car park in Winchester?
This tongue-in-cheek Daily Mail piece by television critic Christopher Stevens frames the upcoming England versus Norway World Cup quarter-final as the latest instalment in a rivalry stretching back to the Viking invasions of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Its news peg is an archaeological claim that the remains of King Alfred the Great — the ninth-century monarch who…
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Posh George’s MUM is quizzed over £500,000 of donations to Reform
Scotland Yard is investigating £500,000 in donations made to Reform UK by Fiona Cottrell, the mother of George “Posh George” Cottrell, a convicted criminal who is closely associated with Nigel Farage. The Metropolitan Police have interviewed two people under caution as part of a criminal inquiry that has been running for more than a year,…
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‘Rafa’ Filmmaker Zach Heinzerling On Earning Emmy Nom For His Rafael Nadal Series And Netting Assist From Brother-In-Law Seth Meyers
Zach Heinzerling, director of the Netflix series *Rafa* about tennis champion Rafael Nadal, has earned an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Fittingly, he received the news while watching a men’s quarterfinal at Wimbledon, having been invited by Nadal’s publicist. The nomination is notable because sports-themed documentaries rarely secure a…
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UK bakes in 35C highs as heatwave to continue next week
The UK is experiencing its third heatwave of the year, with temperatures set to reach 35C on Friday and heatwave conditions expected to persist until the end of next week before cooler, more unsettled weather arrives. The event is notable for its duration and for setting a new record: on Thursday, temperatures exceeded 34C for…
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The street banned from flying England flags to support Three Lions during the World Cup as Labour council rules they are a ‘clear danger’ to drivers
Residents of Church Road in Northwich, Cheshire, have been ordered by their Labour-run council to take down the St George’s flags and England bunting they put up to support the Three Lions during the World Cup in North America. Cheshire West and Chester Council wrote to homeowners describing the display as “unlawful” and warning that…