Converted duke’s smithy with door shaped like a giant horseshoe is for sale for £575,000

The converted smithy of a former duke, which boasts a giant horseshoe-shaped front door, has been put on the market for £575,000. The Grade II listed property was converted into a three-bedroom house from the former smithy to the Duke of Sutherland.  The smithy was part of the Trentham Estate whose ancestral house, Trentham Hall, … Read more

Woman ditches job in the UK to live off-grid in converted mini van with man she knew for THREE DAYS

A woman has revealed that she ditched her job in the UK to live off grid in a converted mini van with a man she had known for three days.  Rachel Horne, 26, from England, met her now husband Florian Roquais, 26, during a solo trip in Spain two years ago. At the time, Florian … Read more

TV set where Peaky Blinders is filmed is converted into a mass Covid vaccination centre

TV set where BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders is filmed is converted into a mass Covid vaccination centre Black Country Living Museum in Dudley turned into a vaccination centre  It opened its doors this morning to help priority patients receive their jabs Attraction formerly used as the filming location for BBC series Peaky Blinders By … Read more

Last day for Tesco Clubcard points to be converted into Avios air miles

Deadline day for Clubcard converters as Tesco’s air mile tie-up ends at midnight tonight: Should you swap? Clubcard points can currently be converted into Avios at 2.4 Avios per point  This will no longer be the case from 19 January After this points can only be converted into Virgin Atlantic points if shoppers are after … Read more

Huge ‘Ndrangheta mafia trial involving 350 suspects begins in Italy in specially converted courtroom

Italy‘s largest mafia trial in more than 30 years opened Wednesday, as prosecutors seek to strike a blow against the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide.  More than 350 alleged members of the mafia and the politicians, lawyers, businessmen and others accused of enabling them face a judge in a specially converted courtroom in the … Read more

Drone is converted into a flying flamethrower to destroy 100 wasp nests

Death from above! Drone is converted into a flying flamethrower costing £9,000 in dramatic Chinese campaign to destroy 100 wasp nests Blue Sky Rescue teamed with villagers in Zhong county near city of Chongqing Group raised 80,000 yuan (£9,200) to buy the drone and equip it with a gasoline Footage released by Blue Sky shows … Read more

Migrant whose journey from Sudan has ended at a converted Army barracks

‘This place is no good’: Migrant whose journey from Sudan has ended at a converted Army barracks says the conditions are like a prison… and wishes he had STAYED in France to claim asylum there Four Sudanese asylum seekers moved to former Army barracks in Folkestone The men, who said they are in their 20s and … Read more

First migrants arrive at Kent army barracks converted into asylum seeker ‘dispersal facility’

The first migrants have arrived in taxis at an army barracks in Kent which has been converted into a ‘dispersal facility’. Around 20 migrants were brought to Napier Barracks in Folkestone today where they could be housed for the up to a year. At 7.45pm this evening a black BMW saloon arrived at the barracks … Read more

Mexican military seize cartel’s homemade TANK converted by covering pickup truck with steel plates

Mexican military seize drug cartel’s homemade TANK converted by covering pickup truck with bulletproof armor plates Mexico’s National Guard seized a pickup that had been converted into a tank The vehicle was found in Apatzingán, Michoacán, and reportedly belonged to Los Viagras, a self-defense group that transformed into a cartel The vehicle featured large sheets of … Read more

Former wedding chapel converted into luxury two-bedroom home hits the market for $400,000 in Florida

Here comes the tide! Former wedding chapel converted into a luxury two-bedroom floating home goes on the market for $400,000 in Florida The unique two-bedroom property is currently docked on the Manatee River in Palmetto, Florida More than $1,300,000 has been spent on the original construction in 2004 and subsequent conversion It retains many original … Read more