“Like a grade in an exam”, Rama comments on the absence of some of the guests at the dinner after the speech at KiE

13:53 19/10/2022 Prime Minister Edi Rama chose to comment from Gjirokastra, the absence of some of the guests at the dinner organized by the mission of Albania in Strasbourg, after the speech that the head of the Albanian government gave in the Assembly of the Council of Europe against the resolution of Dick Marty. Rama … Read more

Teaching union demands GCSEs must be ABOLISHED amid fears of a ‘Wild West’ of grade inflation

Britain’s largest teaching union has demanded GCSEs are abolished amid fears of a ‘Wild West’ of rampant grade inflation this summer. The National Education Union said there is a growing movement to challenge the status quo among Tory MPs and other powerful groups. It asked whether there was any function for the tests when pupils … Read more

Couple face £60,000 bill after ripping apart their Grade II listed £3.5m mansion

A wealthy car dealership boss and his wife who ripped apart their 16th century mansion after buying it for almost £3.5 million are facing a bill of £60,000 for ignoring its Grade II listing. Leroy Bangs, 58, and wife Wendy, 61, were convicted of preservation order breaches relating to the sprawling house in Waltham St Lawrence, … Read more

Couple face £60,000 bill after ripping apart their Grade II listed £3.5m mansion

A wealthy car dealership boss and his wife who ripped apart their 16th century mansion after buying it for almost £3.5 million are facing a bill of £60,000 for ignoring its Grade II listing. Leroy Bangs, 58, and wife Wendy, 61, were convicted of preservation order breaches relating to the sprawling house in Waltham St Lawrence, … Read more

Britain’s cutest castle! Two-bedroom Grade II listed building in Cheshire goes on market for £925K

They say a man’s home is his castle – well that can truly be the case after this pint-sized version complete with parapets, turrets and battlements emerged for sale. The two-bedroom property, described as a ‘unique mini castle’, presents the opportunity to live like a royal for a cut-price – having recently hit the market … Read more

Grade II-listed farmhouse owned by founder of the police Sir Robert Peel is for sale for £1.5million

Quite an arresting property! Grade II-listed farmhouse owned by founder of the police Sir Robert Peel is for sale for £1.5million Tamhorn Park Farmhouse in Fisherwick, Staffordshire, boasts impressive five bedrooms and four bathrooms The sprawling family home was purchased in 1827 by former two-time British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel The property has now … Read more

Grade II-listed farmhouse owned by founder of the police Sir Robert Peel is for sale for £1.5million

Quite an arresting property! Grade II-listed farmhouse owned by founder of the police Sir Robert Peel is for sale for £1.5million Tamhorn Park Farmhouse in Fisherwick, Staffordshire, boasts impressive five bedrooms and four bathrooms The sprawling family home was purchased in 1827 by former two-time British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel The property has now … Read more

Historic 15th century Grade II Thameside house gifted by Elizabeth I goes on sale

A historic 15th century riverside home on the Thames that was gifted by Queen Elizabeth I and comes with a private island has gone on sale for £3.5million. Grade II-listed Wargrave Court, in the village of Wargrave, Berkshire, was owned by the same family for 300 years and has hit the market for the first time … Read more

LORD GRADE makes a passionate plea to save independent pharmacies

Down by the quayside at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, where my wife and I are living under lockdown, there stands a stalwart of the community, a sweetly old-fashioned local chemist. The pharmacist’s wooden windowfront sits on a narrow street between the local newsagent and the King’s Head pub. To the casual passer-by, it … Read more

Priyanka Chopra says she felt ‘abandoned’ when her mother left her at boarding school in third grade

Priyanka Chopra Jonas felt ‘abandoned’ when her parents left her at boarding school when she was in third-grade. The Indian actress, 38, spoke about her childhood away from home, and what it meant to look back on that time, in an interview with Elle ahead of the release of her autobiography Unfinished. ‘Being sent away to … Read more