Drivers struggle to pay Dartford Crossing charge after 'system update'

Drivers struggle to pay Dartford Crossing charge after website crashed following ‘system update’ that has left users stuck in virtual queues for hours Motorists are struggling to pay Dart Charge to cross between Essex and Kent They are being put in a queue to ‘manage high demand’ after system upgrade  Motorists trying to pay the […]

Neighbour who harassed pensioner is handed restraining order

Neighbour who harassed pensioner watering plant pots between their driveways after she became furious about splashes hitting her garden path is handed restraining order  One of Kim Porter-Wilson’s neighbours said she should be ‘kicked off the street’ A woman who launched a nine month campaign of harassment on her neighbour for watering her own plants […]

Brexit climbdown as British firms can continue using 'CE' mark

Rishi Sunak performs another Brexit climbdown as PM allows British firms to continue using EU’s ‘CE’ safety mark on products ‘indefinitely’ rather than new UKCA alternative Firms will now be able to carry on using CE marks beyond December 2024 Rishi Sunak has performed another Brexit climbdown by allowing firms to continue using the EU’s […]

Elon Musk's X Corp sues non-profit after it said Twitter promotes hate

Elon Musk’s X. Corp sues Center for Countering Digital Hate for ‘actively working to assert false and misleading claims’ to scare away Twitter advertisers Lawyers for Twitter’s parent company said the CCDH has ’embarked on a scare campaign to drive away advertisers from the platform’ A lawsuit said the CCDH ‘unlawfully accessed data’ from X […]

People are shocked to discover darker meaning behind old joke

So why DID the chicken cross the road? People are shocked to discover darker meaning behind old joke The joke first seen in 1847, in New York magazine Knickerbocker has a much darker meaning  It’s one of the oldest jokes out there, but do you really know the darker meaning behind the punchline? Most of […]

Owner of 'saddest ever' Grand Designs property slashes price by £1m

Owner of luxury lighthouse on ‘saddest ever’ Grand Designs episode slashes price by £1m in desperate bid to sell it after it took 10 years to build and cost him his marriage Edward Short had wanted £7.5 million for his grand five bedroom clifftop home  The owner of the luxury property which featured in the […]