Backlash over proposal to allow extensions WITHOUT planning permission

Proposal to allow extensions WITHOUT planning permission sparks backlash from rural Tory MPs who warn a change in the law would cause a ‘free-for-all’ that would ‘pit neighbour against neighbour’ MPs warn plan to allow homeowners to build extensions without planning permission could cause chaos Proposed shake-up of development rules is aimed at boosting house-building […]

Angela Lansbury, 'Murder She Wrote' star, dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. Lansbury died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, according to […]

Ex-PM sets up company 'The Office of Boris Johnson Limited'

Ex-PM sets up company ‘The Office of Boris Johnson Limited’ to channel £5million he is predicted to earn on lucrative speaking circuit Johnson, 58, is not a director of the company but listed as owning 75 per cent The only company director is Michelle Williams-Walker, 40, a longstanding ally He is keen to earn money after complaining […]

Biden calls Putin 'rational actor' who 'totally miscalculated' Ukraine

Biden calls Putin a ‘rational actor’ who ‘totally miscalculated’ with Ukraine war: President says Russian leader believed he would be ‘welcomed with open arms’ in what he thought was ‘home of Mother Russia’ President Joe Biden sat down with CNN’s Jake Tapper for a Tuesday interview When asked about Vladimir Putin’s rationality the president was […]

National Archives rejects Trump claim on former presidents' records

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Archives, the federal agency responsible for preserving U.S. government records, on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessors had retained "millions" of White House documents. Trump faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into whether he illegally retained documents from the White House when he […]

GOP makes push to weaken Democrats' grip on Texas border

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money, new signs of shifting voters and bold predictions of an upset that will turn heads across the U.S. But this time, it's coming from Republicans. “We are going to turn the Rio Grande Valley red,” said Republican Gov. […]