A DISABLED mum with one leg has told how she has been forced to crawl up a flight of concrete stairs to get to her flat for years despite the local council promising to get her an accessible home. Tracey Whiteside, 48, has had to crawl up and down 17 stairs every day to her second-floor … Read more
A BIZARRE replica of Paris complete with a fake Eiffel Tower lies nearly abandoned in China. Tianducheng, in Hangzhou, could be easily confused for the French capital at first glance with the architecture oozing Parisian chic. 6 The copy of the Eiffel Tower is only a third of the original’s heightCredit: Alamy 6 The development … Read more
A QUIRKY house with a grass roof and stunning views has been named the best holiday home in Scotland. Over the past couple of months judges have been visiting properties across the country as part of the BBC’s Scotland’s Greatest Escape show, fronted by Grado. 5 The Broch took the top spot in the competition 5 … Read more
FED-UP residents of a cut-off housing estate fear the closure of their local community centre could prove its death knell, leaving kids to roam the streets “terrorising the place”. The 3,000 people of Gamesley already have very limited resources, with the local pubs and cafes long shuttered, and council cost-cutting further stripping away services like … Read more
A TERRIBLE trio of creepy crawlies are shocking Scots as they invade homes a month early due to the warm spring – as ants, cannibal ladybirds and flies drive us bonkers. Pest control firms are seeing a boom as ants roam kitchens, harlequin ladybirds squirt smelly liquid on window frames and cluster flies poo on … Read more
TERRIFIED residents were evacuated from their homes last night after a massive fire broke out at a battery recycling plant in Ayrshire. Hundreds of people living beside the Fenix Battery Recycling plant in Kilwinning had to flee their homes as the blaze ripped through the factory. 2 The fire took hold at the Fenix Battery Recycling … Read more
A RETIRED vet found dead in his garden after being mauled to death by “vicious” dogs had taken the mutts in just weeks before his death. Antony Harrington, 77, was attacked by a pack of seven Bernese mountain dogs and dachshunds at his home in Little Packington, Warwickshire. 2 Anthony (Tony) Harrington 77, who was … Read more
COPS had the last laugh after a man dumped two sofas in a field saying he had only “put it there” and would come back later. To the sound of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, police in Italy tipped the furniture back on his front garden by dump truck, topping it off with a €10,000 (£8,500) … Read more
THE world’s tallest mansion is a sight to behold towering above the city and sitting level with the clouds. Built on top of a 400ft skyscraper in Bengaluru, India, the 400ft beast is one of a kind – but the owner may never set foot inside. 5 The world’s tallest mansion sits on top of … Read more
A NEW Banksy tree mural sprayed on the side of a home has reportedly been vandalised with white paint. The artist claimed the artwork as his own in an Instagram post on Monday, following a morning of speculation after it appeared on a building on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park, north London, overnight. 7 The … Read more
