A quarter of Britons don’t trust their neighbours

A quarter of Britons don’t trust their neighbours and believe the local community is in decline, report suggests Researchers said number of post offices, pubs and libraries has drastically fallen Think tank said repairing social fabric of neighbourhoods is ‘defining challenge’ One in four people now say that none or few of their neighbours can … Read more

Neighbours EXCL: Soap teases its 35th Anniversary in epic new trailer

Neighbours is set to celebrate its 35th Anniversary next month with an epic week of post-watershed episodes, as the soap witnesses a staggering five weddings and three deaths.  In an exclusive first look at the specials, it seems that Finn Kelly will continue to unravel as his memory slowly returns, as he puts his ‘revenge’ … Read more

Pensioner, 81, ‘tortured’ her neighbours with parrot in bizarre campaign of harassment, court hears

An 81-year-old pensioner ‘tortured’ her neighbours by encouraging her parrot to sing loudly in a long running campaign of harassment against the couple.  Catherine Searle, 81, began her reign of terror after a parking row with neighbours Paul and Lydia Appleton outside their home in Sevenoaks, Kent. For three years, the pensioner would throw dog poo … Read more

Married mother-of-three, 38, is arrested for ‘stabbing to death neighbour’s boyfriend’

Married mother-of-three, 38, is arrested for ‘stabbing to death neighbour’s boyfriend who took her parking space’ in Dublin The victim was named locally as Gareth Kelly, 38,  from Donomore Park, Dublin He was attacked as he attempted to jump-start his car and go to work yesterday His suspected attacker is a married stay-at-home mother, not known … Read more

Millionaire eco-tech boss told to pay £25,000 after turning half of neighbour’s garden into a patio

A millionaire has been forced to pay £25,000 damages after he ‘dug up’ part of his artist neighbour’s garden to build a sunken patio.  Inventor and eco-tech boss Richard Bankart took over part of the garden at the front of his Stockwell, south west London, flat while artist and former-banker William Savage, 45, was living … Read more

Neighbours fans spot a sweet tribute to EastEnders after soap celebrates its 35th anniversary

Neighbours fans spot a sweet tribute to EastEnders in a Walford-themed cocktail menu as the soap celebrates its 35th Anniversary By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 08:45 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 08:49 GMT, 20 February 2020 It marked its 35th birthday on Wednesday after first debuting on screens in 1985. And EastEnders’ anniversary … Read more

Why birds and bees are our best neighbours: Author reveals the beauty of our natural world 

NATURE TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME By Richard Mabey (Chatto £18.99, 262pp)  As a young man working in publishing, Richard Mabey would use his lunch hour to go for a walk, observing kestrels wheeling overhead, sand martins burrowing in a sandbank and the profusion of plants such as Canadian fleabane and Indian balsam. Far from … Read more

Millionaire neighbours spend £70,000 in four-year legal battle over fence

A property developer and his neighbours are facing off in court once again after blowing a combined £70,000 in a four-year fight over whether a fence should be moved back six inches. The row erupted after millionaire Patrick Doyle moved in next to Janusz and Elzbieta Wajda’s £1.7million house in Ealing, west London, in 2014.  … Read more

Sikh woman cremated by Muslim neighbours in Punjab after family refuses to turn up

Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: February 17, 2020 8:58:57 pm The police said Muslim families from the area are also planning to organise a ritual offering at a local gurudwara. (Representational Image) A Sikh woman was cremated by her Muslim neighbours in Punjab’s Malerkotla town on Monday after her family members refused … Read more