Is this the pollution solution? ‘Supershrub’ at the roadside can trap fuel emissions, experts say 

Is this a solution to traffic pollution? ‘Supershrub’ at the roadside can trap fuel emissions, experts say The Cotoneaster plant was found to absorb more pollution than similar shrubs  It was found by researchers to be 20 per cent more effective at soaking up traffic fume particles than plants such as hawthorn and western red cedar … Read more

Can my grandparents pay off a chunk of our mortgage – or could we fall into a tax trap?

My grandparents have kindly offered to pay off a six-figure sum off our mortgage. We are due to remortgage in the coming months and although I’m blown away by their potential act of extreme financial kindness, I worry we will have a tax sting further down the line. Essentially, my grandfather is a successful business … Read more

Cousins dodge pension tax trap and receive apology from Fidelity

Inherited a share of pension pot: Ellie Lacey, 19, pictured with her father Peter Four grandchildren have escaped a costly tax trap after financial giant Fidelity admitted to making an error over an inherited pension pot. The firm wrongly told them they had triggered a little-known tax rule that would have drastically limited their ability … Read more

Kourtney Kardashian shares tropical thirst trap in barely-there bikini bottoms

 Kourtney Kardashian posted a cheeky selfie to Instagram on Monday while relaxing on a tropical getaway.  The 41-year-old Poosh founder seemed to be feeling herself as she showed off her body in a barely-there bikini bottom and a Dior tank top.  Accompanying the thirst trap with a punny caption, she referenced Drake’s Hotline Bling as … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Harry Styles Wagatha Christie trap plan

TALK OF THE TOWN: Harry Styles launches Wagatha Christie-style operation to trap love secrets spy By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:02 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 10 January 2021 For someone whose love life has been splashed all over the newspapers for years, … Read more

Florist, 22, avoids jail after luring her ex into trap so new lover could beat him with baseball bat

A florist, 22, ‘obsessed by men’ has walked free from court after luring her abusive ex-partner into a trap so her new lover could beat him so badly with baseball bat his ‘brain matter’ was splattered on a pavement.  Crystal Culhane, 22, was given a suspended sentence after luring her former partner, Paul Flory into a … Read more

Leasehold revolution! Rip-off charges that trap families in unsaleable homes are to be banished

Nearly 4.5million leaseholders in England will be ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ better off as a result of laws to be unveiled today by the Housing Secretary. Robert Jenrick said his attempt to make it cheaper and simpler for leaseholders to buy their properties is the biggest property law reform since Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy revolution … Read more

Sacha Baron Cohen says Rudy Giuliani honey trap scene makes him ‘happy’

Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed the purpose of his Borat sequel was to convince viewers to vote against Donald Trump in the presidential election and the infamous Rudy Giuliani honey trap scene that captured him with his hand down his pants makes him ‘happy’.  Cohen released the mockumentary comedy ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ in October during … Read more

Over 130 miles of new ‘death trap’ smart motorways get the green light

Nine more smart motorways without hard shoulders have been granted permission to go ahead despite warnings that they are ‘death traps’. The new stretches of motorway, which cover a total distance of 138 miles, will see a 32-mile section on the M3, 17 miles on the M6, 23 miles of the M1 and another ten-mile segment on … Read more

Radical plans to transform a ‘tired, tourist trap’ in the heart of Sydney into waterfront boulevard

Radical plans to transform a ‘tired, tourist trap’ in the heart of Sydney into a slick waterfront boulevard complete with a 42-storey residential tower Developers hope to build a 42-storey tall residential tower in Darling Harbour  Mirvac have plans to ‘immeasurably improve’ the Harbourside Shopping Centre Locals are concerned the site will block water views … Read more