Rachel Grant BBC Scotland News Sothebys International Realty The castle was commissioned by a New Zealand-born adventurer in 1911 Eighty years after a mother walked into a London estate agency and bought a Hebridean island she had never seen in a bid to leave the city, her family is selling their historic home. The Island...
An Australian bouncy castle operator at the centre of a tragedy in 2021 that killed six children and seriously injured three has been cleared of breaching safety laws. A court found Rosemary Anne Gamble, who runs the business Taz-Zorb, not guilty, ruling that the incident was “due to an unprecedented weather system” that was “impossible...
An intruder has been arrested for breaking into restricted grounds at Windsor Castle, police have said. Thames Valley Police said the man allegedly entered “restricted grounds” at the royal residence at just after 13:00 BST on Sunday. The force said he was “quickly challenged” by Metropolitan Police officers and did not enter the inner grounds...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West British Academy of Floral Art Visitors can admire more than 18 floral designs Twenty volunteers and staff from 10 National Trust properties across Devon have teamed up with the British Academy of Floral Art for a celebration with flowers. Together they have created floral installations for Castle Drogo in...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service George Thorpe/BBC The castle is 900 years old Councillors are appealing to English Heritage to rethink its plan to shut 900-year-old Totnes Castle’s gates during winter to save money, over fears it could affect the town’s economy. South Hams Council has voted to ask the heritage body to scrap...