Mail Online (10 October, 2023)
Cornish locals are divided about their new landlords after their village was sold to billionaire real estate tycoons - while boxing promoter Barry Hearn has said he is relieved he didn't end up buying it.
The Williams Pears Group snapped up the 1,200-acre picturesque Trevalga for a cool £16million, it was announced this week.
Many of the 71 inhabitants of the ancient hamlet were left in fear of being evicted from their slate-roofed stone cottages when Marlborough College put the village on the market for the second time in a decade last year.
Sun Online (1 October, 2023)
FUMING residents say their pretty seaside town is being ruined by million-dollar flats - and that posh tourists are now taking over. A block of 37 luxury flats in Carbis Bay near St Ives, Cornwall has sat unoccupied since it was built.
Developers allegedly promised that the flats would be permanent homes for over-55s - but now want to turn the complex into an "aparthotel". Local John Bestwick, 76, told The Sun: "The developers had a chance to sell their flats to permanent residents. "But then greed took over and the prices demanded were ridiculous. "Some of those flats were going for £3million.
Mail Online (22 September, 2023)
The former tenants of a much-loved 'Enid Blyton' clifftop hut are fighting council threats to demolish it and send them the bill. Retired police officers Leif Bailey and Donna Purkis have been warned that, even though the council ended their ground lease last year, they remain liable for the cost of pulling the structure down.
The couple fear they could be landed with a total bill of up to £150,000 from Plymouth City Council. 'The place is full of precious memories for our family,' said Leif, 62.
Mail On Sunday (16 July, 2023
An eco-protester who targeted George Osborne at his wedding can today be revealed as a former librarian and town councillor – who holidayed in Thailand a few months after declaring a ‘climate emergency’ in Somerset.
Shelagh Day, 62, is a well-known campaigner in Bruton, Somerset, where she and Mr Osborne are both residents. Last weekend, she caused uproar after showering the former Chancellor and his new wife Thea Rogers with orange confetti as they left St Mary’s Church following their nuptials.
Mail On Sunday (9 July, 2023)
Ten former key managers and experts at water watchdog Ofwat have joined water firms in the past three years – leading to claims a 'conflict of interest' has left the regulator unable to get a grip on debts, leaks and sewage spills. Critics last night said a 'revolving door' between Ofwat and large water firms was to blame for a 'light touch' approach.