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By Patrick on April 3, 2012
It’s often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but sometimes everyone has just got to agree that beauty just isn’t there! We thought we’d put together some of the ugliest rooms we could find from homes around the world. Some of these rooms are so ugly they might actually be classed [...]
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By Emma on November 11, 2010
You may have read this week’s news story surrounding teacher Joyce Walters. She recently received a £150,000 compensation pay-out for losing her voice. After straining her voice repeatedly trying to be heard in a noisy London classroom, Mrs Walters developed vocal cord nodules and had to quit her chosen profession. She has claimed that she consistently [...]
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By Emma on October 14, 2010
Last weekend, residents of Chester Row in the London district of Belgravia had their Saturday routine disrupted with a scene of chaos. The highly desirable London street was left looking rather undesirable when a loaded skip fell through the road. The skip was being used during a sub-basement excavation beneath a £5 million home. Soil [...]
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By Emma on August 27, 2010
This week, the nation has been gripped by the rather catastrophic (sorry!) story of Lola the cat. Lola was simply sitting on a wall, minding her own business, when a 45 year old bank worker (Mary Bale) decided to drop her in a wheelie bin! Odd by anyone’s standards, but even stranger that she seemed [...]
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By Emma on August 20, 2010
This week has seen the tragic story of Carrie-Anne Freeland hit the headlines. The new bride slipped and fell from a hotel balcony while on her honeymoon in Corfu. The couple had been given the holiday by friends as a surprise wedding gift. The newly married couple were unable to pay the costs required to [...]
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Don’t let a silly mistake cost you your home
By Emma on November 24, 2010
You may have read the story of the Nolan family in the news this week. They are facing a second Christmas holed up in their garage after a blaze destroyed their bungalow in September last year. The family has been unable to rectify the damage caused by the fire due to an ongoing dispute over [...]
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