Countrywide and LSL Property Services are said to be in talks over a £500m merger that would create the largest estate agency group in the UK. The companies, which are two of Britain’s largest listed estate agents, are in discussions over a potential all-share deal, Sky News reported. Read more: …

Royal Mail has stopped deliveries to a Southmead man’s home after his son’s dog bit a postwoman. Steven Wood appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court after the American Bulldog sunk its teeth into Gemma Notton’s calf. The 66-year-old, of Glencoyne Square, admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control …

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has sparked a race row after calling for Muslim passengers to be checked at airports in a bid to prevent terror attacks, as he claimed ‘that is where the threat is coming from’. Mr O’Leary said terrorists ‘will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion’ – and that families with …

Miss GB finalist, 26, hits back at ‘cyber bullies’ after they send her old topless modelling photos to judges and get her axed from the competition Portia-Valis Volkova, 26, had boasted the now-revoked Miss Kensington sash  The Miss GB organisers received an anonymous email revealing her ‘past life’  She says …

Water-ravaged regions are warned that even a little rain will cause further flooding today as a torrential deluge and winds of up to 75mph hammer Britain for the third weekend in a row after Storms Ciara and Dennis.    There are 90 flood warnings and 153 flood alerts in place through …

Former BBC broadcaster and teacher Simon Warr, who was found to be innocent after being falsely accused of sexual abuse, has died.  Mr Warr, 65, who announced in a sad message on Thursday that he was quitting Twitter and ‘unlikely to return’, died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.   …

This week, Royal Mail has put forward a proposal to Communication Workers Union (CWU). It includes a six per cent three-year pay deal for its CWU-grade people. This means an increase, including the first hour of the shorter working week, of more than 16 per cent between 1 April 2018 …

Gallery PUBLISHED: 15:19 22 February 2020 | UPDATED: 15:19 22 February 2020 Sophie Wyllie The 500th Norwich Parkrun at Eaton Park Byline: Sonya Duncan (C) Archant 2020 Archant 2020 A record-breaking crowd turned out for a landmark run in an historic park. Email this article to a friend To send …

A dad says his five-year old son was left in tears after a Royal Mail driver launched a foul-mouthed rant at both of them. Lee was out with his son on their electric scooters around Moorland Avenue in Lincoln at around 11am today, Saturday, February 22. The pair went to …

Meghan Markle thinks there is nothing “legally stopping” her and Prince Harry from using “royal” in their titles, according to a new report that comes days after the Queen banned the couple from keeping “Sussex Royal” branding. A miffed Markle allegedly told friends she had hoped to “protect the royal …