Claudia Schiffer and the very model of a super-deluxe doghouse: Former catwalk star gets go-ahead to convert part of her Grade I-listed mansion into luxury accommodation for her menagerie of pets By Emma Powell Showbusiness Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 7 October 2020 She has … Read more
A stunning seven-bedroom former church in the heart of London that boasts its own swimming pool and leisure facilities is currently on sale for £44million. The Grade II listed St Saviours House in Knightsbridge, London, also boasts parking for up to three cars, a vaulted ceiling, original stone pillars and period wooden beams. The incredible … Read more
Rotting Grade II-listed country home with 60 rooms, good local schools and excellent transport links goes on sale for £400,000 but you’ll need ‘a passion for property’ to restore it Blackborough House extends to 15,500 square feet and is located in the small hamlet of Blackborough, Devon The country home arranged over four storeys has … Read more
A sprawling Grade II listed property that inspired the setting for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has gone on sale for £1million. Ponden Hall in Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, has fascinating and well-documented connections to Brontë, who is said to have based parts of the Lintons’ Thrushcross Grange and Heathcliffe’s farmhouse in her 1847 … Read more
The Queen’s moving home! Grade I-listed Belvoir Castle has lost its starring role in Netflix series The Crown in a row over money By Jo Macfarlane and Amy Oliver for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:54 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 5 September 2020 It has already lost £2.5 million after being … Read more
A-level fiasco has thrown university plans for many into chaos, but here are student bank accounts with perks that make the grade By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 August 2020 The recent A-level fiasco has thrown the plans of half a million students … Read more
Universities minister Michelle Donelan wrote to vice-chancellors requesting their flexibility around admissions and asking them to honour all offers accepted The Government is asking universities to prioritise students from disadvantaged backgrounds for admission ‘where possible’ following the U-turn on A-level grades – meaning Middle-Class pupils may be forced to take gap years. Universities minister Michelle … Read more
This has reset the bar for incompetence: The exams grade scandal leaves us wondering how pupils will ever feel they can trust the system again, writes former Education Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT By David Blunkett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:47 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 22:48 BST, 17 August 2020 The U-turn on A-level … Read more
Grade II-listed French pub in London’s Soho lifts 100-year ban on pints to reduce contact between staff and customers amid coronavirus crisis The French House in Soho, London, has only served half pints of beer Distancing rules mean there’s room for one bartender, where there’s usually five The French House has counted Francis Bacon and … Read more
Estate agents in rural areas are reporting a huge increase in interest in properties after lockdown. Two of the reasons are that many people have found they can work from home just as well rather than head for a city office, and that social distancing is much easier to maintain out of town. One area … Read more