Italian village that offered FREE stays to boost tourism industry is inundated with 8k applications 

A village in southern Italy that offered tourists free lodgings to boost the local economy has been inundated with 8000 holiday requests from across the world.   At the end of June, the remote medieval hamlet of San Giovanni in Galdo, around 90 miles northeast of Naples, decided to offer travellers a free one-week stay in … Read more

Village People singer Victor Willis slams President Trump’s playing of Y.M.C.A. at his rallies

Village People singer Victor Willis slams President Trump’s playing of Y.M.C.A. at his rallies By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 23:50 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 20 August 2020 Village People vocalist Victor Willis says President Donald Trump and his campaign have repeatedly ignored his pleas to stop playing the song … Read more

Amazon employee is beaten to death by ‘random attacker’ in Greenwich Village

Amazon employee is beaten to death by ‘random attacker’ in posh Greenwich Village during another weekend of violence in New York that’s seen more than 40 people shot Deshawn Bush, 36, was found unconscious outside a bagel shop on Christopher St. in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, at around 4.20am  He was taken to the Lenox health … Read more

Victorian pews removed from 700-year-old village church

The removal of 32 wooden pews from a 700-year-old village church is underway following an unholy row between the ecclesiastical authorities and parishioners. Church officials have controversially decided to rip out the traditional seating in Grade II listed St Andrew’s in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset. They cited various reasons for doing away with the pews, including … Read more

New Zealand retirement village placed into lockdown residents display flu symptoms

A retirement village in New Zealand has been put into lockdown over fears of an outbreak of coronavirus, just days after the nation celebrated 100 days without any cases.  The Village Palms Retirement Community in Christchurch said eight residents were displaying flu-like symptoms and had prompted the sudden lockdown. A letter was sent out out to … Read more

Police and Army forensic teams dig up Surrey village in hunt for remains of Tina Baker

Police and Army forensic teams dig up Surrey village in hunt for remains of Tina Baker whose husband was jailed for murder in 2006 despite body never being found Surrey Police say search of Priest Lane, Bisley, is hunt for remains of Tina Baker She went missing from her Surrey home in 2002 and her … Read more

Kim Jong-un visits flood-hit North Korean village

Kim Jong-un visits flood-hit North Korean village in a luxury SUV wearing a bright white suit as locals flock to see him North Korea has suffered serious flooding in areas near their southern border Kim Jong un took a rare trip out of the capital Pyongyang to inspect the damage North Korean state media released … Read more

Drug addict village gunman’s lived at garage on Hampshire road where he shot neighbour, 42, in head

A ‘troubled’ motorcyclist who gunned down a parish councillor before dying in a police chase worked as a mechanic at a garage just yards down the road from his victim’s home. The gunman named locally as Alex Sartain, 34, shot James Nash, 42, in the front garden of the councillor’s thatched cottage in the pretty Hampshire hamlet of Upper Enham, … Read more

Exact spot of Van Gogh masterpiece is ‘found’ in French village

The exact spot where Vincent Van Gogh painted his final masterpiece hours before he shot himself has been discovered in a French village – with the help of a postcard, researchers have claimed.  Experts believe that ‘Tree Roots’ was painted on Van Gogh’s final day in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris. The tortured Dutch … Read more