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A distinctive white badger called Alberto has become an unexpected obstacle to a £25million scheme aimed at reviving a fire-damaged Elizabethan mansion in Dorset.The 500-year-old Parnham House, a Grade I-listed property near Beaminster, was reduced to a charred ruin following a major blaze in 2017, believed to have been started by its former owner Michael Treichl.Entrepreneur James Perkins acquired the property in 2020, with ambitions to return it to its original splendour.His restoration strategy involves constructing 82 new homes across the estate grounds, with proceeds intended to cover the substantial rebuilding costs.Wildlife campaigners have mounted fierce opposition to the proposals,…

Labour’s decision to postpone local elections to 2027 has been dismantled by Theo Usherwood, as he made clear the Government “can’t get away” from holding elections.Speaking to GB News, the political commentator said the move will prove “exceptionally damaging”, as Britons will see it as “denying democracy”.The Government has confirmed ministers have written to as many as 63 local authorities offering them the opportunity to delay next year’s elections to 2027.Plans to delay the elections will mean millions of Britons will wait even longer to have their say at the ballot box.Discussing the delays, Mr Usherwood told GB News: “It’s…

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UK high streets remain under pressure after retail sales fell for a second consecutive month in November, despite the Black Friday shopping period. Official figures showed spending weakened as shoppers held back amid uncertainty ahead of the autumn Budget.The Office for National Statistics data showed that the annual discount bonanza failed to deliver its typical boost to the sector. Economists had anticipated growth of 0.4 per cent compared with October.Hannah Finselbach, senior statistician at the ONS, said: “This year November’s Black Friday discounts did not boost sales as much as in some recent years.”The figures represent a disappointing start to…

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One of the world’s most popular car companies has announced that two of its new vehicles will be eligible for the Electric Car Grant, in a major boost to millions of drivers.Kia has confirmed that the EV4 and PV5 Passenger electric vehicles are eligible for the Government’s £1.9billion Electric Car Grant.All variants of the EV4 Air are eligible, as well as the PV5 Passenger Essential and Plus models, with drivers able to get a £1,500 discount on the purchase price.In addition to the savings on the purchase price, motorists will also benefit from a seven-year/100,000-mile battery warranty. This is uprated…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporter Getty ImagesGovernment data has been stolen in a hack though officials believe the risk to individuals is “low”, a minister has said.Trade Minister Chris Bryant told Breakfast “an investigation is ongoing” into the hack, adding that the security gap was “closed pretty quickly”.A Chinese affiliated group is suspected of being behind the attack, but Bryant said investigators “simply don’t know as yet” who is responsible. That data is understood to have been on systems operated on the Home Office’s behalf by the Foreign Office, whose staff detected the incident.”We think that it’s a fairly low-risk that individuals…

Former Norwich City and Manchester City defender Aage Hareide has died at the age of 72.It was announced last month that Hareide, who won 50 international caps for Norway, including in the famous 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory over England in 1981, was suffering from brain cancer. Following his playing career, he became a highly successful coach winning domestic trophies in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and guiding the Danish national team to the 2018 World Cup during a four-year spell in charge.He had previously managed Norway from 2003 to 2008 and his final coaching role saw him take charge of…

Head’s struggles before this series – only one score of 40 or more in 20 innings going back to June – are now a distant memory.Four days training before the series – something the most laidback of 31-year-old’s said was “unprecedented” for him – helped find his rhythm and surely banish any doubts.”When you have a big gap in Test cricket and you’re lying in bed a couple of nights before, you’re like, can I do it?” he said.”Can you still produce it? Can you, as a cricketer each year, keep rolling out good scores in big moments? It’s not…

A man whose elderly mother will soon be forced to leave her council-run care home after plans to sell it collapsed days before Christmas fears the situation could “kill her”.Nigel Ogle’s 96-year-old mother, Babette, who lives with dementia, has lived at The Leys care home in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, for the past seven years.But she will soon have to pack up and move after the planned sale of the care home to a new provider fell through.Refom-UK led Derbyshire County Council had agreed in principle for a single care home provider to take over the running of The Leys and seven…