Mother, 51, reveals how she bought six crumbling Italian villas for less than £1 EACH for family and friends to move into... and unveils their incredible transformation after years of DIY

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 00:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Rubia Daniels paid one euro for each of her six homes in Sicily in 2019, taking advantage of a scheme to encourage people to renovate abandoned homes.

DIY enthusiast whose £10k caravan renovation project caught the eye of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces faces demolition order after it became too big to move

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 18:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

David Coe, 67, spent a year converting the caravan outside his flat in Norwich, Norfolk. But he then had to move and the landowner wants it moved with 28 days.

Clothing and DIY sales boosted by sunny weather

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 06:55 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Retail sales rose for the third month in a row in March as warmer weather helped to boost trade.

‘Nepo babies should be doing stuff like this’: are rich people ruining or reviving UK club culture?

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 12:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

London’s underground dance scene is increasingly funded by inherited wealth. From Mike Ashley’s son to a Tetra Pak heir, moneyed promoters explain their motivations

Nestled between Millwall FC stadium…

‘Nepo babies should be doing stuff like this’: are rich people ruining or reviving club culture?

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

London’s underground dance scene is increasingly funded by inherited wealth. From Mike Ashley’s son to a Tetra Pak heir, monied promoters explain their motivations

Nestled between Millwall FC stadium …

Tasers WILL be trialled in prisons in the wake of Manchester Arena terrorist's vicious attack on guards - using DIY knives and hot oil

found 2025 › Apr › 22 (Tue) @ 22:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Tasers are set to be trialled in prisons after Hashem Abedi, 28, launched a vicious attack on three guards in HMP Frankland in Country Durham.

‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self-build town

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 18:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

It is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesm…

Beauty experts reveal the biggest recession indicator trends, from DIY extensions to spray tans

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 14:40 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Megan Vasquez, a beauty influencer marketing expert at GRIN , has pointed out multiple signs that Gen Z and millennial women are preparing for an economic downtick.

Manchester Arena terrorist 'sent to the same unit as Southport killer Axel Rudakubana' after attacking prison officers with hot oil and DIY knives

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 23:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Terrorist Hashem Abedi, 28, was moved to Belmarsh, a high security prison in south London , after he allegedly attacked three prison guards with hot cooking oil.

Various artists: Disk Musik – A DD Records Compilation review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 08:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

(Phantom Limb)
The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TV

In 1980, a g…