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A couple rescued two cat paintings from a skip; years later, the Louis Wain works sold for £16,000 (Image Credit: Rogers Jones Auctioneers) What looked like two unwanted paintings in a skip turned out to be worth thousands of pounds. A couple came across the two cat paintings while walking their dog and decided to…

Dr Hannah Cain, who treated Royal Family members, especially Queen Camilla, was found dead. A 45-year-old GP who was reportedly part of a pool of doctors treating members of the British royal family — Queen Camilla — was found dead at her home near the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with her husband later charged with…

The extraordinary project was the work of British civil engineer Tony Deane, who began excavating beneath his family home in the 1980s. What started as a personal building project gradually grew into an underground complex covering more than 1,300 sq ft. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary bungalow tucked away on the outskirts…

The vase was identified as an imperial famille rose piece made for the Qianlong Emperor. (Photos: Sworders via Fox News) A small yellow vase bought for just £1 at a charity shop in Hertfordshire turned out to be an imperial Chinese piece made for the Qianlong Emperor, eventually selling for £484,000 at auction.The unnamed shopper…

On 21 September 1915, a British lawyer named Cecil Chubb went to an auction in Salisbury, England, reportedly hoping to buy furniture. He came home as the owner of Stonehenge, the mysterious Neolithic monument in southern England. According to the History website, his winning bid was six thousand six hundred British pounds. The purchase began…

In February 2019, Natalie and her then fiancé Andrew Symes won £1 million in the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker draw. Just days after becoming millionaires, the couple also welcomed their second child. Seven years after winning the lottery, the couple spoke about the win, welcoming their daughter a month earlier than expected, and how their…

Residents oppose plans to turn the former hotel and wedding venue into 42 studio apartments for 65 people. (Photo: SWNS) Residents in Maidstone, Kent, have voiced strong opposition to plans to convert a former hotel and wedding venue into a 42-unit co-living development, saying they fear the proposal could put additional pressure on parking, local…

Representative Image of a vibrant coastal nature reserve with wetlands, grasslands, and diverse bird species thriving in new habitats (AI Generated Image) A stretch of Lincolnshire coastline that was once occupied by a golf course has been transformed into a new nature reserve, with wetlands, grassland and coastal scrub now replacing much of its manicured…

Representative Image of the journey of Weller’s Blue bean from a WWII gift to a heritage collection (AI Generated Image) A handful of bean seeds given to a family in France in 1946 has survived for decades through careful seed saving. According to Garden Organic, the dwarf French bean known as Weller’s Blue was given…

A quiet corner of the East Sussex countryside, created decades ago by rock icon Roger Daltrey, has become a busy centre for craft beer production. Lakedown Brewing Co., founded in 2020 by The Who’s frontman with his family and entrepreneur Chris Rule, grew its business by opening a dedicated brewing facility on Daltrey’s 400-acre farm…