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A TWO-bed house in Middlesbrough has gone on sale for £25,000 - a tenth of the average property price in the UK. The detached property in Grangetown is the cheapest house on sale in Britain on the property portal, Zoopla. It will cost prospective buyers £220,443 less than the average sale price, which currently stands at £245,443, according to the Land Registry. Zoopla's cheapest house criteria excluded Help to Buy, shared ownership and leasehold properties, which can see lower upfront costs but bigger charges later on. Of course, you could save even more cash by buying a flat or maisonette, plus we've seen houses on the market for less - even as low as £1 . The home has two bedrooms, one bathroom and one reception room. But as you'd expect for the small price tag, the house needs a lot of work before it can be lived in. The photographs show shabby carpets and evidence of water damage on some of the walls, potentially indicating the home has damp. Worryingly, … [Read more...] about Inside the cheapest house on Zoopla costing £25,000 – a TENTH of average property price

The Japanese government plans to release treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, according to reports published Friday. The decision ends years of speculation over what to do with the more than one million tons of water that were treated after the power plant was severely damaged and suffered a meltdown due to the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami in 2011. Japanese Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said no formal decision has been made, but that the government planned to move quickly. "Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi plant is a major premise for a restoration in Fukushima from the nuclear disaster. To prevent any delays in the decommissioning process, we need to make a decision quickly," said Kajiyama during a news conference. The Kyodo news agency said a formal announcement would be made later this month. Local media has reported that the water could be released as soon as 2022. The water has been stored at the power plant … [Read more...] about Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea

Over the past few days, there has been an undercurrent of anger in Texas that not everyone was suffering in quite the same way. There were millions of people who were without electricity, or water, or both . Many ended up in shelters, sleeping on the floors of friends and relatives, or trying to find a hotel room at a time when room rates were going through the ceiling. I've visited communities over the past few days that have faced the sort of chaotic challenges they could barely have imagined, with a brutal cocktail of freezing temperatures, empty shops and no power. They've had no water for days and have said that when it returned, it was only safe to drink after being boiled. Advertisement Now, burst pipes seem epidemic in a state where homes are built with heat, not cold, in mind. But in the heart of Texan cities, the lights have stayed on. More from Mexico Mexico: 18 bags full of hacked-up body parts found by police … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz: Ambitious senator counts cost of Mexico trip amid brutal Texas freeze

Kent is the pothole capital of Britain, with more than 52,000 defects recorded in the past three years – almost 50 a day. Across the country nearly 600,000 potholes were reported between 2018 and 2020, with repairs costing £99million a year, according to data from 67 of the UK's biggest councils and Highways England. The most potholes were reported in Kent, with 52,245, followed by Staffordshire with 40,725 and Fife with 36,056, according to Freedom of Information data obtained by comparison site GoCompare.  The fewest were in the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham with 141 and Royal Greenwich with 199. Kent is the pothole capital of Britain, with 52,245 defects recorded in the past three years, according to Freedom of Information data obtained by the comparison site GoCompare. (Stock image) The data also showed councils in south-east England took the longest time to report and repair potholes, with an average of 31.3 days. Highways England – which … [Read more...] about Plague of potholes in the garden of England: Kent is the cracked roads capital of Britain with 52,000 defects in three years, data reveals

HARDWARE store B&Q is recalling own brand electric heaters over fears they could cause electric shocks and start a fire. The retailer has pulled the GoodHome Colenso 2000W White Freestanding Fan heater from shelves after it was discover it could overheat when switched on. The heater could damage the casing and potentially cause a fire if left unattended. The heaters were sold online and in stores between September 2020 and January 2021 and cost £19, It's not clear exactly how many have been affected. They may have been particularly popular for those who have been following the government's coronavirus guidelines and working from home . Affected heaters have a barcode of 5059340046921, which can be found on the box the heater came in. Your product recall rights PRODUCT recalls are an important means of protecting consumers from dangerous goods. As a general rule, if a recall involves a branded product, the manufacturer would usually have lead … [Read more...] about B&Q recalls electric heater over fears they could start a fire