Affordable Housing: Berkeley Homes proposed 1,060 homes in later phases of a London scheme and cut the development’s overall affordable-housing commitment from 40% to 12%; councillors unanimously rejected the revision

Members of Southwark Council’s planning committee have unanimously rejected revised plans from housebuilder Berkeley Homes for the Bermondsey Place development on the Old Kent Road. The decision came after the company reduced its affordable housing offer from 40 per cent to just 12 per cent. Local councillors voted against the plans despite their own planning…

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Will you comply with Japanese laws? Japan plans new question for foreign visitors on entry form

Japan is considering introducing a new question on its immigration entry form that would require foreign nationals arriving in the country to declare whether they intend to follow Japanese laws and regulations.The proposed change, put forward by Japan’s Immigration Services Agency, would require foreign nationals applying for permission to land in Japan to answer: “Are…

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An Adelaide man built a cheese-making facility in his backyard without approval; after ignoring a court order to remove it for 5 years, he was found in contempt and ordered to pay over A$120,000 | World News

Image Credit: AI Generated An Adelaide retiree has been ordered to pay more than A$120,000 in court costs after spending five years failing to remove an unauthorised cheese-making facility built in his suburban backyard. John Kitsis was found guilty of contempt of court after repeatedly ignoring orders requiring him to dismantle the operation at his…

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Elon Musk says Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory by mid-2027, making room for the driverless Cybercab after years of recalls, price changes and weaker-than-expected demand

​Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production. The electric pickup’s manufacturing operations at the company’s Texas factory will wind down around mid-2027 to make room for increased Cybercab output, Musk announced in a post shared on the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter). In his X post, Musk wrote: “Tesla will be…

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In 2003, a New York mother transferred property to her son and daughter-in-law after he promised to return it when asked; 23 years later, an appeals court upheld cancellation of the deed when they refused to give it back

A New York mother won a 23-year property dispute against her son and daughter-in-law. (AI image) A New York appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling cancelling a 2003 property transfer after a mother, Josephine Catalano, took legal action against her son and daughter-in-law for refusing to return her property in Rockland County. Josephine had…

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An Arkansas couple bought property together in 2021 and divorced less than a year later, each keeping half; after the woman remarried and filed for bankruptcy, a court dismissed his challenge to the sale of her share

A federal appeals court has upheld the sale of a divorced woman’s half-share in a property in Arkansas. The court rejected a legal challenge from her former husband, who tried to stop the sale after she filed for bankruptcy. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on 4 November 2026 to…

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Olympics once gave out medals for poetry: First literature gold in 1912 went to the Games’ own founder, who had entered under two fake names | More sports News

The Olympics once featured artistic competitions, awarding medals for poetry, music and painting. In 1912, the Games’ founder secretly entered the literature contest under two pseudonyms and won gold/ Image: X At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, competitors could win gold without running, jumping or throwing anything. They could submit a poem, compose a piece of…

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Fears Starlink, builds one of its own: Russia rushes to scale up Rassvet

Starlink has more than 10,000 active satellites (Representative image). Russia’s Security Council on Friday called for an urgent expansion of the country’s homegrown satellite internet network, warning that Elon Musk’s Starlink system could be used to destabilise society and politics in unspecified sovereign states.The push to accelerate the development of Rassvet, Russia’s answer to Starlink,…

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