63-year-old Sheila Spiers has been ordered to cut the 32ft hedge in her garden (pictured) by six feet in the next month or she could be given an ASBO. Miss Spiers said she will not cut the hedge because it is home to pigeons and bats. Neighbours say it blocks light into their gardens in Evesham, Worcestershire. Miss Spiers said the tree does not boarder her neighbour's garden and shouldn't be classified as a hedge. ...read
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Life-size dollhouse inside New York's Grand Central train station lets visitors take a tour of Target's new homeware line
The 1,540-square-foot installation, which was open to the public on Tuesday for just one day, has two floors and seven rooms, all of which are decked out with the retailer's products. The front walls were left off the house so that spectators could peek inside each of the rooms. Visitors could even take a tour of the interior to get a closer look.
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Ben Stiller loses out as he sells stunning New York home for $8.9m... five years after buying it for $9.6m
Ben Stiller has lost over $1million from the sale of his New York home. The actor put his luxurious city pad on the market for $9.6million after he his wife Christine Taylor purchased the duplex in 2008 for $10million. Despite advertising it for $400,000 below the buying price, the comedian has walked away with much less money than he hoped for. ...read
That should solve the money worries! Real Housewives' Sonja Morgan puts her Colorado ski home on the market for $9m
And now that the Real Housewives Of New York star has a 23-year-old boy toy to keep her company, she has little use for her luxurious mountain home anyway.The 49-year-old ex-wife of J.P. Morgan heir John Morgan has listed her sprawling Telluride, Colorado dwelling at a not-so-modest price of nine million dollars.The couple divorced in 2006 and she's now selling the home in an effort to separate marital assets and get on with her life. ...read