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Escape to the Country: Couple say property is ‘civilised’ SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Escape to the Country was brought to BBC One viewers by Jules Hudson who was on the Isle of Arran, 14 miles off the west coast of Scotland. He was hoping to find Linda and Terry from West Yorkshire a new home in the Scottish wilderness for under £375,000. After gauging the couple’s likes and dislikes, Jules set off to show them the first house but when they walked in, Linda wasn’t feeling it and she quickly explained she wanted something “a bit more rough and ready” but the presenter warned her to “be careful for what you wish for”. Related articles Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen and husband Clive in heated clash … [Read more...] about Escape to the Country’s Jules Hudson warns buyers ‘Careful what you wish for!’

Escape to the Country: Jules asks couple about final property SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Jules, 51, was on hand to help a married couple of 26 years, Jo and Tim, find a new home on the Isle of Wight during the classic episode of Escape to the Country . The pair lived in a six-bedroom property but were looking to make a permanent move to the location where they had opened a holiday home for the past 15 years. They explained to the BBC presenter they wanted a home which was big enough to act as a holiday let, as well as having roadside appeal, a cottage feel to the place and lots of grandeur. With a budget of £750,000 to play with, the property expert got to work but asked the guests to make the mystery … [Read more...] about Escape to the Country’s Jules Hudson demands guests to ‘make it work’

Director M. Night Shyamalan on the set of “Knock at the Cabin.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL Since he began churning out scary films with creepier twists in 1999’s “The Sixth Sense,” director M. Night Shyamalan’s productions have amassed a cumulative gross of more than $3.4 billion dollars at the global box office. That’s no easy feat even for someone who had made 45 home movies before he turned 17. Now 52 years old, and with blockbusters like “Unbreakable,” “Signs,” “The Village,” “The Visit,” “Split,” “Glass” and “Old” tucked snugly under his belt, the Indian-American filmmaker isn’t about to rest on his laurels. In his latest apocalyptic drama “Knock at the Cabin,” which opened in Philippine cinemas yesterday, Shyamalan is putting a contemporary spin on the tale of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by adapting Paul Tremblay’s 2018 novel “The Cabin at the End of the World.” Alas, even the Bram Stoker Award-winning book has succumbed to Shyamalan’s … [Read more...] about M. Night Shyamalan on his obsession with the end of the world

The thumping church music, booming choir and exuberant crowd of about a million people greeting Pope Francis for an open-air Mass on Wednesday in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, felt a world away from the violence ravaging the country’s east, where scores of competing armed groups are pillaging villages, plundering resources and heightening tensions with neighboring Rwanda. But Francis, who was forced to abandon his plan to visit the east because of the spike in fighting there, tried to touch the region’s wounds by bringing some of its victims of violence to him. “We continue to be shocked to hear of the inhumane violence that you have seen with your eyes and personally experienced,” Francis said after listening to the searing stories of survivors in a private meeting at the papal nunciature in Kinshasa on Wednesday. “To you, dear inhabitants of the east,” Francis continued, “I want to say: I am close to you. Your tears are my tears; your pain is my pain. … [Read more...] about Pope, in Africa, Urges an End to Congo’s Cycle of Violence

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The leaders of Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed on a joint "search and destroy" military campaign against the Somali al-Shabab Islamic militant group that has carried out attacks in the region — including firing mortars near the meeting venue in Mogadishu before officials gathered Wednesday. In a joint communique issued after the meeting in Somalia's capital, the four heads of state said the operation would "prevent any future infiltrating elements into the wider region." "The Summit agreed to make the final push for joint operations in the areas that remain under the terrorists to completely liberate the whole of Somalia from Al-Shabab," read Wednesday's communique from the four countries — whose soldiers are part of the Africa Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. CHINA LOOKS TO … [Read more...] about Leaders of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia agree to joint military campaign against al-Shabab in Somalia

While the holidays are long gone, there are still plenty of winter days ahead. Why not spend a few of them at a cozy hotel where you can savor the season’s pleasures — crisp air, snowy fields, the scent of a maple log fire? From a new lodge in Grand Canyon National Park to a Victorian-era hotel in the Scottish Highlands, these properties cultivate toasty, cheerful atmospheres — what the Germans might call gemütlichkeit and the Danish hygge — with fire pits, “fireplace butlers” (more on that shortly), saunas and cocktails made with toasted marshmallow syrup. No need for a ski resort. Be it a cabin in the Catskills or a boutique hotel in Old Quebec, at these five escapes you can sip, stroll, sink into velvet sofas with books and board games, and embrace the new year. Boston The Newbury Boston Winter in New England calls to mind frozen ponds and snowy mountains. Yet at the Newbury Boston you’ll find a countryside pleasure in the midst of the city: 42 … [Read more...] about 5 Cozy Hotels Where Winter Is a Treat

There’s a seal pup in the car park. He’s been hiding under cars and seems intent on ­belly-flopping his way through the gate and up on to the main road. Two wardens use plastic barriers to turn him around. Clearly put out that his adventuring is cut short, he hisses and snarls as he is herded back towards the beach. Meanwhile, on the coastal route popular with hikers, another pup has decided he prefers a muddy puddle in the middle of the path to the company of the other seals in the colony . A warden directs walkers around as the baby lies half submerged, flapping his ­flippers and blowing bubbles through his nose. Welcome to Horsey beach in north Norfolk, where this year has been a record one for grey seal pups , whose big eyes and fluffy fur are enough to melt the hardest heart. Since the start of this season 3,796 babies have been born along the ­five-mile stretch of sand, getting on for double the previous count in 2019-20 when the total pup ­population was 2,069. … [Read more...] about UK seal colony has 3,796 babies to look after as army of volunteers have work cut out