Stanley Chase, 72, used a plant nursery where he was listed as an active director and secretary as a cover for a cannabis factory

The number of women arranging “divorce parties” to celebrate the end of their marriage is at an all-time high, according to experts. The trend for women celebrating the end of their unions has been rising in popularity in the USA, and is seeing equal growth at home in the UK. ...

Labour gained a shock by-election victory in Rochester West last night in a ward seen by many as a Conservative safe seat. Alex Paterson took 47.5 per cent of the vote in Medway, gaining 26.5 points on the Tories who managed to secure just 39.5 per cent of the vote following the ...

The US launched its threatened hefty steel and aluminium tariffs despite 100 Congress men writing to the President warning that this would precipitate a trade war and global economic disaster. Donald Trump signed an order meaning US steel imports now face a 25% tariff and aluminium 10%. Trump exempted neighbouring ...

Actor Ralf Little has described the government's plans to increase NHS pay in exchange for sacrificing a day's holiday as a way of giving with one hand and "repeatedly punching in the face with the other". The Royle Family star has been a vocal critic of Jeremy Hunt's handling of ...

For the first time in history a North Korean leader and a US President have agreed to meet face to face. The shock development took diplomats by surprise, including the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Only yesterday US diplomats had ruled out talks between the two countries unless North ...

 There’s an old adage that trust has to be earned. Ironically for the National Trust that’s something that seems to be in short supply among anti-hunt campaigners. After a highly controversial vote at last year’s AGM, which may face a legal challenge over what many regard as an inappropriate use ...

@BenGelblum  The House of Commons Exiting the European Union Committee has published the Whitehall Brexit impact analyses that the Government did not want you to see. Brexit Minister David Davis fought tooth and nail to keep the assessments of the possible impacts of Brexit on the economy confidential, insisting they ...

To celebrate International Women's Day, TLE caught up with inspirational writer and adventurer Lois Pryce, who quit her job at the BBC in 2003 to ride her motorbike from Alaska to the tip of South America. Tell us a little bit about you?  Lois Pryce - author, travel writer, banjo ...