M Jagadheesh, (34), and his younger brother M Manikandan, (26), of Ramachipuram near Ammapet in Erode were arrested for torching the thatched house of Hari Gopalakrishnan (32), the police said.

It opened in October 2024 and runs free weekend courses, funded by the Irish government. There are about 2,000 old thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland, according to Irish government figures ...

There are about 2,000 old thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland, according to Irish government figures from 2022. Across the border in Northern Ireland, a 2023 Department for Communities ...

Sixteen fire crews have been sent to a blaze affecting four adjoined houses with thatched roofs. Emergency workers were first called to Low Street in Bardwell, Suffolk, at 16:43 BST. Crews have been ...

THIS house with four acres of land is for sale in Warrington. The property was built in the early 1990s and it boasts a stables and a feature pond. The home, which requires updating, is located on ...

But he lamented that younger people don't have his "deep well of lived experience to draw from". That makes it less painful to pull down a thatched house and build a modern one up with slate or tiled ...

That makes it less painful to pull down a thatched house and build a modern one up with slate or tiled roofs, said Mr Lafferty. Master thatcher John Lafferty says his expertise was passed down to ...

That makes it less painful to pull down a thatched house and build a modern one up with slate or tiled roofs, said Lafferty. "It could have taken three years to gather up the stones to build a ...