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Daily Record
7 hours ago
- General
- Daily Record
Homeowners can tell which fence is theirs with this simple observation
Experts have told how it all comes down to working out which is the fence's "good" side. During the winter months severe winds can wreak havoc on your garden, especially your fences and when it comes to spring it's time to get them ship shape. When fences blow down or break, it's the owners ' responsibility to repair them, however this often causes tension when ownership of the fence is disputed. If the broken fence divides two properties, then it might be the decent thing for neighbours to divide the repair costs equally, but occasionally some pass the buck and don't claim any responsibility. This in turn creates drama and, sometimes even, legal problems. To prevent any issues or disputes, gardening experts propose a simple method to identify fence ownership. Jacksons Fencing said a person can work out who owns a fence by checking where the "good" side of the fence or where the railings appear. They explained: "Typically, you can guess who owns a fence by seeing where the rails are, with the fence typically facing away from their property so that their neighbour gets the 'good' side of the fence." They added that the reason behind this is to ensure security", saying: This is the most secure way of facing fencing so there are no rails for anyone to use to climb into your garden. "This is then repeated with the neighbour on the other side to ensure that each home has both a 'good' and 'bad' fence side." However, Jacksons Fencing team do say that guessing about fence ownership based on its position isn't infallible. To conclusively establish ownership, consultation of the Title Plan or Land Registry must be made - an owner of a boundary is indicated by a 'T' symbol. If you spot 'T' marks forming an 'H' shape on both sides of your boundary, it's a heads-up that you've got a shared "party wall", and both neighbours are on the hook for its upkeep. When there's a question mark over who owns what, property pros suggest a peek at the Land Registry to set the record straight yes, even if you're renting. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Jacksons Fencing has weighed in: "Frustratingly, there is no way to make your neighbour repair their fence, even if it is rotting and making your garden look unsightly. "You can look to hire a disputes expert but this will go down as an official dispute and will have to be declared when selling your house. The only way to get around this would be to install your own fence within your boundary right next to it." When it comes to garden fences, there are certain rules that households must follow, as failing to do so could result in fines. Experts previously explained how installing a fence to a certain height could mean being slapped with a staggering £20,000 fine. If you're looking to make your garden to appear bigger, painting your fence certain colours can help make an outdoor space look more spacious.
Wales Online
a day ago
- Wales Online
Air ambulance lands near scene of suspected Cardiff stabbing as man is taken to hospital
Air ambulance lands near scene of suspected Cardiff stabbing as man is taken to hospital Police said no arrests had been made so far and investigations were continuing A man was taken to hospital with stab wounds after police were called to an address in Cardiff. Residents reported seeing an air ambulance and a heavy police presence in the Roath area of the city on the morning of May 30. Police confirmed they were called at 10.15am to reports of an alleged stabbing at an address in Donald Street, Roath. No arrests have been made, and police have said they are continuing to investigate. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here . A South Wales Police spokesperson said: "Officers were called to an address in Donald Street in Roath at around 10.15am today (May 30)." An air ambulance landed in Roath Rec following the incident (Image: Benedict Thompson ) Article continues below He added: "Officers attended and a man was taken to hospital with injuries consistent with being stabbed. The injuries are not believed to be life-changing or life-threatening. Enquiries are ongoing." Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here . We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice .
Vox
a day ago
- Politics
- Vox
Trump just threw one of his most powerful allies under the bus
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court. On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump publicly split with the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative lawyers' group that he relied on to select judges in his first term. Thanks in no small part to Trump, a majority of the Supreme Court justices are associated with the Federalist Society, as are dozens or even hundreds of other federal judges. But now, Trump apparently regrets his earlier partnership with the Society. SCOTUS, Explained Get the latest developments on the US Supreme Court from senior correspondent Ian Millhiser. Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 'I am so disappointed in The Federalist Society because of the bad advice they gave me on numerous Judicial Nominations,' Trump posted on Truth Social. He blames his decision to ally with the Society on the fact that he was 'new to Washington' when he first became president, 'and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges.' He also names Leonard Leo, the co-chair of the Society's board, a 'sleazebag' who 'probably hates America, and obviously has his own separate ambitions.' It's a bold move by Trump, because the Federalist Society derives much of its power from the fact that so many of its members have lifetime appointments to the federal bench. Promising conservative lawyers want to join — and pay dues — to the Society because it was seen as a pipeline to power. And the fact that its members have been able to shape policy on everything from abortion to race to student loans made it the premier right-wing legal group. That's not to say Trump will destroy the Society's grip on the judiciary. In fact, he may have inadvertently strengthened it. Older Federalist Society judges and justices may be less likely to retire under Trump now that they know that he's unlikely to rely on the Society to choose their replacement. And sitting Federalist Society judges and justices may view the Trump administration's legal arguments with greater skepticism. Trump's breakup with the Federalist Society isn't particularly surprising. At a recent Federalist Society conference on executive power, many of the speakers denounced Trump's incompetence and warned that it would prevent conservatives from achieving lasting policy victories during this administration. Some argued that Trump's signature economic policy, his tariffs, are illegal. And Trump is right that Leo, and by extension, the Federalist Society and its judges, have 'separate ambitions' that do not always align with Trump or the MAGA movement. While the Federalist Society certainly has plenty of members who are staunch MAGA loyalists, many of its judges still adhere to the more libertarian and less explicitly authoritarian approach that dominated the Republican Party before Trump took it over. Speakers at the recent Federalist Society conference spoke openly about plans to diminish Trump's power and shift authority toward the judiciary. Nor did the Federalist Society's judges rally behind Trump's failed attempt to overturn former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election. Some of them even actively pushed back – Trump-appointed Judge Stephanos Bibas's opinion rejecting one of Trump's attempts to overturn that election begins with the line 'free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy,' and rejects Trump's claims due to a lack of 'specific allegations and then proof.' In his Thursday night post announcing that he and Leo are never getting back together, Trump pointed to a recent decision by the US Court of International Trade, which struck down an array of Trump's second-term tariffs, as a triggering event. Notably, one of these three judges, Timothy Rief, is a Trump appointee. So it appears that one of the most fruitful partnerships in the conservative legal movement's history is now over. This divorce is likely to diminish both Trump's power and that of the Society in the long run. Trump is likely to pay a big price for breaking with one of America's most powerful institutions The Federalist Society is America's most powerful legal organization in large part because it has such a comprehensive network of right-leaning and right-wing lawyers. Top law students often join the Federalist Society because the Society can help place them in clerkships with some of the most prestigious judges. The Society's events give young lawyers a chance to network with senior members of their profession who can connect them with other hard-to-obtain job opportunities. And, because senior lawyers often have a decades-long relationship with the Society, the Society can easily vet them for ideological loyalty if they seek a political appointment such as a federal judgeship. Related The Federalist Society is surprisingly ambivalent about Trump This network also means that the Federalist Society has historically provided a valuable service to Republican presidents. If a federal judicial vacancy arises in, say, Idaho, the president and his top advisers are unlikely to know which members of the Idaho bar are both highly skilled and ideologically committed to the GOP's goals. But the Federalist Society has both a student and a lawyers' chapter in Idaho. So it can identify highly qualified right-wing candidates for the bench and pass that information on to the White House. Without access to this network, Trump is likely to struggle to identify nominees as quickly as he did in his first term, and there are already signs that he's relying on alternative networks to find his second term judges — a shift that may diminish the Society's influence in the long run, because lawyers hoping for a political appointment will no longer gain an advantage by joining it. When Trump announced his first slate of second-term nominees in early May, for example, half of them were lawyers in GOP-controlled state attorney general's offices. These offices might provide Trump with a stream of loyal nominees in red states, but it is unclear how he will identify judicial candidates in blue states where elected officials are unlikely to fill their offices with lawyers sympathetic to the MAGA movement. Trump's split with the Federalist Society may prove to be one of the most consequential legal developments of his second term. The Federalist Society also provides right-of-center lawyers with a forum where they can debate their disagreements and often achieve consensus. Once such a consensus is reached, moreover, Federalist Society events help popularize that consensus among legal conservatives, while also communicating to ambitious young lawyers which policy positions they need to hold in order to secure the Society's aid when those lawyers seek political appointments. This means that judges chosen by the Society tend to have uniform views on a wide range of legal questions, even if those views are unusual within the legal profession as a whole. The Federalist Society, for example, has long popularized a theory known as the 'unitary executive,' which would give the president full control over all federal agencies, even if Congress tried to give those agencies' leaders a degree of independence. This theory played a central role in the Republican justices' shocking decision in Trump v. United States (2024), which established that the president has broad authority to use his official powers to commit crimes. If Trump stops drawing from the Federalist Society when he selects judges, in other words, his second-term nominees are likely to hold views that diverge from those of many sitting Republican judges, even if those nominees might broadly be described as 'conservative.' And that could set back the conservative cause. Before the Federalist Society's founding, for example, President Richard Nixon picked four justices that he believed to be conservative. But three of them joined the Court's abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), and Nixon-appointed Justice Lewis Powell wrote a seminal opinion in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), which kept affirmative action alive for several decades. It's also possible that many sitting Federalist Society judges and justices will view Trump with greater skepticism now that he's no longer aligned with an organization that they closely identify with. Because the Federalist Society has been a central part of many lawyers' and judges' professional life for decades, these senior professionals often identify strongly with the Society and react negatively to perceived slights against it. In 2020, for example, the US Judicial Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct withdrew a proposal to discourage federal judges from belonging to ideological bar associations like the Federalist Society after that proposal triggered widespread backlash among judges aligned with the Society. When it comes to Trump, many of the lawsuits challenging his tariffs are backed by conservative legal organizations that historically have aligned with the Federalist Society; his attacks on the Federalist Society could make such organizations more likely to challenge him.
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
ICE agents in Boston arrest migrant murderer, child rapists as Fox News rides along
Fox News embedded exclusively with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the greater Boston area this week, when agents were carrying out the arrests of hundreds of egregious criminal migrants in what the agency said is the largest operation it has undertaken since President Donald Trump returned to office. The sweeping operation, called "Patriot," is expected to hit 1,500 arrests and is targeting immigrants like a Salvadoran illegal immigrant convicted of child rape who went to prison and was deported in 2017. He was nabbed by ICE living right next to a children's playground. ICE also swooped on another illegal migrant who is on El Salvador's most wanted list and has an Interpol Red Notice for aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping and robbery. Trump Administration Sets New Goal Of 3,000 Illegal Immigrant Arrests Daily Both arrests were captured exclusively on camera by Fox News, with ICE Boston telling Fox News that local ICE activists have been interfering in their operations this week. ICE deployed 19 teams across Massachusetts this week, and the agency brought in ICE teams from other parts of the country to assist. Read On The Fox News App It is in direct response to Massachusetts and Boston's sanctuary policies, where officials do not fully enforce or assist with federal immigration laws, as border czar Tom Homan has promised to surge ICE to these areas. Fox News is told that about 70% of the arrests are criminals with convictions or pending charges. Ice Touts Record-breaking Immigration Enforcement During Trump's First 100 Days Patricia Hyde, the head of ICE Boston, said it is not uncommon to see immigrants convicted of child rape roaming public streets close to where children play. "It's not unusual. Due to the open border policies, we are finding that plenty of people who have been previously deported and committed heinous crimes and were removed from the country are now back here, just living among us," Hyde said. "And now that's our job to go round them up." Fox News also joined ICE as they arrested a Colombian illegal immigrant facing pending charges for sexual assault of a child, as well as a Dominican illegal immigrant with a drug trafficking conviction who is now facing local charges for fentanyl distribution. Meanwhile, other arrests included a Guatemalan illegal immigrant who's facing charges in Massachusetts for aggravated child rape but was released from state custody. They also arrested a Honduran immigrant who is facing local charges for rape and was also released from local custody. Hyde said sanctuary jurisdictions are starting to escalate against ICE. On Thursday, activists tried to grab onto an illegal immigrant who had been handcuffed by ICE. In another incident, agents were staking out an illegal immigrant murderer's home and a crowd gathered and blew their cover. "I think the lack of cooperation is getting worse and worse, and it's putting law enforcement lives in danger," Hyde said. Hyde said that ICE agents will continue to round up dangerous criminal illegal migrants, despite pushback from local lawmakers and activists. "We're not going away. It might take us longer. It might be harder, but we're not going away, we're here," Hyde said. "We know what the American people voted for. We understand that we work for the American people and we're going to be here until we send everyone home."Original article source: ICE agents in Boston arrest migrant murderer, child rapists as Fox News rides along
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Serve Robotics to Hold Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 12, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Serve Robotics (the "Company" or "Serve") (Nasdaq: SERV), a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Annual Meeting") virtually on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at noon PDT. Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 14, 2025 will have the right to participate at the Annual Meeting. Stockholders will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote and submit questions during the meeting by visiting and entering the 16–digit control number included on their Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the "Notice") or on their proxy card. The Company commenced mailing of the Notice to stockholders on April 25, 2025. The Notice contains instructions on how to access the Proxy Statement and the annual report, how to vote via the internet or by telephone, and how to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials by mail. If you wish to receive company email notifications, please register at About Serve RoboticsServe Robotics develops advanced, AI-powered, low-emissions sidewalk delivery robots that endeavor to make delivery sustainable and economical. Spun off from Uber in 2021 as an independent company, Serve has completed tens of thousands of deliveries for enterprise partners such as Uber Eats and 7-Eleven. Serve has scalable multi-year contracts, including a signed agreement to deploy up to 2,000 delivery robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets. For further information about Serve Robotics (Nasdaq:SERV), please visit or follow us on social media via X (Twitter), Instagram or LinkedIn @serverobotics. ContactsMediaAduke ThelwellHead of Communications & Investor Relationspress@ Investor in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
