Peter, 74, and Patricia Clarke, 76, moved into the property on Grange Park, Swindon, in 2021 from Cornwall to be closer to their son.
But when they bought the property they did not imagine that a pond on council land near their home would regularly overflow and pour into their back garden.
Gavin Newsom has taken to X to share what he believes is a gotcha clip of Elon Musk being “exposed” for lying about the California wildfires. The MAGA billionaire, along with Donald Trump, has been a vocal critic of the governor’s response to the crisis. Trump even dubbed him “Gavin Newscum,” before Musk described him as a “subtard.” Newsom had sensibly refused to get drawn into the war of words, saying he “respect[s] the office” of the incoming president. But, taking to X on Sunday evening, he
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