For the last 40 years, he'd been digging tunnels under his big house in Hackney. Now - at the age of 77 - William "Mole Man" Lyttle has been billed £300,000 to put right damage which left 121, Mortimer Road supported by nothing more than a handful of white goods. He's got 14 days to pay before - presumably - the council takes possessions of a big house, recently held up by a fridge freezer and a washing machine. Ahh, Hackney. Full story, here. Archive, from when he was evicted, here. Weird search result suggesting the property's a Hackney B&B here:

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