Freewebs.com

This host is really good in my opinion, i used to use them an awful lot, and for what they offer its really good, i think there is a file size limit which is extremely annoying, and many other annoying things but essentially they are good!

Been around for years, give them a go!

do they not have forced ads though and a linkback scheme?

you must give them a link back, so i just put mine as font size one, and there are no forced ads, but if you want to put a domain for the site, you must pay, which i find very stupid.