51 minutes ago Leafiest' places to live in UK revealed for those in search of green spaces

A lifestyle website has named the best and "leafiest" places to live in the UK for all people who love their green spaces and want to be around nature

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54 minutes ago Erik ten Hag can't ignore Man United's £36.5m problem after latest reprieve

Joshua Zirkzee has just one goal to his name for Manchester United this season and his recent performances have natural cause for concern

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84 minutes ago New Zealand win T20 World Cup after Melie Kerr’s heroics stun South Africa

New Zealand 158-5; South Africa 126-9 – NZ win by 32 runsKerr scored 43 and took three key wickets in final successNew Zealand secured a maiden T20 World Cup title, defeating South Africa by 32 runs after a mammoth effort from the all-rounder Melie Kerr, who was named player of the tournament.After top-scoring with 43 from 38 balls, Kerr was rendered barely able to walk because of cramp brought on by the Dubai heat, but nevertheless she snatched the wickets of Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch at both ends of the 10th over, turning the match on its head. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ‘Increased levels’ of natural gas found near site of fatal Bedford explosion

A neighbour said they heard a ‘mighty bang’ and the roof ‘came off’ in an explosion and fire at a house on Saturday that killed one person.

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2 hours ago Seven dead in Georgia as officials investigate ‘catastrophic failure’ of dock gangway

Deadly accident occurred as crowds gathered for celebration of Gullah-Geechee community in Sapelo IslandAt least seven people have been killed after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black descendants of enslaved people, authorities said.Eight people were taken to hospitals, at least six of them with critical injuries, and crews from the US Coast Guard, the McIntosh county fire department, the Georgia department of natural resources and others were searching the water, according to spokesperson Tyler Jones of the Georgia department of natural resources, which operates the dock. Three of them remained hospitalized, said the natural resources department’s commissioner...

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2 hours ago The Guardian view on North Koreans in Ukraine: a Russian war is using foreign labour | Editorial

Moscow is relying on soldiers and workers enlisted from abroad to keep its war goingAround 1 million soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine. In addition to the vast Ukrainian civilian and military toll, average Russian casualties reportedly rose to a new height of more than 1,200 soldiers a day in September. Russia has four times as many men, but a war described by its own fighters as a “meat grinder” is rapidly diminishing the ranks, and using conscripts has a political cost. On some estimates, seven times more Russian soldiers have died since the invasion than Soviet troops died in Afghanistan in a decade.Valerii Zaluzhnyi, formerly Ukraine’s commander in chief and now its ambassador to the UK, remarked recently that in war “the only thing that...

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3 hours ago Mike Tyson releases rare video that's left fans stunned and certain of Jake Paul result

Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul was pushed back earlier this year, but the former world heavyweight champion has now shared a message for his 27-year-old opponent

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4 hours ago Orionid meteor shower: Best time to look into the night sky to see stunning space event

As the annual Orionid meteor shower makes its way across our skies, here's everything you need to know about the display and how you can get the best experience out of watching it

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4 hours ago Matheus Nunes has last laugh as Man City stun Wolves in record comeback

Manchester City were behind against Wolves but came back to win it in dramatic fashion with another John Stones injury-time winner

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4 hours ago The best jewellery advent calendars to add some sparkle to your collection this Christmas

From Astrid & Miyu's 24-day calendar worth over £1600 to Amazon's less than £20 offering, there are a whole host of jewellery trinkets and treasure troves to add some sparkle to your outfits this Christmas

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