Oakland's landmark Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square abruptly closes  CBS News

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The Apprentice fans have spotted the moment Amber-Rose Badrudin and Keir Shave caught feelings for one another before they were caught in a hotel together while filming for the show

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Looks like a bit of scrub land with little value but people with vision will get excited at what it could become

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Wrexham's latest signing of striker Sam Smith from Reading has exceeded the previous club record by more than £1million – as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney continue to pump money into the club

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Investigators have recovered black box data recorders from plane and helicopter involved in crash

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Residents in Gloucester are fuming after the University of Gloucestershire put a 6ft high metal fence up against the edge of their properties, ahead of an expected sale of the land.

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Residents near Tokyo question slow pace of effort to rescue 74-year-old as workers race to build 30-metre rampFears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole in Japan, as rescue workers started building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach him.The 74-year-old, who has not been named, became trapped when the sinkhole opened up in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing him and his two-tonne truck. Continue reading...

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Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

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This practice is a standard way of saying thank you to a courteous road user, but it could land you in trouble

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Manchester United news as United's passage to the Europa League last 16 on Thursday night brings in millions to the club

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Facing potential defeat in the landmark vote on her assisted dying Bill, which would herald the biggest social change in Britain for decades, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater made a heartfelt pledge.

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‘Imagine explaining this to a Victorian child’ said one confused fan

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The New Wellington – which is well-stocked with spirits – in Newmarket, Suffolk has had a couple of run-ins with phantoms before the latest episode which saw them lose a glass to a frustrated spectre

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The final days of the January transfer window are crucial to Ange Postecoglou attempting to turn around Tottenham’s fortunes and the Lilywhites are on the verge of landing a striking sensation

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The Chase host Bradley Walsh was left in hysterics after hearing one contestant's job, which he jokingly said was a "game over" moment before he was forced to let him through.

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Nestling on the edge of south-west London, Wimbledon Common has long been a haven for those seeking respite from the stresses and strains of life in the city.

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It might cost more to repair them than to buy new ones. But baby Jesus figurines have such sentimental value in families that every January an area in downtown Mexico City is full of people with the broken religious sculptures looking for a workshop for hands, legs, nose, eyes, eyelashes or fingers.

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Co-captain still has ‘plenty left’ for Scotland ahead of milestone moment

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Ahmed Lal, 24, had been 'showing off' to his friends speeding around Wellington, Shropshire before he hit David Skinner on June 18, 2023.

Economics

European football comes with plenty of glamour - and plenty of prizemoney, with the Gers already pocketing a decent wedge

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Officials say over 100 family members of victims are in the Washington area for briefings and that every air traffic controller involved is under intense scrutinyAlarms raised about ‘congested’ airspace before fatal Washington crashReagan national’s main runway is the busiest in the United States, with more than 800 daily takeoffs and landings.The National Transportation Safety Board has investigated nine accidents or incidents at the airport this century, including two that were fatal, records showed. Continue reading...

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Award-winning actor Jon Hamm, best known for his roles in “Mad Men” and more recently “Fargo” and “Landman,” will be honored as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals

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As a sociologist, my career couldn’t be further from that of my father, who spent his life on the road as a truck driver. It’s only in recent years, as illness has struck, that I’ve started to truly understand him. By José Henrique Bortoluci. Read by Felipe Pacheco Continue reading...

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The Belgian was too hot for the Scot as he was six straight legs to book his spot in the next round

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To meet environmental and climate targets, the Government predicts that 1.6 million hectares of England’s land may need to change its use by 2050.

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MSPs have hit out at the deals agreed for two former senior staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency

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University of Wolverhampton's School of Art will be razed to the ground as part of a major redevelopment of the campus, but critics have blasted the move as 'wasteful' and 'anti-growth'.

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It is five years since that glorious moment when I stood in the pillared room in Downing Street as a cheering crowd counted down the seconds to midnight - and BONG!

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Gavin Hall, 39, crashed his enhanced Audi S3 into the central reserve of a road and hit a tree. His brother's girlfriend, Lois Davidson, died in the horror crash

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Teen's Miu Miu deal follows controversial runway debut at Paris Fashion Week

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Two clubs have gone in very different directions since November clash

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Farrel Hegarty has revealed landing the role of Lou Michaelis in the show isn't her first stint on the cobbles - or in a soap

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Jack Cracknell was jailed for six years at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.

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WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT Bodycam footage shows Greater Manchester Police officers bursting in on a hotel room in which a pervert was with a 14-year-old schoolgirl

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The woman who commented ‘hey guys’ on her own wanted appeal was later arrested by police.

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Cardiff Council said it has learnt lessons from the HMRC landfill tax dispute which will see it have to pay out £16m

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A large-scale emergency services rescue operation was launched in the Gower community and the road remained closed this evening with diversions in place

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Air traffic control (ATC) operators were directing the doomed Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 helicopter - marked as a PAT 25 - to pass behind the plane just seconds before the deadly crash occurred.

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The Washington DC aviation disaster was the deadliest in more than two decades of US history, killing 67 people, and has left a raft of questions officials hope to answer with an investigation

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The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’BrienMy earliest reading memory I am sitting at the kitchen table at home in Dublin. I am home from school. I am in short pants; my legs dangle. The book in front of me is called Step By Step. It has no author. On the amber paper cover, in my mother’s handwriting, is my name. It is my first spelling book. I still have it. It begins with easy ones, No, Go, So, and works through 20 pages to Deck, Dock, Duck. Everything that follows begins here. When you know your spellings, it is a triumphant moment. You have been given a key.My favourite book growing up My hunger for books allowed no time for a favourite. I was on to the next one. All of Enid Blyton might be one multi-volumed book in my memory. The Famous Five and The Secret Seven and the Mystery series all passing through my hands in bedtime reading, to be replaced later by wester...

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Reckless Jack Cracknell clocked a speed of 117mph before he lost control of his high-powered Ford Fiesta ST as he raced through a 40mph zone.

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Officers swooped in on the pervert at a hotel in Manchester after being tipped off by a concerned member of staff.

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Barbara Maura Lane is said to have become obsessed with Alfred Douglas after signing up for his magic course. Last May, Lane, allegedly smashed her way into his home in East Sussex.

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Carole Middleton, the mother of Princess Kate, is celebrating a landmark birthday - her 70th - and The Mirror takes a look back at how the impressive businesswoman keeps her 'close-knit' family together

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A 39-year-old mother, Barbara Roe, of Andover Road, Wiltshire, who has been accused of the death of her nine-year-old son, Zac, by dangerous driving appeared at court . 

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Forget tatty cast-offs – the secondhand marketplace is now the first port of call for the savvy shopperThe rise of secondhand fashion is an enormously cheering thing, and in a world not currently over-blessed with hugely cheering things, it is worth taking a moment to celebrate.In a short space of time, the pre-loved fashion economy has gone from being niche – vintage stores full of antique silk dresses at the top end, jumble sale tat at the other, not much in the middle – to a viable way to source every part of your wardrobe. The marketplace of new-to-you clothes, rather than new-to-the-world clothes, is now an aspirational, respectable, efficient, affordable place to shop. Not just for the pieces that have always been associated with secondhand (tea dresses for retro dressers, rare jeans for denim nerds) but for straight-down-the-middle mainstream wardrobe stuff. Your cousin’s North Face puffer jacket? £45 from Vinted. Your line manager’s Zara blazer? £18 courtesy of Depop. The Pr...

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James Doherty, 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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Ben Affleck was spotted taking his middle child Fin for a driving lesson around Los Angeles in his BMW. 

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A converted TVBF was used in the killing of Sebastiaan James-Kraan, 20, in Ealing last June

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The Hampstead born singer and actress lived an incredible life of highs and lows, influencing a number of music icons as well as topping charts with her own smash hits

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Barbara Maura Lane is said to have become obsessed with Alfred Douglas after signing up for his magic course. Last May, Lane, allegedly smashed her way into his home in East Sussex.

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In 2014, for the BBC series Snow Wolf Family And Me, I travelled by helicopter to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.

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Brooklyn Beckham has already tried his hand as a photographer, influencer, model and chef. So when his wife landed her first film-directing gig, it was only a matter of time before he joined her.

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Environment Secretary Steve Reed will set out proposals for the long-awaited land use framework on Friday.

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Watch the hilarious moment that Greater Manchester Police uncovered a female suspect attempting to evade arrest by hiding under a pile of children's toys.

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