69 minutes ago The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’

Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas’s Spiegelworld turned it into a circus havenFrom 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: a huddle of lush eucalyptus trees in an otherwise impossibly vast, barren expanse of the California desert.From closer up, the place still feels dream-like. Old west-style buildings, including the Nipton Trading Post and a five-bed hotel built in the early 1900s, dot the community but are shuttered to the public. Other than the freight trains that regularly slice through the edge of town, Nipton is often completely silent. The unincorporated area is home to only about a dozen people, depending on the season, and spans just 80 acres. (“Blink and you’ll miss it,” one of the town’s caretakers says.) Cont...

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69 minutes ago The immediate Rangers realisation Jack Butland needs Philippe Clement's new boys to grasp quicker

Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Dundee United was another crack in the wall for a club who are now all but out of the title race

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69 minutes ago Global tourism 'crisis' deepens as cruise ship numbers set to soar by 2036

Experts have revealed that the cruise ship industry is booming as holidaymakers rush to book a holiday on the sea. It comes after the travel sectory took a hit due to events across the globe

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81 minutes ago Kanye West screamed ‘I’m like Picasso’ while strangling model, lawsuit alleges

Latest legal complaint against the controversial rapper alleges that he choked a woman on the set of another musician’s video in 2010

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82 minutes ago Kohli and Jaiswal put ruthless India on verge of crushing victory over Australia

Australia 104 and 12-3; India 150 and 487-6 decHosts suffer on brutal day in field and at creaseCricket probably doesn’t owe Virat Kohli anything. It has given him riches beyond imagination, influence beyond reason, recognition that has built into idolatry. But then, he has given cricket riches, both in the literal cash churned from his name and the intangible of what his story has added to the game. So if the game owed him anything, perhaps it was a lucky break, one generous chance at a century to ease the tension of a lean 18 months without one. Walking out with India two wickets down, 321 runs ahead, with Yashasvi Jaiswal immaculately set on 141 and Australia already wheezing, the game delivered one.The third day of this first Test saw the real Perth appear. Not the mild impostor of ...

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95 minutes ago Philippe Clement is out of Rangers credit as Hotline bets it all on last chance lottery ticket

Craig Swan took your calls as Kilmarnock fan offers to drive McInnes to Ibrox and Lawrence Shankland's next destination is no secret

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1 hour ago 'Fitness freak' Cynthia Erivo wore her fitness watch underneath her Wicked costume

Cynthia Erivo wore her fitness watch underneath her Elphaba costume on the set of 'Wicked' to ensure she got her daily steps in.

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1 hour ago Max Verstappen savours champion feeling after Red Bull’s ‘messy’ start to season

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described his driver’s latest title as the most impressive to date.

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2 hours ago People bail out flooded homes in Pontypridd with bins in 'utterly heart

Rest centres have been set up to help support people who have been impacted by the conditions

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2 hours ago Marco Silva makes feelings clear to Fulham players after Wolves thrashing

Fulham have enjoyed a bright start to the season and put themselves in the mix for European places, but were brought crashing down to earth as Wolves claimed a 4-1 win at Craven Cottage on Saturday

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