88 m. ago Mountain Warehouse discount codes for August 2025 – get an extra 20% off

Save big on outdoor clothing and equipment with these Mountain Warehouse promo codes

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2 h. ago Dramatic video shows hiker airlifted to safety after two days trapped behind waterfall

Watch the moment that man is rescued by helicopter after being trapped behind a waterfall in California for two days.

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2 h. ago Ayrshire man jailed after 'horrific and cruel' attacks on dog

In one incident, Daniel Murphy of Prestwick inflicted 70 blows on Staffordshire Bull Terrier Buster in a three-hour attack

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3 h. ago New York rocked by 'explosion' as black smoke chokes Manhattan neighborhood

An explosion has rocked Manhattan's Upper East Side and sent plumes of smoke into the skies over New York City.

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3 h. ago New York explosion horror as black smoke surrounds Manhattan after 'blast'

Chilling videos are circulating on social media shows a massive cloud of black smoke rising from one of the streets of New York city as residents flee the area

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3 h. ago Mountain Warehouse to open 50 new stores after jump in profits

The store has announced it is planning on opening more sites after it saw a revenues jump last year

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3 h. ago Richard Thomas dons wig and mustache to play icon Mark Twain in one

Richard Thomas has taken on the role of Mark Twain in a one-man show originally performed by Hal Holbrook

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3 h. ago 'Explosion' in New York as thick plumes of smoke billow through city

New York City Fire Department are at the scene battling the blaze at 305 East 95th Street in Manhattan which is understood to have started after an 'explosion' was heard by locals

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4 h. ago Hiker who died after being bitten by venomous snake in Tennessee made fatal mistake, officials believe

The man died in a local hospital after being bitten on the hand by what officials speculate was a timber rattlesnake

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5 h. ago Patients warned not to turn to fake weight loss jabs after UK Mounjaro price hike

Pharmacists fear rise in sale of dangerous counterfeit medicines as drugmaker triples price of prescription

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5 h. ago Red Bull era takes flight after Newcastle break record for season ticket sales

Energy drink company planning considerable investment as anticipation for success sets in sports-mad regionNewcastle Falcons already had wings, but after their purchase by Red Bull a club that have long been in freefall should once again take flight.Within 24 hours of the takeover completing on Tuesday, the rebranded Newcastle Red Bulls had already sold more season-tickets than for the whole of last season, with Wednesday’s sales figure the highest for a single day in the club’s 29-year professional history. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Retail sales rise a solid 0.5% in July from June helped by rebounding auto sales

Shoppers stepped up their spending in July, particularly at the nation’s auto dealerships

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5 h. ago Hiker is dragged into forest and killed by a bear while walking Japanese trail

A hiker in his 20s has been found dead on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a day after a bear viciously attacked and dragged him into the forest.

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6 h. ago BA pilot suspended after 'leaving cockpit door open' during flight so family could see

Passengers on board the Heathrow Airport to New York JFK British Airways flight were said to have been 'alarmed' after noticing the cockpit door had been left open for a prolonged period of time

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8 h. ago Shocking cancer twist for family of glamorous bikini designer found dead on New York yacht after Irish family called for second post

The body of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found on board a ritzy Hamptons yacht last week after she had a meeting with an American insurance tycoon on August 4.

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9 h. ago Shock cancer twist for family of glamorous bikini designer found dead on New York yacht after Irish family called for second post

The body of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found on board a ritzy Hamptons yacht last week after she had a meeting with an American insurance tycoon on August 4.

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10 h. ago Benedicte Maurseth: Mirra review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

(Hubro)Rhythmic repetitions and rustling textures evoke the traditional music and ecological harmony of Maurseth’s native NorwayA hardanger fiddle player from the fjord-and-mountain-filled region of Norway, where the instrument comes from, Benedicte Maurseth explores traditional music, nature and landscape influenced by the idea of ecosophy, a philosophy of ecological harmony. From childhood, she studied under master hardanger fiddler Knut Hamre, exploring the tunes, styles and effects associated with her instrument: its sympathetic strings, funnelled under the fingerboard, are particularly hypnotic, vibrating in response to the notes resonating above, as they do on the sitar and sarangi.A follow-up to Maurseth’s 2022 Nordic music prize-winning Hárr, Mirra is named after an old dialect word describing wild reindeer running together in a circling pattern. Norwegian folk’s rhythmic repetitions feed Maurseth’s intricate compositions (as do the influences of minimalism and Krautrock), b...

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10 h. ago BA pilot suspended after leaving cockpit door open on flight so family could watch him work

The pilot of a British Airways flight wanted his family - who were travelling as passengers - to see him operating the controls while flying from Heathrow to New York JFK

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11 h. ago BA pilot suspended for allegedly leaving cockpit door open during flight

The pilot was suspended, meaning the return flight scheduled to arrive at Heathrow on August 8 was cancelled.

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17 h. ago After uproar, documentary on Hamas 2023 attack will screen at Toronto Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film’s disinvitation from the upcoming festival

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