2 h. ago Bizarre disguise used by fly tipper on Essex street leaves locals baffled

After one of the more unusual fly-tipping offences, the race has begun to unmask a person dressed in a purple dinosaur outfit in Southend-on-Sea, Essex which has left locals baffled

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3 h. ago All the excuses they give us for why you can never find a bin in the street are just a load of garbage: MATTHEW BOWLES

Black bins, green bins, brown bins, red bins tens of millions of them. Britain has become a nation of recycling bins, writes MATTHEW BOWLES.

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4 h. ago Why this Yorkshire market town is the happiest place to live in the UK

People praised Skipton’s range of shops, its high street and nearby green space

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7 h. ago Small businesses prepare for their busiest period as they fill High Street void

SMALL businesses are banking on tomorrow to kickstart a bumper Christmas. It marks the annual Small Business Saturday, when shoppers are urged to shop local and support independent retailers nationwide. The campaign — founded in the US 15 years ago — arrived in the UK in 2013. Since then, it has seen a huge growth...

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9 h. ago Australia cricket legend's daughter thanks Joe Root for preventing her dad from stripping naked

Joe Root spared the world from seeing Matthew Hayden walking around the MCG without any clothes after scoring an impressive century against Australia on day one of the second Ashes Test

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10 h. ago Former Wishaw Credit Union building in the heart of town centre put up for sale

The Main Street property is on the market for a price of just £100,000.

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10 h. ago Truck driver faces deportation after unsecured load of tires flies across highway and hits police car

An immigrant truck driver is facing deportation after his unsecured load of tires flew across the highway and hit an Oklahoma police car.

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10 h. ago Bungling contractors cut down the wrong cherry tree in the wrong London borough after mixing up street names

Premier Tree Care & Conservation felled the tree on Priory Road in Kew, Richmond, instead of one on a street with the same name in Ealing.

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11 h. ago ‘I’ve killed more people than Jeffrey Dahmer,’ boasts Osama bin Laden Navy SEAL after Piers Morgan guest blasts Hegseth

Robert O’Neill, the former U.S. Navy SEAL who was part of the elite military unit responsible for assassinating Osama bin Laden, clashed with guests on Morgan’s show

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12 h. ago Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd dropped major Emmerdale crossover hint before huge details revealed

The actor, who is famed for playing David Platt, wasn't revealed to be taking part in the historic TV event at the time

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12 h. ago Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent breaks down as she discusses tragic personal loss

Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent has been left devastated by the loss of her grandmother in October 2024 as she admits "nothing will hurt me as much as this"

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12 h. ago Coronation Street fans spot 'key' to Becky Swain downfall and it's 'looming'

Some fans of the ITV soap think Becky's days are numbered now Carla Connor and DC Kit Green are joining forces

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12 h. ago Hundreds of homes evacuated in Derby after explosives arrests

Residents have been warned they could be out of their homes for 24 hours

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12 h. ago Major incident declared as 200 homes evacuated and two people arrested for explosives offences

Police say the suspects, in their 40s and 50s, remain in custody after being detained today at an address in Vulcan Street.

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12 h. ago Coronation Street star says 'last time' as she's seen with Roy Cropper legend

Channique Sterling-Brown has shared the moment she filmed for the 'last time' with soap legend David Neilson

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12 h. ago ITV Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent in tears as she opens up on painful family tragedy

Former Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent became emotional as she opened up about losing her grandmother Joan in October 2024 as she admits "I still struggle with it"

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13 h. ago Two hundred homes evacuated in 'major incident' as cops arrest two men

Around 200 homes have reportedly been evacuated on a street in Derby after police acted on intelligence about potential explosive materials at an address this afternoon

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13 h. ago Coronation Street stars told 'we're waiting' as they enjoy 'away day' amid Emmerdale crossover

Jack P Shepherd shared an insight as the residents of Weatherfield join forces with the villagers in the Dales for a one-off ITV episode

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13 h. ago Moment van driver asks 'have I hit him' as dangerous driving leaves cyclist dead

Matthew Marston, 41, has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving

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13 h. ago All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize

The actor Paul Hilton brilliantly inhabits the character of a ranting working-class academic in this debut novelSome books feel so suited to the audio format that they could have been written with the voice in mind. All My Precious Madness is one of those. Mark Bowles’s debut novel, which won the audiobook fiction category at the inaugural British Audio awards (where, full disclosure, I was a judge), is a deliciously sweary monologue from a middle-aged malcontent.A sideways reflection on working-class identity and masculinity, the novel gives voice to Henry Nash, a man of little patience. Sitting in a London coffee shop and trying to write a monograph of his father, he rains judgment on the other patrons whose obnoxious phone calls he can’t help but overhear. An Oxford graduate turned writer and academic, Nash lives in a Soho flat where he has been known to furtively drop eggs on passersby who disturb him with their drunken racket. Continue reading...

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