11 h. ago Apocalyptic scenes in smelly 'Forgotten City' where rats are nicknamed 'Squeaky Blinders'

Shocking photos show the streets of Birmingham drowning in 'apocalyptic' mountains of rubbish six months into the city's unprecedented bin strikes as residents live in misery

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35 h. ago ‘Without a parka, I’ll look like an idiot’: Oasis fans’ fashion at the reunion tour

From bucket hats to Man City socks and the band’s logo everywhere, gig-goers in Cardiff talk us through their outfits – and explain why Liam is still a style icon, even with shorter hairIn the weeks leading up to their first gig for 16 years, Oasis have been busy when it comes to merch. They opened pop-up shops and announced collabs with Levi’s, Adidas and Next. The results are plain to see on the streets of Cardiff the afternoon before the long-awaited gig. If they say you are never more than six feet away from a rat in a city, here you are never more than six inches away from that famous Oasis Helvetica Black Oblique logo.It’s on bucket hats, football shirts, tracksuit tops, T-shirts and, every so often, someone’s face. The fanbase goes across generations and demographics. There are those who were there the first time, and teenagers who grew up on their music. Some have travelled for miles – from Italy, Spain, Portugal and the US. If the crowd is largely white, there’s a contingen...

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5 d. ago Knife rampage near shopping centre leaves multiple people wounded in Finland

Police and ambulances rushed to Ratina shopping centre in the city of Tampere on Thursday afternoon following reports of a violent knife rampage.

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9 d. ago Three devotees killed and over 50 injured in crowd crush at India chariot festival

Jagannath Rath Yatra draws over a million people to Puri city every year

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1 week ago Man City player ratings vs Juventus with five 8/10s as Tijjani Reijnders stars

Manchester City battered Juventus 5-2 in Orlando to claim top spot in their Club World Cup group with ease

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2 w. ago Scottish city crowned most charming in the UK but locals have higher opinion of themselves

This city was praised by others across the UK, but residents rated themselves far higher than those from elsewhere.

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2 w. ago Know thine enemy: my ‘rat walk’ with New York’s rat czar made me rethink vermin

An estimated 3 million rats live in New York City – so members of the ‘Rat Pack’ are working to ease human-rodent relationsI am standing near a tree bed in a bustling Brooklyn park, with only a few feet of dirt separating me from a “small” family of rats – that’s usually around eight of them, I’m told. I’ve come on this “rat walk” with a few dozen New Yorkers, all milling about awkwardly, subjecting ourselves to the kind of brainless small talk heard at speed dating events. But instead of looking for love, we’ve come to learn more about New York’s rodent population. Tonight, knowing thine enemy means we must slink among the rats.We’re led by Kathleen Corradi, the city’s famed rat czar, appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2023, and we are united by our visceral hatred of rats. We don’t want to see them scurry by on late-night walks home, or watch as they slink in and out of trash bags on the street. We especially don’t want them in our homes. As one exterminator put it to the famed metr...

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2 w. ago Man City player ratings vs Al Ain with two 8/10s as Rayan Ait

Manchester City player ratings from the 6-0 win over Al Ain in the Club World Cup with goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Claudio Echeverri, Erling Haaland, Oscar Bobb and Rayan Cherki

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2 w. ago Man City player ratings vs Wydad with two 8/10s as Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders debut

Manchester City player ratings from their Club World Cup match with Moroccan side Wydad as they came out 2-0 winners

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2 w. ago Drug dealer caught with £165k worth of cocaine and cannabis after cops raid Edinburgh flat

Ardit Mazrreku was caught after cops acting on intelligence raided a property on Ratcliffe Terrace in the city in September.

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3 w. ago Women and children killed as Iranian missiles leave apocalyptic scenes of destruction in Israel and Trump warns 'full strength and might' of US prepared to attack

Iran has launched a fresh wave of ballistic missiles at Israel as sirens sound across the country and residents rush to their shelters.

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3 w. ago Apocalyptic scenes as Iranian missiles rain down on Israel killing civilians as Middle East descends into all

Iran has launched a fresh wave of ballistic missiles at Israel as sirens sound across the country and residents rush to their shelters.

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3 w. ago ‘Apocalyptic’ video shows hundreds of Palestinians rushing to secure aid

Footage posted to social media shows hundreds of Palestinians rush to enter an aid site in west Rafah to secure food and supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in scenes described as "apocalyptic".

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last month Danny Boyle reveals how his daughter stopped traffic to create that infamous deserted scene in 28 Days Later

The infamous scene from the 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film sees Cillian Murphy walking through a deserted London as he discovers a virus has caused the breakdown of society.

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