4 h. ago Kathleen Turner, 70, leans on walker during rare public outing after sparking concern with 'slurring' performance

Kathleen Turner, 70, looked frail and shaky when she made her way along a New York City street to an awaiting vehicle with the help of a walker.

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7 h. ago Oxford Street pedestrianisation could shake investor confidence and cause crime spike, City Hall warned

Plan to remove motor traffic from ‘nation’s high street’ seen as ‘enormously contentious’ by local residents, Soho Society argues

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11 h. ago Stirling's 900th anniversary closes in style with historic pipe band parade

The rain didn't dampen the mood for those both taking part and lining the streets as the bands made their way through the scenic city-centre route.

Culture

21 h. ago War memorial will have names of soldiers who fought AGAINST Britain added to it alongside heroes

Council bosses are considering whether to add the names of five soldiers onto a war memorial - even though they fought against Britain and the Allies during the First World War.

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28 h. ago Horror as truck mows down multiple pedestrians in downtown Boston

The horror crash unfolded around 12.45pm at Harrison and Kneeland Street in the Massachusetts city's Chinatown neighborhood.

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49 h. ago Huge fire near famous Rangers themed Louden Tavern pub in Glasgow

Police locked down Duke Street in the city at around 7pm as firefighters tackled the blaze.

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56 h. ago GCHQ intern who threatened national security pleads guilty to downloading Britain's secrets including the names of spies onto his mobile phone

A GCHQ intern who endangered national security by downloading top secret information including the names of spies is facing jail.

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61 h. ago Alan Shearer compares Celtic and Rangers fans to Newcastle United's but factor makes Magpies 'unique'

Shearer was a special guest as over 300,000 Geordies lined the city's streets to celebrate their Carabao Cup triumph

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64 h. ago 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited

In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto PinochetThis is the concluding part of Philippe Sands’s extraordinary trilogy – part history, part moral investigation, part memoir – that documents the legal and personal battles to bring to account Nazi war criminals and their disciples.In East West Street he recounted the plight of Lviv, the city now in Ukraine, whose Jewish population either fled before Nazi occupation or, like many of Sands’s extended family, was thereafter wiped out. Two Jewish lawyers who got out early were instrumental in creating the legal concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide that were introduced at the Nuremberg trials. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Heroic' Brit tourist overpowered Amsterdam knifeman after rampage through city's streets

Five people were injured

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4 d. ago Eddie Howe ‘hungry for more’ silverware after Newcastle celebrate cup triumph with trophy parade

An estimated crowd of 300,000 lined the streets on Tyneside as the city celebrated a long-awaited success

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4 d. ago Scots woman feared attack after being harassed by man on busy city street

Hannah Biss, 27, said a recent experience on the streets of Edinburgh, where she has lived for several years, made her feel unsafe for the first time.

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4 d. ago Incredible UK seaside town named Britain's prettiest where countryside meets the sea

From unspoilt countryside to yacht-riddled warm waters, this picturesque seaside town attracts visitors from all over the world - and is often touted as the 'prettiest' in the UK

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4 d. ago Beautiful UK seaside town named Britain's dreamiest with huge woodland

Dubbed "one of the dreamiest towns in England" in a recent TikTok video, this historic town is surrounded on all fronts with natural beauty, including a protected woodland and a deep-water estuary

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5 d. ago The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in GazaThe abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk exited her apartment building and walked on to the street in Somerville, Massachusetts – a city outside Boston – into the fading daylight. Ozturk, a Turkish-born PhD student at Tufts University who studies children’s media and childhood development, was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends, planning to break her Ramadan fast.In a video taken from a surveillance camera, she wears a pink hijab and a long white puffer coat against the New England cold. The first man, not uniformed but wearing plain clothes, as all the agents are, approaches her as if asking for directions. But he quickly closes in and grabs her by the wrists she has raised defensively toward her face. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man dies after falling from the 755ft Heron Tower near Liverpool Street

City of London Police said the incident is being treated as non-suspicious

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8 d. ago Bloody violence erupted in busy city street with man beaten with battery in sock

Gavin Thomas, 48, and David Smith, 39, became involved in a fight in Queen Street in Cardiff city centre, which was captured on CCTV and left one of them bleeding

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8 d. ago Bloody violence in busy city street sees man beaten with battery in sock

Gavin Thomas, 48, and David Smith, 39, became involved in a fight in Queen Street in Cardiff city centre, which was captured on CCTV and left one of them bleeding

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8 d. ago Stirling gearing up for 'biggest party ever' ahead of city's 900th anniversary celebrations

Hundreds will parade through the streets of Stirling to celebrate the city's 900th anniversary this weekend.

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8 d. ago Two Greater Manchester bakeries named amongst best in Britain for 2025

The Good Food Guide’s Best Bakeries 2025 guide is out and features two local culinary gems

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