66 m. ago Council is forced to ditch plans to slap 20 per cent 'fat tax' on wider burial plots after facing a furious backlash

The premium meant a 6ft-wide plot at Danescourt Cemetery in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton would cost families £2,700 - a hefty 20 per cent premium on the cost of a standard 5ft grave.

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93 m. ago Girl, 4, who died in Waterworld incident is named as inquest opens

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1 hour ago BBC school drama Waterloo Road to continue for two more series

The next series will see Jon Richardson make his debut as the school’s new media studies teacher.

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1 hour ago Manchester United issue positive Sekou Kone update after injury during Under 21s fixture

Man United have issued a positive Sekou Kone injury update after a scare against Tamworth on Wednesday evening.

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2 h. ago Sean Bean appears in first look for new period drama nostalgic for Game of Thrones fans

The upcoming Sean Bean series will bring a new perspective to an English folk hero's epic story.

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3 h. ago Royal Family forced to take down Princess Anne tribute after 'secret children' error

A birthday tribute to Princess Anne has had to be removed after a huge blunder regarding her husband's so-called children from a previous marriage in a rather royal balls-up

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3 h. ago Wolverhampton cemetery’s extra fee for wider graves criticised as ‘fat tax’

Council says measure at Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall is in response to increase in obesity levels in cityResidents of Wolverhampton have criticised what is being called a “fat tax” on burial plots after a city cemetery imposed a premium on wider graves.Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall will charge an extra 20% to families whose loved ones need a 6ft-wide plot, as opposed to a standard 5ft grave. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Gardeners' World's Adam Frost opens up on personal struggle that 'people find weird'

Gardeners' World's Adam Frost has spoken openly about his personal struggles over the years, including a lifelong battle with a condition affecting 2.5 million people in the UK

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3 h. ago Ashley Biden caught husband on camera with ANOTHER WOMAN, as grim new divorce details emerge

Former First Daughter Ashley Biden, 44, filed for a divorce from her plastic surgeon husband Howard Krein, 58, in a Philadelphia court on Monday after 13 years of marriage.

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3 h. ago Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to | Arwa Mahdawi

The ex-Doge staffer and wife of Stephen Miller says she wants to reach conservative women – and her first guest is JD Vance Want to hear a cute little story about JD Vance and a Dutch baby? Don’t worry, he didn’t deport it, he cooked one for breakfast. Then he sat down with Katie Miller to tell her all about his baking skills in the very first episode of her brand-new podcast. Which, by the way, I have heroically listened to all 44 excruciating minutes of so that you don’t have to.Miller, for the uninitiated, is a Maga bigwig and married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s far-right chief of staff and a man so odious his own uncle once wrote an article calling him a “hypocrite”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Full list of summer accessories that can void your car insurance if not declared

If not declared, these changes could invalidate a driver’s insurance policy

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4 h. ago Britain’s oldest drug driver claims cocaine was slipped into his lemonade during birthday party

Arthur Ball’s motability car had a police marker on it amid claims the vehicle was being used by a drug dealer

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4 h. ago Coronation Street's Dev and Bernie 'to divorce' after weeks of marriage in Aadi twist

Coronation Street's Dev Alahan and Bernie Winter got married last week

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5 h. ago 'Stop immediately' warning to driver who see 'white' sign from their car

A simple oversight could end in a repair bill running into the thousands for drivers across the UK

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5 h. ago Manchester United's dream midfield after Carlos Baleba and Adam Wharton double transfer

Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip as Brighton star Carlos Baleba and Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton are linked with moves to Old Trafford

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5 h. ago Major UK hospital evacuated after ‘chemical explosion’ as crowds line streets

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6 h. ago Driver who rammed police car so badly it couldn't be driven is jailed and banned from road for nine years

Andrew Ingram, 41, had taken the Ford Mondeo from his partner's home and sped off despite being banned from driving.

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6 h. ago Britain's oldest drug driver, 81, took cocaine at his own birthday party before getting behind the wheel

Arthur Ball, who needs hearing aids, uses two walking sticks, and has had a carer for 15 years, tested three times the limit when officers stopped his Motability car.

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6 h. ago Jason Bourne is coming back – but what do we want from him this time?

A heated bidding war for the future of the Bourne franchise is over, so whether we need him or not, the amnesiac assassin is set to returnWhat do you consider to be the end of Jason Bourne? For connoisseurs, Bourne’s story definitively ended in 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, which masterfully wrapped up the story that began five years earlier with The Bourne Identity. For the less discerning viewer, it ended with 2016’s scraggy and inconsequential Jason Bourne. For the three people who watched the USA Network’s 2019 series Treadstone, it ended there. So which is it?Trick question, because Jason Bourne is never actually going to end, ever. This week, NBCUniversal has won a bidding war to acquire all non-publishing rights to Robert Ludlum’s Bourne and Treadstone properties in perpetuity. The deal, described as “very large”, means that Bourne is now firmly as much a part of Universal as Jaws, Jurassic World and the Minions. It also means we are never getting rid of him. As the Universal ...

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6 h. ago The $62m question: does a high school really need a professional

A 10,000-seat arena for a school in Georgia with fewer than 2,000 students raises questions about America’s sporting and educational prioritiesWhen the television cameras pan around the US’s newest sporting temple to show the cavernous stands, elegant brick exterior, VIP suites and massive video board, viewers might believe they are looking at a professional venue.Yet the occupants of Phillip Beard Stadium, the Buford Wolves, are not a professioanl team or even a college one. They are high-schoolers. In the exorbitant world of high school football, Buford’s $62m, 10,000-capacity arena is not the biggest or most expensive taxpayer-funded student stadium in the US. But it may be the most luxurious. Continue reading...

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