6 h. ago LIVE as 100 firefighters tackle high street inferno at Poundland in Penge

LIVE as 100 firefighters tackle high street inferno at Poundland in Penge  This Is Local London

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15 h. ago Donald Trump health update as White House confirms President's hospital visit

In a statement, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the President is set to visit Walter Reed Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland

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19 h. ago Maintenance Required review – Amazon’s synthetic You’ve Got Mail rip

The beats of the 1998 rom-com, which was itself a re-imagining of The Shop Around the Corner, are shamelessly regurgitated for this charmless copycatWatching, or rather enduring, Amazon-MGM’s charmless new romantic comedy Maintenance Required, I was so convinced it was an officially sanctioned re-imagining of You’ve Got Mail that I scoured the credits for confirmation. Surely, even in this cursed AI era of copyright erosion, no one would so shamelessly regurgitate the beats of that much-adored film without giving the requisite credit?But try as I might, I could not find a “based on” or even a “thanks to”, the film a copy of a film which was itself a (legally sound) remake of a film which had been inspired by a play (the script even, cheekily, refers to “a sweet little shop around the corner”). In a film that will hopefully be used as evidence in an upcoming lawsuit, a woman tries to keep her struggling local business alive as a big brand competitor opens over the street while she se...

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3 d. ago LIVE updates as police rush to incident on busy street in Streatham

LIVE updates as police rush to incident on busy street in Streatham  This Is Local London

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5 d. ago LA City Hall evacuated and LAPD bomb squad called after car rams into building

The collision happened just after 4pm local time on Friday on Spring Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspect is now in custody and the LAPD bomb squad is on the scene

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6 d. ago 'Starmer accused me of being racist': Joyce who became centre point of PM's conference speech reveals what REALLY happened

Keir Starmer's anecdote about meeting retiree Joyce Todd became the centrepiece of his leader's speech at the Labour Party conference.

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7 d. ago Is THIS Britain's most expensive garden? Overgrown plot in trendy seaside town loved by the A

Properties on the road in Whitstable, Kent, are considered the most sought-after in the town and boast stunning sea views.

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9 d. ago Everything we know so far about major Beckenham high street fire

Everything we know so far about major Beckenham high street fire  This Is Local London

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9 d. ago RECAP as black smoke plume seen coming from Beckenham high street

RECAP as black smoke plume seen coming from Beckenham high street  This Is Local London

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9 d. ago LIVE updates as black smoke plume seen coming from Beckenham high street

LIVE updates as black smoke plume seen coming from Beckenham high street  This Is Local London

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1 week ago South Ayrshire Council bosses reveal plan to rip up Ayr town centre for giant cycle lane

Officials are facing questions over a plan to cut parking provisions in place of a cycle lane at the heart of the town.

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1 week ago Man arrested after car rams into group brawl in busy London street with one stabbed

Man arrested after car rams into group brawl in busy London street with one stabbed  This Is Local London

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1 week ago What 'on its knees' Greater Manchester high street looked like decades ago

A local councillor said Castle Street in Stockport has been 'creaking' for years

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1 week ago Map reveals 10 HARDEST places in UK to pass your driving test with 67% failing in major city and it’s not London

THE hardest driving test centres across the UK have been revealed - with a Midlands city taking top spot as the toughest. New data from the DVLA that’s been analysed by Auto Express shows a significant difference between regions when it comes to pass rates. As perhaps expected, rural and less congested areas generally have...

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1 week ago Opening dates revealed as Disney Store comes to Trafford Centre and Manchester Exchange

The new stores will be the first to offer official Disney Parks merchandise in the northwest

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2 w. ago Explosion of barber shops in Britain's beleaguered town centres could be sign of 'criminal activity', Labour minister says

More than 750 barbers opened in the UK last year despite a broader High Street downturn - with police saying some of them are being used for money laundering.

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2 w. ago The rise of Dunelm: How it became one of Britain's favourite retail giants... but is the future still looking bright?

In a year where plenty of other brands have had to share difficult news, Dunelm announced the opening of a milestone 200th store in Merthyr Tydfil, but the news is not all rosey.

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2 w. ago The race to find a way to recycle old turbine blades from windfarms

Made from carbon fibre, they are difficult to break down, but in UK and elsewhere in Europe there are plans to tackle the wasteIn the Scottish port town of Irvine in Aryshire, almost 80 of Britain’s oldest wind turbine blades lie disused in an old warehouse.Thirty years ago they towered 55 metres above the South Lanarkshire countryside, powering Scotland’s first commercial windfarm at Hagshaw Hill. Today, they wait for a green energy breakthrough of another kind: blade recycling. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Britain's top town centres REVEALED: Is your local high street thriving?

New data shows where shoppers are lapping up what's on offer, as well as areas rapidly sliding down the rankings.

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3 w. ago Work to convert Falkirk high street landmark stops as application 'going round in circles'

The applicants hoping to convert the historic building now have two months to provide the information required

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