9 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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41 h. ago Sunset Boulevard review – Hollywood never looked more glorious or more tragic

Gloria Swanson is extraordinary as faded film-star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s cameo-packed self-referential masterpiece about tinseltown ghosts and delusionsBilly Wilder’s film starring Gloria Swanson as a reclusive former silent movie star, and William Holden as a young wannabe writer who becomes her kept man, more than ever looks not merely like tinseltown satire or LA noir, but a ghost story. It’s the ultimate film about how the screenwriter is always the loser and the chump. You can tell that Norma Desmond (Swanson) is washed up because she has actually written a screenplay – which is, however, more than Joe (Holden) ever achieves in the course of this film.Sunset Boulevard’s own script, co-written by Wilder with Charles Brackett and DM Marshman Jr, is of course superb. And after 75 years, we can appreciate the movie’s sober judgment about the dangers of cinephilia and Hollywood ancestor worship. The street name itself, with its dying fall, is an occult omen of the eerie an...

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5 d. ago Coronation Street's Melissa Johns reveals her baby girl's unique name as she opens up about the concerning news she and her husband Dan Hampton received at her 36

Melissa Johns welcomed her first child with her husband, Dan Hampton, earlier this month. 

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5 d. ago 'Loving' Newham man, 56, killed on East London street named and pictured for first time

'Loving' Newham man, 56, killed on East London street named and pictured for first time  My London

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5 d. ago Wales' poshest hotel sits in a little Welsh town where you won't find any chains or high street names

Luxury boutique hotel, Grove of Narberth has found a place on the 2025 Top 50 Boutique Hotels.

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6 d. ago Andrew in fresh blow as he is stripped of street name honour

Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland - which was named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's marriage to Sarah Ferguson - is set to change after nearly 40 years

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9 d. ago West End high street is named the most expensive shopping destination in the world

The street knocked a Milan luxury shopping destination off the top spot after just a year

Economics

1 week ago Town votes to rename street named in honour of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his prince and Duke of York titles by King Charles in October

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1 week ago West London high street is named the most expensive shopping destination in the world

The street knocked a Milan luxury shopping destination off the top spot after just a year

Economics

1 week ago Mid and East Antrim Council agrees to rename ‘Prince Andrew Way’

The street in Carrickfergus was named following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s wedding in 1986.

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1 week ago Council considers changing name of Prince Andrew Way after Mountbatten

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of all his titles and now a council will debate changing a street named after him

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1 week ago Man, 54, is accused of killing his mother by throwing her out of apartment window in Spain

The 54-year-old was arrested after an elderly woman, named locally as Neus, was found lying in the the street on Monday in the Catalan town of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, near Barcelona.

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1 week ago London street named world's most expensive retail destination

London street named world's most expensive retail destination  CNN

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3 w. ago ‘It’s unexpected joy’: the guerrilla mosaic artists adding colour to potholes, benches and bomb craters

From Southampton to Sarajevo, urban mosaicists are transforming city spaces and bringing communities together – one tile at a timeOur cities are full of grey tower blocks built for efficiency rather than aesthetics. Public benches are made of cheap concrete, pavements are falling apart, old structures are left derelict. Amid this backdrop of unloved, muted ugliness, a new wave of guerrilla mosaicists are enlivening their cities with beautiful, colourful designs.These artists rarely get official sign-off for their work. The legality of their art can be murky, with one of the medium’s more prolific artists, Will Rosie, calling it “Permission-vague street art” (His book is aptly named Mr Mosaic: Unarrestable). Rosie installs Mr Men and other cartoon-inspired mosaics around Southampton, where he lives. He encourages volunteers to assist him with projects to make the art form more accessible. “People are bored and missing community,” the 52-year-old youth worker says....

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3 w. ago Man stabbed to death in city street named as family tell of 'excruciating' grief

Marley Gascoine, aged 20, has been named as the man who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham suburb of St Ann's on Monday afternoon with his family telling of their "excruciating" grief

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3 w. ago Trump supporter and financier named as couple in Bond Street Tube ‘assault and racist abuse’ police appeal

Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal

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3 w. ago Residents living on street named after Blue Peter gardener Percy Thrower win fight to stop developers from bulldozing their lawns

Residents on Percy Thrower Avenue in Shropshire, were warned in May they had just 28 days to clear their gardens before developers would take 'action to remove the encroachment'.

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3 w. ago ‘Charming’ Southwest London Neighbourhood Named As Best High Street In Britain

‘Charming’ Southwest London Neighbourhood Named As Best High Street In Britain  Time Out

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3 w. ago Our street was named the ‘Best in Britain’ – now it’s besieged by rats & knife

A STREET once hailed the 'Best in Britain' has since become beseiged by rodents, yobs and rampant litter. Locals in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire say their area is a far cry from the proud community it once was. In 1971, Main Street was named the best in the country by The Mirror. But now, the road...

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4 w. ago Scottish street that inspired Harry Potter and where 'medieval stones glow' at Christmas

The most vibrant and charming high street in Scotland has been named - and it's perfect for a festive trip.

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