95 m. ago Boris and Carrie Johnson celebrate New Year with ‘Pink Pony Club’ performance

Former prime minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie celebrated New Year’s Eve with their own rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club”.

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3 h. ago Whalley Range and Firswood declared Greater Manchester's 'property hotspot' of 2025

House prices in the city centre are also down by 20 per cent

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4 h. ago Five parking spots are up for auction, and the bidding starts at £59k

The private parking is just a stone's throw from the city's central station

Economics

4 h. ago Major road closed in Edinburgh city centre after car collides with scaffolding

A car has collided with a scaffolding in Edinburgh city centre this afternoon.

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7 h. ago Shocking moment influencer is attacked TWICE & hit with ‘firework’ as wild NYE street parties descend into total anarchy

THIS is the shocking moment an influencer is attacked twice and hit with a firework as New Year's Eve street parties descend into total anarchy. The German streamer was celebrating the countdown to 2026 in Cologne shortly before midnight when she was targeted. Kunshikitty, 29, who has more than 200,000 followers on Twitch, was live-streaming...

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7 h. ago Desperate families of youths missing after NYE bar blaze release pics of loved ones & beg for info as at least 40 killed

DESPERATE families of youngsters still missing after a deadly inferno engulfed a Swiss bar have begged for information on their loved ones. Teenagers as young as 14 have not been seen or heard from since the disastrous New Year's Eve celebration. Their panicked families have released heartbreaking appeals in the hope of finding their whereabouts...

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9 h. ago Faces of the missing: Families plead for information about missing loved ones, many of them children, following Swiss nightclub blaze that left 47 dead

New Year's Eve celebrations turned into a nightmare when Le Constellation bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana went up in flames,

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10 h. ago Everything you need to know as passengers face major disruption at city centre station

'Multiple incidents' are causing issues

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12 h. ago Thousands of fireworks light up London on New Year’s Eve in bird’s

Watch as thousands of fireworks light up the night sky above London as the clock struck midnight during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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12 h. ago LIVE updates amid Manchester train chaos as 'multiple incidents' affect city centre

Passengers are facing disruption

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13 h. ago Athletics will show it's for all with city centre fun run, says UK chief

UK Athletics CEO Jack Buckner wants everyone to take part next summer

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13 h. ago Moment waitress carried by colleague holds sparkler in the air before deadly blaze rips through Swiss nightclub, killing 47

Witnesses say a sparkler in a champagne bottle is believed to have caused the inferno in the Swiss bar, where around 200 partygoers had gathered to celebrate New Year's Eve.

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13 h. ago Survivor escaped deadly Swiss resort bar fire ‘in frenzy’ as it was engulfed by blaze

A survivor who escaped the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations has recalled the moment he saw party-goers trying to flee “in a frenzy”.

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13 h. ago Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire

Fire killed about 40 people who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the ski resort of Crans-Montana at the town’s Le Constellation barHundreds of mourners gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed in a blaze as they celebrated the new year.Our picture desk has created this gallery with some of the photographs of those paying tribute: Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Age of the Ikea 'Big Box Store' is OVER: Flatpack furniture giants say smaller city centre stores in Britain are its future amid rising property taxes

Ikea bosses say they are looking at opening more compact shops after being impressed by strong openings of such sites in Brighton and London's Hammersmith.

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17 h. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire, as investigators rush to identify victims

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwiss investigators are racing to identify the victims of a fire that tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.President, Guy Parmelin, has said the country will hold five days of mourning, describing the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying tribute to the many “young lives that were lost and interrupted”. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Thousands gathered in city centre expecting New Year's Eve celebration but they'd been duped

They were told there would be fireworks, food, bars and an ice rink - they were promised the same last year but they still came

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27 h. ago Switzerland to hold five days of mourning after 40 killed in resort fire

Blaze that swept through crowded New Year’s Eve bar in Crans-Montana also injured 115 peopleSwiss resort fire: latest updatesLe Constellation bar fire in Switzerland: what we know so farSwitzerland will hold five days of mourning after an “unprecedented” fire tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana.The country’s president, Guy Parmelin, described the blaze as one of the most traumatic events in Switzerland’s history. “It was a drama of an unknown scale,” he said, paying tribute to the many “young lives that were lost and interrupted”. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Samantha Fox kisses her wife Linda Birgitte Olsen as they pack on the PDA during NYE performance

Samantha Fox and her wife Linda Birgitte Olsen couldn't keep their hands off each other while on stage at a New Year's Eve celebration in Munich.

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30 h. ago Bus chaos in city centre as New Year's Eve celebrations turn into nightmare for revellers

Martha explained how a 45-minute queue to get on a bus resulted in a stolen phone and a smashed window

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