3 d. ago ‘A dazzling concrete crown’: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral gets long overdue appreciation

A genius response bridging of history and modernity with daring interior and exterior, it is shocking it wasn’t already Grade I-listedLiverpool’s Catholic cathedral has listing upgraded to Grade ILiverpool’s majestic cosmic wigwam has always faced a hard time from critics. Classicists lamented that it replaced an earlier swollen baroque design by Edwin Lutyens, which was cut short by the second world war and rising costs. Modernists found it too prissy, a brittle British version of more muscular concrete creations emerging from sunnier southern climes – a piece of Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasília lost in translation between the hemispheres.Time has proved them wrong. Frederick Gibberd’s striking upturned funnel is one of the finest postwar buildings in the land, standing as the most prominent Catholic cathedral of any British city, as well as the most original. It is shocking that it wasn’t already Grade-I listed – a fact that reflects a broader antipathy for buildings of the era, which is...

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7 d. ago 'Flawless' beard trimmer that gives 'a barber fresh finish' cut by 33% on Amazon

Dads who like to keep their appearance neat and tidy will appreciate this gift on Sunday, June 15.

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9 d. ago Bargain Nespresso bundle cut to almost half price in Amazon flash sale

Coffee lovers, rejoice.

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1 week ago Fugitive's girlfriend charged with aiding breakout at New Orleans jail where she once worked

Authorities have arrested a former New Orleans jail employee and accused her of aiding in a 10-inmate escape at the facility last month

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1 week ago 'Devil in the Ozarks' captured by police after murderous police chief escaped jail using a disguise

A convicted killer and former police chief's daring escape triggered a massive two-week manhunt across Arkansas. After days of fear and an intense multi-agency search he's been captured.

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2 w. ago Brazen Instagram post of New Orleans jail escapee who insists 'I'm innocent'

Antoine Massey, still on the run after escaping more than two weeks ago from a New Orleans jail, says the "the system has failed a lot of people and not just me"

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2 w. ago Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee on the run

Authorities are investigating an Instagram photo showing a man who identifies himself as Antoine Massey, a fugitive still at large after escaping more than two weeks ago from a New Orleans jail

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2 w. ago New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source says

A man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities

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2 w. ago Hundreds of prisoners escape after multiple earthquakes cause chaos in jail

The inmates forced themselves into an open courtyard to avoid the building collapsing but then snatched guns from the prison guards and barged their way out following a shoot-off.

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2 w. ago Britain's most dangerous inmate plotted to use guard's severed fingers to escape jail

Joanna Dennehy is one of only four women in the UK to be serving a whole-life order after going on a 10-day killing spree, during which she murdered three men and attacked two others

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2 w. ago Family and friends of escaped New Orleans inmates arrested for aiding in jail breakout

The escaped inmates have been provided food, cash, transport and shelter according to court documents

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2 w. ago A growing number of New Orleans fugitives' friends and family arrested for aiding in jail escape

The 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help from at least 14 people, many of them friends and family who provided food, cash, transport and shelter according to court documents

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3 w. ago New Orleans jail, site of a brazen inmate escape, faces flooding and plumbing failures

The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a sheriff called “ongoing and severe plumbing failures."

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3 w. ago New Orleans escapee’s former principal gives savage seven word response to jailbreak

Escapees Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey are still on the run nearly two weeks later

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3 w. ago New Orleans prison escape shock twist as grandma now faces jail time

Connie Weeden, 59, was arrested after she was alleged to have assisted her grandson Jermaine Donald in escaping from the Orleans Justice Center, in Louisiana, earlier this month

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3 w. ago New Orleans jail escapee was caught with help from an anonymous tip; 2 inmates still on the run

Police say one of the New Orleans jail escapees who was captured on Monday was found with the help of an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen

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3 w. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 2 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

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3 w. ago More escaped New Orleans inmates captured as manhunt continues for last pair

The extensive search has been ongoing for 10 inmates who escaped via a hole behind a toilet

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3 w. ago Nurse filmed people in Asda toilet through hole in cubicle wall

Police were called after a customer reported being filmed while urinating

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3 w. ago Authorities say they've captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail

Authorities say they’ve captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail

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