8 h. ago Driver deliberately drove into three people outside pub after argument

Dean Murray, 29, drove his van into three people in Blackwood town centre after he had previously been bothering women and was told to leave.

Politics

11 h. ago Christmas tree finally removed in town centre – more than 80 days into New Year

Most Brits are planning their Easter Egg hunts and half-term holidays, but one town has only just taken down its Christmas Tree, more than 80 days into the New Year

Politics

11 h. ago New aerial photos show devastating damage after blaze in Ayr town centre

The pictures have revealed the extent of the damage caused after the fire ripped through the former Riverside Art Studios on Monday night.

Culture

52 h. ago ‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week

About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefireEarly on Tuesday morning, within minutes of the wave of Israeli airstrikes that broke the fragile two-month ceasefire which had brought some respite to Gaza, the emergency room of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah was full.“At no point were there less than 65 people in ER, all with open wounds, mainly women and children The floor was awash with blood,” said Mark Perlmutter, a US-based volunteer orthopaedic surgeon working at the hospital that morning. Continue reading...

Events

61 h. ago Brushing up the past: a graceful French home has art at its heart

The couple behind interior design agency Maison MAVI have turned an old villa into an incredible showroomWhen Marine Koprivnjak and Victor Chabaud, founders of interior design agency Maison MAVI, bought their home in the south of France in 2020, they wanted to renovate everything themselves in their spare time. “It was an adventure that lasted longer than expected,” Marine says.They found the house online. It’s a 1920s villa in the centre of a small town the Luberon with countryside all around and Aix-en-Provence just 20 minutes away by car. It has two floors, covers a total of 130sqm, with a patio in front of the house and a simple room layout. “It’s practically the classic Provençal house with the facade painted in warm earth tones, white-framed windows and sage green shutters. It was irresistible,” says Marine. However, having been abandoned for around 20 years, it was run-down, the roof leaked and the small garden looked like a jungle. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Former Pontypridd town centre bank to be turned into a hotel

Plans for the old HSBC bank on Taff Street were approved by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's planning committee recently

Politics

6 d. ago Jockey accused of murder after man, 71, dies following town centre 'altercation'

Jockey Levi Williams has been charged with murder after a 71-year-old man died following an "altercation" in Newmarket, Suffolk, earlier this month

Events

6 d. ago Big row erupted over town's Christmas tree efforts and it's only just ended... for now

An ex-chairman of the local council found himself at the centre of an official complaint after he criticised the Christmas trees - now there's been a ruling

Politics

7 d. ago The reasons people said they don't want major changes made to Newport city centre

'This would be the nail in the coffin of the town centre'

Politics

7 d. ago Britain's 'worst' shopping centre that declined into deserted ghost town with rows of boarded

The Festival Park in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, was opened to much excitement in 1992 but suffered such a stark decline that it became known as the country's worst shopping centre.

Economics

7 d. ago Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants

Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants  Southend Echo

Politics

8 d. ago Vast shopping centre dominated a town centre for more than 50 years – now it’s going to take a year to knock down

The demolition of Crompton Place will lead to a direct link between Bolton's Victoria Square and Bradshawgate for the first time in generations

Economics

8 d. ago Schoolgirl raped in town centre as cops go door to door in manhunt

A girl, aged 13, was raped on Friday evening, with police appealing to the public for information, including CCTV footage, as they hunt the attacker.

Events

8 d. ago Manhunt launched with cops going door to door after girl, 13, raped in town centre

A girl, aged 13, was raped in Totton, Hampshire, on Friday evening, with police appealing to the public for information including CCTV footage as they hunt the attacker

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9 d. ago Manhunt launched for 'rapist' after girl, 13, attacked in town centre

Detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquiries and asking businesses near the scene in the town of Totton, Hampshire if they have any CCTV footage from Friday evening.

Events

9 d. ago Kingston fire: 150 firefighters tackle blaze in south London town centre

Residents have been urged to keep windows closed as blaze breaks out in disused Kingston building

Events

1 week ago ‘I like Nigel Farage’: Runcorn and Helsby byelection could be big test for Starmer

Labour won the seat last year with more than 50% of votes – now polls suggest it will just hang on or lose to Reform UKOn a weekday morning, an advertising van is weaving its way through the narrow streets of Runcorn town centre. On the side is a black and white picture of Nigel Farage with a quote from the Reform UK leader: “We are going to have to move to an insurance-based system of healthcare.”The starting gun has been fired in the byelection that has been on the horizon since the sitting MP Mike Amesbury announced his intention to resign, and which could prove a huge test for Keir Starmer’s government. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Thieves steal town centre cash machine after smashing into Co

Watch the shocking aftermath after ram-raiders smashed through a wall with a JCB digger and drove off with a cash machine.

Events

1 week ago Cheltenham Festival: How police are winning the battle against drunken disorder on race week

As more than 200,000 people descend on the Regency town of Cheltenham for race week, Alex Ross joins police officers dealing with a rise in drunken incidents in the town centre

Events

1 week ago Inside the battle against drunken disorder during Cheltenham Festival – and how police are winning

As more than 200,000 people descend on the Regency town of Cheltenham for race week, Alex Ross joins police officers dealing with a rise in drunken incidents in the town centre

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