3 h. ago Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting? | Jon Worth

Romance, excitement and sustainability – continent-crossing sleeper trains should be a hit. It’s time for the EU to catch onAs Europeans woke up to the joy of travel post-lockdown, it looked as though we were in store for a resurgence of continent-crossing night trains. Sleeper train fans hailed a “night train renaissance” and a “rail revolution”, combining some of the nostalgia for an old way of travelling with modern climate and sustainable transport concerns.The long-distance European train journey might be slower than a short-haul flight, but it is surely better in terms of the environment and the traveller experience. For those on a budget, the prospect of saving on a night in a hotel appeals too. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Police appeal after man wound down van window and told boy, 11, to 'get in'

The disturbing encounter unfolded outside a Co-op supermarket as the youngster was picking up groceries - with police still trying to track down the man involved

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14 h. ago Romanian mother ‘afraid’ to stay in Ballymena street after attack

The mother-of-three said her children were asking why their house was being attacked during disturbances in the Co Antrim town on Monday night.

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16 h. ago Ballymena violence after alleged sex attack was ‘racist thuggery’, police say

Fifteen police officers were injured in the disturbances in Ballymena on Monday night.

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18 h. ago Fifteen police injured amid suspected racially motivated attacks in Ballymena

Northern Irish politicians condemn violence that erupted after vigil for girl who was allegedly sexually assaultedFifteen police officers were injured and several homes attacked during what has been called a “mob fury” of racially motivated disturbances in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena.Members of a crowd threw petrol bombs, fireworks, heavy masonry and bricks at police and tried to burn the homes of a handful of foreign families in the County Antrim town on Monday night. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago 'Extraordinary' beach that 'feels like a Mediterranean paradise' is just hours from UK

For those wanting a picturesque location without committing to a long-haul flight, Croatia might be the perfect solution.

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20 h. ago Nazi guards at horror Channel Islands camp shot prisoners for fun, unearthed testimony reveals

On Sundays, around a dozen inmates at Sylt - one of the two camps the Germans ran on occupied Alderney - would be chosen for the horrifying target practice.

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20 h. ago Scots Audi driver 'snared with significant drug haul' during police search

The Audi was pictured on a recovery truck.

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26 h. ago Nazi guards shot prisoners for fun at Channel Islands camp, research says

SS troops killed inmates for target practice, according to account given in documentary Ghosts of AlderneyGuards at a prison camp on one of the Channel Islands entertained themselves at weekends by using prisoners for target practice, according to new evidence of Nazi atrocities committed there in the second world war.On Sundays, the SS would regularly pick about a dozen men incarcerated in Sylt, the camp they ran on Alderney, transporting them to a nearby light-gauge railway, where they tied them to tipper trucks and amused themselves by shooting them. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age | María Ramírez

It’s great to see so much support for the value of ‘taking the breeze’ – the authorities must respect public space tooThe mayor of a small town in southern Spain felt compelled, a few days ago, to clarify that there is no new municipal ban on older women sitting out on the pavement in their own chairs. He was responding to a furious online backlash directed mostly at the town’s police after they posted a message on social media urging the residents of Santa Fe to show “civility” by not sitting in the streets in the late hours disturbing neighbours.This plea for respect for the public space was hardly a draconian law and order crackdown: it was a reasonably worded reminder. “We know that putting chairs or tables outside the door is a tradition in many towns,” it said, “but public spaces are regulated. If the police ask you to remove them, do so out of respect and in the interests of coexistence.”María Ramírez is a journalist and the deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outle...

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28 h. ago Ryanair, easyJet TUI and Jet2 passengers among those to face new 4 hour rule

In a huge blow to Brits, EU countries have green-lighted controversial plans to lengthen the wait time before delayed passengers can claim compensation for both short and long-haul journeys

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31 h. ago Disturbing tragedy of dog owner who died with dachshunds as car plummets 300ft off cliff

Lynn King and her husband John died instantly when their silver Ford Mondeo, which also contained their two Dachshund dogs, plunged off a cliff at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

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34 h. ago New Madeleine McCann documentary uncovers chilling evidence linked to suspect Christian Brueckner

A chilling new documentary has unearthed disturbing evidence linked to Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner — including children’s items, a damning hard drive, and a story describing a girl “not older than five.”

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38 h. ago Children's football coach caught on M4 with drug haul worth thousands

'You put your employment in jeopardy, and your family life - that's how much of a fool you have been'

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41 h. ago 'After taking Mounjaro, my life fell apart': Women reveal disturbing side effects from jab that started within days

In the UK, anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia are not listed as possible side-effects for Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro.

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43 h. ago Woman finds expensive designer sandals in charity shop and is floored by price

A woman has shared her charity shop haul after going 'shopping in rich areas' and finding a pair of designer sandals that were being sold for over £1,000 online

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43 h. ago Neville Chamberlain's naive words of optimism six days before WWII began

The beleaguered British prime minister pursued an appeasement policy with Nazi Germany in a bid to prevent an escalation into a global conflict.

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46 h. ago The heroic final words of the Mormon boy beheaded by the Nazis for brave defiance

On October 27, 1942, the beheading of 17-year-old boy Helmuth Hübener, who was a Mormon, took place. He had committed the 'crime' of distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

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62 h. ago Adolf Hitler's bigamist brother's womanising legacy in Britain revealed... and the UK street that is horrified at becoming a Nazi shrine

With convictions for theft as a young man, Alois Hitler left Austria and his bullying father for Ireland where he met and married an Irish teenager by the name of Bridget Dowling

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62 h. ago Minister slams 'disturbing' and 'disgusting' online chat rooms exposed by the Manchester Evening News

He vowed to 'go after' these sickening online spaces

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