4 h. ago Scottish city 'village' with luxury homes named coolest neighbourhood in the UK

It was praised for its wide variety of restaurants and independent businesses.

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5 h. ago Ukraine says four killed and more than 30 injured in another round of Russian strikes – Europe live

US ceasefire proposal, pursued by Trump, appears to be failing to make any further progressThe Greek island of Zakynthos was hit by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake overnight, Kathimerini reported.No injuries or significant damage were reported, it added. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago The newbuild estate frozen in time: Residents left staring at barren building site after 50 abandoned houses demolished when builder went bust

EXCLUSIVE: It's every new homeowners worst nightmare. The deed in their name, their property sealed and then: nothing. For the prospective residents of one new-build estate this was their reality.

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54 h. ago ‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deacon, a regional jail counsellor and I form an impromptu book club. The novel under discussion is Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning Demon Copperhead, which is set in this area, Lee County, Virginia, during the 1990s, at the beginning of the opioid epidemic. I say that I loved the novel, that it was vivid and brilliant, heart-warming and tragic. Their reaction is more complex – there’s a real sadness behind it. Julie Montgomery-Barber, the jail counsellor, tells me she found the book “hard to read”. The Rev Nancy Hobbs agrees that reading it was painful, “because I felt like: I knew these people. At every level, from foster care to the football coaches to Demon. I knew Demon.”Hobbs and Montg...

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63 h. ago Scottish coastal walk that ends at village famed for fish and chips named among UK's best

A scenic walk has been named as the best in Scotland, according to a study by consumer body Which?

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3 d. ago VOLCANO erupts in Japan as country heads towards date of 'mega disaster' predicted by 'Baba Vanga' prophet and is hit by earthquake

The huge blast took place on Mount Shinmoedake at 2:01pm local time, sending a towering ash plume and making it one of the biggest eruptions on the mountain in recent years.

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3 d. ago Coronation Street fans baffled by 'missing' character as new couple heat up

Viewers have been left baffled by another 'missing' Weatherfield resident as his house is taken over in the ITV soap

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6 d. ago The underrated Scottish coastal village home to country's 'best pub'

It is also just a short walk from a fabulous beach.

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8 d. ago Homes evacuated as firefighters battle major blaze in picturesque Scottish village

Four homes were evacuated as firefighters tackled the major blaze.

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1 week ago New London house fire sparked by extension cord displaces 4 residents, injures 1, official says

New London house fire sparked by extension cord displaces 4 residents, injures 1, official says  New Haven Register

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1 week ago New donation centre and shop from The Salvation Army officially opened its doors in Wishaw

The centre is equipped to accept a wide range of items, including large furniture pieces and electrical goods. With free on-site parking and a dedicated furniture collection service available for house calls, donating has never been easier for local residents.

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1 week ago Woman's body found in water near Scottish village in search for missing person

A body has been found in the search for missing woman Jennifer Stephen.

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1 week ago Residents evacuated after police discover explosive at dead man’s house

A bomb disposal team rushed to the scene after police discovered ‘several’ unexploded weapons while investigating a non-suspicious death

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1 week ago 'King Charles was my boss for 21 years – one comment showed his true colours'

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Stooks spent 21 years working at the royal residence of Highgrove House and Gardens, which has served as the residence of King Charles and Queen Camilla

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2 w. ago Scottish village that vanished without a trace in 18th century but lives on in old folklore

"That's the magic of the old Highlands, not everything needs to be on Google Maps to exist.”

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after more than 100 days in Ice detention

Columbia graduate and legal US resident was targeted by White House for speaking out against the Israeli war in GazaMahmoud Khalil – the Palestinian rights activist, Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident of the US who had been held by federal immigration authorities for more than three months – has been reunited with his wife and infant son.Khalil, the most high-profile student to be targeted by the Trump administration for speaking out against Israel’s war on Gaza, arrived in New Jersey on Saturday at about 1pm – two hours later than expected after his flight was first rerouted to Philadelphia. Khalil greeted reporters and cheering supporters as he emerged from security at Newark airport accompanied by his wife, Dr Noor Abdalla, and son in a stroller, as well as his legal team and the New York Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside landmark Cardiff house that everyone knows but few have visited

The preferred residence of visiting royals, have you ever wondered what the Mansion House in Cardiff looks like inside?

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2 w. ago Trump warns Iran could launch nuclear war in 'weeks' as it's pummelled with Israeli bombs and city is hit by 5.1 earthquake

LIVE UPDATES: The quake, which Iran's Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of six miles some 23 miles southwest of the city of Semnan, the US Geological Survey said.

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2 w. ago Earthquake measuring 5.1 magnitude hits Iranian city as Russia tells Trump not to launch 'catastrophic' nuclear attack and warns Middle East faces 'the abyss'

LIVE UPDATES: The quake, which Iran's Tasnim news agency said measured 5.2, struck at a depth of six miles some 23 miles southwest of the city of Semnan, the US Geological Survey said.

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3 w. ago ‘Like an earthquake’: Inside the doctors’ hostel hit in Air India tragedy

After escaping their burning building, trainee doctors returned to help the wounded

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