4 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man, 25, taken to hospital after assault at Edinburgh vape shop

Officers say enquiries are ongoing.

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56 h. ago Clydebank crime: Man, 25, left with ‘serious injuries’ after late night assault in Scottish town

Officers are in particular looking to trace a woman who assisted the injured man at the scene.

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66 h. ago Teenage clicks: how child photographer Stephen Shore turned everyday New York moments into magic

Before he found fame at 17 photographing Andy Warhol’s Factory, Shore roamed the city with his camera. He talks about the joy of those early 60s pictures – and why they never made him richBlack-and-white street shots of elegant, unimpressed elderly women. Classic cars in shadows cast by New York’s soaring tenement buildings. Street-corner preachers. Imposing wiseguys too busy posturing to notice the camera. Stephen Shore’s new book, Early Work, is full of such everyday New York moments turned into magic. Though he later won acclaim for the photographs he took at Andy Warhol’s studio/hangout the Factory, the previously unseen Early Work may be some of Shore’s most uninhibited and daring pictures – and they were taken in the early 60s, when he was a teenager.Perhaps it’s understandable, then, that the photographer, now 77, can’t really remember taking them – though he does recall that he printed them himself, in a DIY darkroom set up in the bathroom of his parents’ home on Manhattan’s...

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6 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Edinburgh woman dies after early morning 'disturbance' at property on Restalrig Avenue

Police closed Restalrig Avenue after a 'disturbance'.

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2 w. ago Six severed heads dumped on road on busy street alongside chilling warning

Six severed heads have been dumped on a roadside in central Mexico - sparking terror in a region normally untouched by cartel violence.

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2 w. ago Six severed heads found on busy city street alongside ominous message

The severed heads, along with an ominous message, were recently found on a road linking two generally peaceful states in central Mexico — an investigation is now underway

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2 w. ago Man 'falls from scaffolding' on busy Edinburgh street as police race to scene

Police were called to Dublin Street in Edinburgh amid reports a man had fallen from scaffolding.

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2 w. ago Baby, 2, found wandering streets in dirty nappy before more 'horrific' discovery

Alexandrea Prewett, 33, and Benito Lopez, 35, have both been detained after their two-year-old girl was seen by neighbours 'running near a busy street' wearing just a nappy

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2 w. ago ‘A great way of getting under the skin of a city’: the rise of urban treasure hunts

Whether team-building or exploring with friends and family, searching for clues and solving puzzles is popularIf you spot someone in a busy city centre street with a puzzled, possibly pained look asking their companions whether that’s an elephant at the top of a drainpipe, they are probably not mad – but on an urban treasure hunt.There has been, one city tourism boss said, an “explosion” in the number and popularity of treasure and scavenger hunts in the UK. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Protesters confront federal officers as Trump tightens grip on DC policing

Democratic leader says ‘no fucking way’ as president signals he could declare emergency to keep control past 30 daysUS politics live – latest updatesProtesters heckled federal law enforcement officials as they reportedly stopped dozens of cars at a checkpoint along a busy street in Washington DC on Wednesday night, underscoring tensions after Donald Trump announced he was taking control of the city’s police department and deploying the national guard in the city.Around 20 law enforcement officers, some of whom appeared to be from the Department of Homeland Security, pulled over drivers for infractions such as broken taillights and not wearing seatbelts, according to the Washington Post. At least one woman was reportedly arrested as more than 100 protesters gathered and reportedly yelled things like “get off our streets”, according to NBC News. Some protesters began warning drivers to avoid the area, the outlet reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Edinburgh crime: Man, 39, taken to Edinburgh hospital after late night serious assault on busy street

The man was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

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3 w. ago 'Road rage' erupts into brawl as woman put in headlock and driver chased down

Shocking footage showed the moment a huge fight broke out in the middle of a busy London street between fight drivers - the clash turned violent after a woman was put in a headlock

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4 w. ago Murder probe launched as man, 45, is gunned down in London road

Police were called to reports of gunshots on Dynevor Road, Stoke Newington, just after midnight this morning.

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4 w. ago Stoke Newington murder latest: Man, 45, shot dead as police shut busy Hackney high street

Police were called to Dynevor Road, Stoke Newington, at 0.18am on Tuesday after gunshots were heard

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4 w. ago Stoke Newington High Street latest: Busy Hackney road shut by police after 'shooting'

Residents report hearing gunshots near the A10 in Hackney around 1am on Tuesday

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