3 h. ago 'Erratic driver' blocked in car before punching windows in bizarre attack

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to as part of enquiries

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star rushed to hospital after bizarre monkey attack during family holiday

Liam Scholes, 22, who played Eli Higginson in the soap for a controversial hate crime storyline, shared an update as to Instagram as he made light of the situation.

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1 week ago Metrolink line blocked after tram crashes with car following police chase

Two men have been arrested, including for a drug-related offence

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2 w. ago After stifling Mbappé and Vinícius, revived Liverpool hone in on Haaland

Arne Slot now finds himself tasked with turning his team’s victory over Real Madrid into a solid platform for recoveryArne Slot called for a repeat of Liverpool’s performance against Real Madrid when the Premier League champions visit Manchester City and will no doubt repeat himself in the coming days. For Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior on Tuesday, read Erling Haaland on Sunday. Nullifying another of the game’s finest strikers, while keeping a third clean sheet in a row, would reinforce Slot’s post-Madrid message that Liverpool remain in the chase for the biggest prizes. They do not include the Carabao Cup.The Champions League victory over Xabi Alonso’s La Liga leaders, who had 13 wins from 14 games before their arrival at Anfield, was the perfect remedy for a Liverpool team looking to heal the wounds of the worst run of Slot’s reign. It was also perfect preparation for what awaits at the Etihad Stadium: an opponent that wants to play out, that will not sit in a low block and car...

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2 w. ago I skied up to the highest mountain hut in the Swedish Arctic. My reward? A whiteout

An epic rail trip to Sweden’s Arctic north ends with a surreal skiing experience – and waffles for breakfast while sitting out a snowstormThe light coming through the sleeper train window wakes me. It’s nearly time. Climbing down the ladder past the other snoozing occupants, I head into the corridor. A few hours ago there were only trees, an endless unfurling ribbon of spruce and birch. Now there is snow, vast banks of it. And sometimes, when the train roars through a big drift, great spumes of white blast out on either side, blocking any view.In the restaurant car, I watch the map on my phone as a blue dot approaches a straight dashed line. A frozen lake and distant pale mountains appear. Then at 6.09am we cross the Arctic Circle. Forty-eight hours previously, I had been in London St Pancras station, queueing for the Eurostar. Now, five trains later, never having left terra firma, I am in the Arctic. Most of my fellow travellers are Swedes with he...

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2 w. ago I bought an EV to save money but it's costing me HUNDREDS more than running a diesel car

Kristian Lewin-Petrov, 45, from York, says he is being blocked from making savings on his car running costs by his local council.

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3 w. ago US citizen, 67, has ribs broken by Border Patrol agents after being dragged out of car while driving home into street they’d blocked off

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

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3 w. ago Anger as Greater Manchester town's mural vandalised in bizarre attack

"I was mortified when I saw it"

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3 w. ago Amazon pulls waterproof car seat covers over fears they could block airbags

Motorists were told to return products made by the Waterproof Seat Cover Co in a recall notice issued on October 14

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4 w. ago Mel B's ex husband Jimmy Gulzar launches another bizarre attack on David Beckham as he accuses him of having 'Elvis Presley syndrome' and 'whitewashing history'

Mel B's ex husband Jimmy Gulzar continued with his bizarre attack on David Beckham in new Instagram posts on Wednesday. 

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4 w. ago Luxury spa boss 'blockaded GP surgery car park with her Bentley' in bitter neighbour row over access to her new property

Dr Reshma Rasheed, 62, is suing property developer turned spa boss, Joy Jarvis, (pictured) over rights to a narrow alleyway bordering Chapel Street Surgery, in Billericay, Essex.

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last month Barrhead thug warned if he "puts a foot wrong" he's going to jail

Sean Kerr admitted punching a window causing it to smash and stabbing a van with a knife.

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