26 h. ago Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it’s sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year

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34 h. ago ‘Exactly where we wanted to be’: Canada hails NSL after inaugural season’s glittering finish | Sophie Downey

Vancouver Rise were crowned Canada’s first champions of the new professional league which has exceeded expectations in terms of tickets sold and viewing figuresIn the words of Christine Sinclair, the all-time international top scorer for men or women: “What a difference a year makes.” On Saturday at BMO Field in Toronto, Vancouver Rise became the first champions of the inaugural Northern Super League season. It was a triumphant conclusion to a history-making campaign that has set the ball rolling for professional women’s football in Canada.In front of 12,429 spectators, Anja Heiner-Møller’s side put on a display of perseverance to claw their way back to win 2-1 against AFC Toronto, the winners of the regular season’s Supporters’ Shield. A half-hour lightning break and deluge of rain did little to stunt the quality on show on the pitch and the enthusiasm off it. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Maro Itoje hails England’s scrum ‘weapon’ after win over New Zealand

England’s vastly-improved set-piece proved vital in their ninth win in history over the All Blacks

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6 d. ago Longest US government shutdown in history set to end after House passes bill

Measure to restart federal operations passes narrowly, but excludes healthcare funding demanded by DemocratsUS politics – follow liveThe longest US government shutdown in history is set to end on Wednesday after more than 42 days, following the House of Representative’s passage of a bill negotiated by Republicans and a splinter group of Democrat-aligned senators. The legislation restarts federal operations but does not include the healthcare funding the minority party demanded.The compromise sets the stage for government operations to return to normal through January, while leaving unresolved the issue of expiring tax credits for Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare health plans, which most Democrats demanded be extended in any deal to reopen the government. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Historic Greater Manchester pub set to open 'first' Christmas ice rink and festive market

The Christmas market will feature more than 20 stalls offering seasonal treats, handmade gifts, jewellery, and festive bakes

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7 d. ago Jane Goodall’s inspiring final words as chimp expert is laid to rest

Goodall filmed an interview which she understood would be released after her death

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7 d. ago Royal Mint launches limited edition yellow gold sovereign coins for £1,200

The Royal Mint is setting the gold world alight with the reintroduction of the traditional yellow gold Sovereign, a move that is set to send collectors, historians and investors into a state of excitement.

Economics

8 d. ago Chelsea history celebrated 80 years on after record attendance set for Moscow Dinamo game

Biggest ever crowd at a club ground in England came to watch Chelsea play the Russian side Moscow Dynamo in 1945 just after the end of World War Two

Culture

8 d. ago Arsenal and Crystal Palace fixtures moved ahead of Carabao Cup tie after successful appeals

London rivals now have more rest time before their quarter-final clash

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8 d. ago ‘We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery

Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purgeA white marble cross marks the final resting place of Julius W Morris, private first class in the US army, who died in April 1945.But at the cemetery where he lies in Margraten, a village in the south of the Netherlands, a new battle has begun over the quiet removal of two display panels about African American soldiers, like Morris. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago A Dutch war cemetery added displays showing black US soldiers. Then they were quietly removed

Relatives fear the move is part of ‘the same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purgeA white marble cross marks the final resting place of Julius W Morris, private first class in the US army, who died in April 1945.But at the cemetery where he lies in Margraten, a village in the south of the Netherlands, a new battle has begun over the quiet removal of two display panels about African American soldiers, like Morris. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Sitcom legend revealed as Coronation Street's latest killer and fans 'work out' victim

Coronation Street is reportedly set to welcome a new killer to the cobbles, and a historic death will be explained at Christmas, more than 20 years after it all took place

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9 d. ago The peculiar history of the All Blacks try record – and the player set to buck the trend

Plenty of All Blacks have threatened Doug Howlett’s long-standing tally without surpassing him – but Will Jordan looks set to rewrite the record books

Sport

1 week ago Labour accused of allowing terrorists to 'rewrite history' with nine new cases set to be brought against British army veterans

Ministers have already drawn fire from veterans after scrapping the Legacy Act, a Tory law which gave soldiers immunity from prosecutions.

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1 week ago Richard Burton: At the Welsh legend's graveside in Switzerland

To celebrate the Welsh actor's centenary this November, Mark Rees went in search of the Switzerland the stage and screen star called home, from his favourite restaurant to his final resting place in a journey that combines the solitude of the mountains with the glitz and glamour of the Montreux Riviera

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1 week ago ‘Masterpiece’ war film fans say is ‘one of the best films ever made’ airing on TV tonight

It made history with its release in 1995 and tonight this iconic film will go down in the history books of your movie nights at home as it's set to air on Film4

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2 w. ago Emmerdale star confirms key twist for Robert and Kev during prison flashback

Emmerdale is set to revisit the history between Robert Sugden and his husband, Kev Townsend, with a surprise flashback

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2 w. ago New underwater park unveiled as 22 cars are plunged into the ocean in Florida — for a good reason

The reefs will be located about 20 feet below the surface of the water and about 800 feet from the shore

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2 w. ago Big trouble in ‘Little Berlin’: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war

A new museum in Mödlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the eastA creek so shallow you barely got your ankles wet divided a community for more than four decades. By an accident of topography, the 50 inhabitants of Mödlareuth, a hamlet surrounded by pine forests, meadows and spectacular vistas, found themselves at the heart of the cold war. They had the misfortune to straddle Bavaria, in West Germany, and Thuringia in the East, a border that was demarcated first by a fence and then by a wall. American soldiers called it Little Berlin.Months after their own wall was breached, and even before their country had reunified in 1990, a group of local people set about memorialising their history. The work is about to come to fruition: on 9 November, the 36th anniversary of the fall of the (big) Berlin Wall, the German-German Museum Mödlareuth will open. It was officially inaugurated by the federal president, Frank-Wa...

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2 w. ago 80s music icon 'set to make ITV show history' by singing up for I'm A Celebrity

Former Spandau Ballet band member Martin Kemp is repeatedly "advanced talks" to be the first star to sign up for this year's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

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