11 h. ago Most drivers want tougher rules on pavement parking according to survey

London and Scotland are the only parts of the UK where pavement parking is banned

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13 h. ago Four in five drivers want pavement parking banned across the country

Labour has promised to take action on pavement parking in England after years of heel dragging by the previous regime. Do you want to see it banned? Let us know in our poll.

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27 h. ago Most drivers want tougher rules on pavement parking – survey

London and Scotland are the only parts of the UK where pavement parking is banned.

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53 h. ago Indonesia burns: Three people killed after protesters torch government building

The violence has spread across the country with protests in West Java's Bandung city, Surabaya and Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province.

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer insists illegal immigrants 'will face detention and return' as he shows first asylum seekers being removed to France

The Prime Minister wrote 'if you come to this country illegally, you will face detention and return' alongside pictures showing a handful of young men being directed by Border Force officers.

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7 d. ago Met Office issues 30C Bank Holiday verdict with three areas most likely

The Met Office has issued its verdict on whether Brits - who are flocking to beaches and festivals across the country for Bank Holiday Monday - will see 30C temperatures

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7 d. ago Hurricane Erin hurtles towards the UK: Warning over rip currents and 16ft waves as Bank Holiday crowds flock to beaches for 29C weather

Thousands of sun-seeking Brits are set to flock to beaches and beauty spots across the country today in what is set to be the hottest August Bank Holiday in six years.

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9 d. ago Britain set for glorious Bank Holiday sunshine with temperatures of up to 30C

The country is braced for a weekend of sunshine and soaring temperatures, peaking at 30C on Monday, before the remnants of Hurricane Erin bring rain and unsettled weather next week.

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1 week ago NHS issues pharmacies alert ahead of Bank Holiday weekend disruption

The bank holiday will affecting NHS operating hours in pharmacies across the country

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1 week ago Gaza war latest: Netanyahu says he will approve capture of Gaza City as he orders ‘immediate’ hostage negotiations

The UK has, meanwhile, condemned Israel's plans for illegal settlement in the West Bank, summoning the country's ambassador to the Foreign Office

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1 week ago Gaza war latest: Israel’s Gaza City takeover to start in days as thousands of Palestinians flee ahead of offensive

The UK has, meanwhile, condemned Israel's plans for illegal settlement in the West Bank, summoning the country's ambassador to the Foreign Office

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1 week ago Brits issued urgent Bank Holiday warning as country set for 'busiest' period

Millions of drivers are expected to take to the roads for getaway trips by car in the UK over the August bank holiday period

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2 w. ago Brits braced for bank holiday washout as '600m wall of rain' set to lash down

Much of the UK is currently in the middle of a sizzling heatwave, but a brutal change in the weather could be about to sweep across the country over bank holiday weekend

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2 w. ago Brit drivers set to face £100 fine as new UK parking rules start today

Falkirk Council has begun enforcing a new pavement parking ban across the region for drivers who park illegally. The new rules follow recent legislation introduced in 2019 and again in 2023.

Economics

2 w. ago Vegan activist begs for £14,000 to reclaim her passport so she can travel to UK protest

Tash Peterson and her boyfriend Jack Higgs are pleading for people to donate £14,000 to pay their bankruptcy trustees to leave the country and protest in Herefordshire

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2 w. ago Trump says he will host Kennedy Center awards and rejected liberal artists

President, set to honor Sylvester Stallone and Kiss, says he was ‘98%’ involved in selections and ‘turned down plenty’Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will host the Kennedy Center honors this year and said he had been heavily involved in choosing who to nominate, rejecting people he thought were too liberal.The US president named actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, country music star George Strait and actor and singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center honors nominees since he took over as the Washington-based arts center’s chairman upon returning to the White House this year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago China’s crackdown on lavish civil servant perks will ‘harm’ the economy, experts warn

Updated regulations ban the country’s 40 million civil servants from lavish banquets, and restrict them from overseas travel for ‘personal leisure’Adjacent to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling restaurant is now eerily quiet, at lunchtime most of its seats are empty.The recent crackdown on civil servants frequenting restaurants – part of a government austerity drive intended to crack down on corruption – has likely affected business and caused liquor sales to plummet, admits one waitress who works in the opulent establishment. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Malqueridas review – blurry phone footage takes us inside Chile’s prisons with incarcerated mothers

Video shot by inmates opens the doors on the often painful realities of having children in the country’s jailsThis documentary about motherhood in Chile’s prison system is edited down from 4,000 photos and nearly 2,000 videos shot entirely on mobile phones by inmates of the country’s largest women’s jail. Phones are banned, so the images are often fuzzy and blurred, clips ending abruptly – sometimes with a hiss of “Hide the phone!” or “The guard is coming!”. At times, it can be hard to make sense of what is happening on screen. The voiceover is spoken by Karina Sánchez, who spent more than six years in prison, and she also voices the experiences of other incarcerated women. It’s not immediately clear she is telling multiple stories, however, so the voiceover becomes mildly disorientating.It’s estimated that 95% of women in Chile’s prisons are mothers, and their children can stay with them in jail until they turn two years old. A woman describes staying awake all night the night befo...

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