18 h. ago Famed Memphis church associated with Martin Luther King damaged by fire

Clayborn Temple, base for sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to Memphis in 1968, suffers extensive damageA fire has severely damaged the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, which is closely associated with the US civil rights movement and Dr Martin Luther King.The temple was headquarters for the sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to Memphis in 1968. The campaign’s “I Am a Man” signs were made in the church’s basement, according to the temple’s website. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Manchester United defeated in entertaining title race against rivals Man City

Man Utd's U18s fought to defend their title, but they will not finish the 2024/2025 campaign with a piece of silverware.

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42 h. ago Lewis and Gvardiol guide Manchester City past Forest and into FA Cup final

It was a day when the FA Cup romantics could see the script for Nuno Espírito Santo and Nottingham Forest, something to further embellish the manager’s hero status and the club’s finest season in at least 30 years. It was one when Pep Guardiola and Manchester City just refused to entertain it.City led from the second minute through Rico Lewis’s second goal of the season and when Josko Gvardiol thumped home a header on 51 minutes shortly after a glaring miss by the Forest substitute, Anthony Elanga, it felt over. That Forest were repeatedly on the wrong side of the finest of margins thereafter only deepened their pain. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Luigi Mangione pleads NOT GUILTY for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting as he faces death penalty

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead in New York City, has entered a plea of not guilty as prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty

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3 d. ago Direct train services between Newcastle and Brighton planned

Arriva Group said the trains would run under its Grand Central brand and call at stations such as York, Birmingham New Street and Gatwick airport.

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4 d. ago Meghan Markle's VERY expensive look! Duchess opted for £4,000 Ralph Lauren suit with £4,900 bracelet that was a gift from Prince Charles for summit in New York

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was beaming as photographers caught her entering the glamorous New York City event with her husband on Wednesday.

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5 d. ago Meghan Markle's VERY expensive  look! Duchess opted for £4,000 Ralph Lauren suit with £4,900 bracelet that was a gift from Prince Charles for summit in New York

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was beaming as photographers caught her entering the glamorous New York City event with her husband on Wednesday.

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5 d. ago How CAN Labour MPs campaign for a Pakistan airport while rubbish piles up in streets? Multiculturalism has failed: MATT GOODWIN

As I write this, mounds of bin bags are continuing to pile up on Birmingham 's festering streets. Fly-tipping is rife, as are the rats - some as big as cats - that scurry through the streets.

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6 d. ago Minister: Significant progress made to clear rubbish from Birmingham’s streets

The Conservatives pressed communities minister Jim McMahon to ‘rule out the humiliation of service personnel ever having to collect refuse’.

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6 d. ago Sarah Jessica Parker reveals relationship that prevents her from being mad at character Carrie Bradshaw

Parker played Bradshaw for six seasons of ‘Sex and the City’ plus the films and now the sequel series

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8 d. ago Man United 'enter the race' against Man City to sign £60 million Monaco star

Manchester United are set to battle against Man City and PSG to sign promising French winger Maghnes Akliouche.

Economics

1 week ago Psycho seagulls and super rats team up to spread disease in Birmingham trash mountains

The massive piles of trash strewn across Birmingham's streets are set to keep growing as the rats and seagulls feasting off the waste are also growing and spreading disease

Politics

1 week ago Striking bin workers pals accused of making Birmingham rat crisis worse with tips plot

Council bosses have declared a major incident and warned it will take weeks to clear the streets of Birmingham after rubbish has mounted up amid five weeks of strike action

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1 week ago It's alright for them! The militant union leaders spearheading the Birmingham bin strikes from towns and cities miles away where the streets are leafy, green and rubbish

None of the Unite leaders spearheading the industrial action live in England's second city - sparking anger from residents who say they are being forced to 'live like animals' while bosses remain unscathed.

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1 week ago SARAH VINE: The revolting bin chaos in Birmingham is a national disgrace

Birmingham is piled high with rotting garbage and cat-sized rats. It's also a perfect metaphor for this supposed 'government of the people' and for the self-serving Labour politicians.

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2 w. ago Stricken Sevilla turn once again to Caparrós as owners keep up circus act | Sid Lowe

Fourth spell begins for club’s eighth head coach in less than three seasons, in wake of fourth defeat in a rowJust before two o’clock on Palm Sunday, as Holy Week began and religious brotherhoods started their slow, swaying progress through the streets of Seville, first La Paz, then La Hiniesta, then the rest, a man entered the city at Santa Justa. Aged 69, diagnosed with leukaemia five years ago, wearing a grey cardigan, blue jacket and a slightly manic smile, he’s thinner than before but couldn’t be more familiar. Joaquín Caparrós has coached Sevilla more times than anyone, across three spells, the first a quarter of a century ago; now he was returning for a fourth. “My face is a reflection; it says it all,” he said, leaving the station and stopping on the corner, searching for the car coming for him.Caparrós arrived on a train, alone and as their saviour. As somebody’s saviour, anyway: someone to get behind, someone to hide behind too, for a little while. Two days earlier Sevilla...

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2 w. ago Missing Kaliyah Coa: Body found in River Thames search for missing 11

Kaliyah, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the water near Barge House Causeway, close to London City Airport, in east London on Monday, March 31

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2 w. ago 'You're all f***ing tramps, it's disgusting!' Moment furious resident in Birmingham shouts at neighbours for dumping rubbish in the streets

Balsall Heath resident Chelsea Bernard blasted her neighbours for fly-tipping on their road - and not offering to help when she has tried to clean up the street.

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3 w. ago Streeting worried about rats ‘crawling around’ in Birmingham amid bin strike

Members of the Unite union launched an all-out strike last month over pay and jobs which has led to tonnes of black bin bags not being collected.

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting hammers union over Birmingham bin strike saying piles of rubbish are 'not good for public health' as MP calls for soldiers to clear streets

The Health Secretary accused Unite of creating a situation where 'bin bags are piling up (and) we see rats and other vermin crawling around' in England's second city.

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