17 h. ago Glasgow hotel fire in pictures as buildings evacuated while crews tackle blaze

Horrified pedestrians watched on as firefighters desperately worked to put out a shocking fire at a hotel in a major city centre - fire was seen burning through the roof of the building

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34 h. ago Glasgow fire: Drone footage shows extent of damage as blaze ravages city centre building

Thick, black smoke can be seen cascading the evening sky while orange flames climb the building.

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35 h. ago Glasgow city centre fire as as people evacuated from buildings: Everything you need to know

The blaze erupted in Glasgow city centre this evening causing disruption for residents, local businesses, and passers-by.

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36 h. ago Rooftop fire at Revolver Hotel beside House of Gods in Glasgow

Emergency services are attending a rooftop fire as flames are seen above historic buildings on Wilson Street and Glassford Street in Glasgow city centre.

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37 h. ago Glasgow city centre fire LIVE as people evacuated from buildings

Firefighters have been spotted outside the popular hotel in the city centre just before 7pm.

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65 h. ago ‘Weapons of mass construction’: the US ‘craftivists’ using yarn to fight back against Trump

Fiber artists across the US are using their craft to protest against everything from national guard deployments to rollbacks on abortion rightsIn early October, Tracy Wright invited a group of other women in her social circle – all fellow knitters – to gather outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in their home town of Portland, Oregon. They were “armed with their weapons of mass construction”.Donald Trump had just ordered national guard troops deployed to the city, which he called “war ravaged” in order to protect ICE facilities he said were “under siege” by anti-fascists “and other domestic terrorists”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Has a new Banksy appeared in central London? Fans suspect new mural near Tottenham Court Road is work of artist

The artwork by the Centre Point building appears to depict two people gazing up at the stars

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6 d. ago M60 traffic LIVE updates as queues build near Trafford Centre following crash

Christmas shoppers will be affected

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9 d. ago The legendary riverside central London building that is getting a massive makeover

The legendary riverside central London building that is getting a massive makeover  Time Out Worldwide

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1 week ago Pub to become housing for homeless despite objections from 'frightened' elderly neighbours

A charity said the new building would put the borough's most vulnerable people 'at the centre of what they need to survive and recover'

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1 week ago Popular Scots garden centre burns down after major blaze breaks out

A POPULAR Scottish garden centre has been destroyed after a huge blaze tore through the building. Scores of firefighters were called to Hayes Garden Land in Symington, Kilmarnock, shortly after midnight after the inferno took hold. Emergency crews raced to tackle the blaze at around 00.16am today after the alarm was raised. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed...

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1 week ago Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

Extreme heat follows blazes in New South Wales, while winds plunge Brazil’s largest city into darknessExtreme heat and bushfires have ravaged the parched landscape of Western Australia. With temperatures expected to continue soaring above 40C (104F) over the coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe heatwave warning across much of the south-west.The conditions follow bushfires in New South Wales this month, which resulted in the destruction of homes and loss of life. Severe heatwave warnings have also been issued for later this week in parts of South Australia and New South Wales, as a ridge of high pressure moves eastward, bringing blazing sunshine to much of the region. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins

Culture is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistanceInto the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac river, are carved bold and idealistic sentiments. “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art – this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.” Those are the words of John F Kennedy, after whom the US’s national performing arts centre is named. The impulse to build it came from Dwight D Eisenhower; it was given JFK’s name after his assassination; and it opened in 1971, to the music of Leonard Bernstein and the choreography of Alvin Ailey, in the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Kennedy Centre, in short, was designed to be bipartisan, a place of gathering for Democrats and Repub...

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2 w. ago Garage damaged, 2 cars destroyed in New London blaze, fire department says

Garage damaged, 2 cars destroyed in New London blaze, fire department says  CT Insider

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2 w. ago ‘Like lipstick on a fabulous gorilla’: the Barbican’s many gaudy glow

The brutalist arts-and-towers complex, where even great explorers get lost, is showing its age. Let’s hope the 50th anniversary upgrade is better than the ‘pointillist stippling’ tried in the 1990sThe Barbican is aptly named. From the Old French barbacane, it historically means a fortified gateway forming the outer line of defence to a city or castle. London’s Barbican marks the site of a medieval structure that would have defended an important access point. Its architecture was designed to repel. Some might argue, as they stumble out of Barbican tube station and gaze upwards, not much has changed in the interim.The use of the word “barbican” was in decline in this country until the opening in 1982 of the Barbican Arts Centre. Taking 20 years to build, it completed the modernist megastructure of the Barbican Estate, grafted on to a huge tract of land devastated by wartime bombing. The aim was to bring life back to the City through swish new housing, energised by the presence of cult...

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2 w. ago Sunderland: Man in his 30s dead in broad daylight plunge from 13

A man has tragically died after falling from a 13-storey building in Sunderland city centre

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2 w. ago 13 prisoners are killed in Ecuador prison after drone set with explosives is used to distract guards

The deaths are thought to be the result of asphyxiation and took place on Sunday at the violence ravaged El Oro prison in the coastal city of Machala in the southwest of the country.

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3 w. ago Former Wishaw Credit Union building in the heart of town centre put up for sale

The Main Street property is on the market for a price of just £100,000.

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3 w. ago Charity responds as plans to build community centre prompts furious backlash

£20m plan to build on greenfield site

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3 w. ago Vienna parliament in lockdown after chilling 'bomb threat' call

The centre of Vienna, Austria, came to a standstill around the parliament building following the bomb threat today - emergency services are at the scene

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