28 h. ago World Darts Championship star Beau Greaves reveals the humble job she did before sport breakthrough

BEAU GREAVES used to clean windows for a living – now she wants to smash glass ceilings. Before she became the finest female thrower on the planet, the Yorkshirewoman, 21, used to stand on ladders with a bucket of soapy water in one hand and a squeegee in the other. During that time in her...

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54 h. ago Glasgow parking wars as Mercedes drenched in paint and windows smashed

Residents say a growing wave of car vandalism has left drivers afraid to park near their homes.

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4 d. ago US immigration crackdown forces teens to caretake after parents are detained

As federal agents target families, teens are left to care for siblings – from accessing bank accounts to medical recordsVilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a New Orleans suburb with a large Hispanic population, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom

It started with a goat. Now – via a degree for developers and an incubator for startups – the tiny city is churning out world-famous video game hits. What is the secret of its success?On 26 March 2014, a trailer for a video game appeared on YouTube. The first thing the viewer sees is a closeup of a goat lying on the ground, its tongue out, its eyes open. Behind it is a man on fire, running backwards in slow motion towards a house. Interspersed with these images is footage of the goat being repeatedly run over by a car. In the main shot, the goat, now appearing backwards as well, flies up into the first-floor window of a house, repairing the glass it smashed on its way down. It hurtles through another window and back to an exploding petrol station, where we assume its journey must have started.This wordless, strangely moving video – a knowing parody of the trailer for a zombie survival game called Dead Island – was for a curious game called Goat Simulator. The game was, unsurprisingl...

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9 d. ago Teens blast buses with fireworks, smash windows and storm onboard refusing to pay, terrified drivers say

Transport staff say they are experiencing a growing trend of antisocial behaviour, an issue plaguing the nation with a 24 per cent increase in reports across the UK.

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1 week ago Trolley folly: Woman is knocked flying when hapless supermarket worker pushes shopping carts down escalator

The shopper falls on the floor after being hit by two trolleys as seven hurtle past her and smash the supermarket's glass windows.

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1 week ago Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit

The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasyAs Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently Somali Americans. His insults land because of their animosity and his power, not their accuracy. Likewise, his administration’s attacks on immigrants are sloppy and driven by lies. It’s strikingly clear that the target is not individuals with criminal records. It’s anyone and everyone guilty of being brown. Native Americans with tribal identification cards, US citizens, people doing crucial work from construction to nursing, military veterans, college students, people sleeping in their own beds, small children: all kinds of residents of this country are under attack.“ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety,” declares Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect. Masked thugs smashing car windows and dr...

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2 w. ago ‘Mexican Spiderman’ used bowling ball to help people escape Bay Area mall shooting

A self-described “Mexican Spiderman” smashed a window with a bowling ball to help people escape from a mall shooting in the Bay Area.

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2 w. ago Tourist is jailed for 25 years after driving into and killing two armed robbers in Turkey after they stole £31,000 from him at gunpoint

This is the moment a Ukrainian tourist rammed two armed robbers off a motorcycle with his car after they smashed his window and stole £31,000 from him at gunpoint.

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3 w. ago Crystal Palace fans escorted to stadium by riot police after violent clash 'left windows smashed'

Crystal Palace made the trip to France to take on Strasbourg in the Conference League and some unsavoury scenes became apparent ahead of the clash at Stade de la Meinau

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3 w. ago BREAKING Barcelona team bus attacked before Chelsea tie as shaken stars rushed to airport

An investigation has been launched after Barcelona's team bus was attacked with a window smashed on the way to Stamford Bridge for their Champions League showdown with Chelsea

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3 w. ago Barcelona team bus attacked before Chelsea tie as shaken stars rushed to airport

An investigation has been launched after Barcelona's team bus was attacked with a window smashed on the way to Stamford Bridge for their Champions League showdown with Chelsea

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3 w. ago Torn roofs, smashed windows among damage to over 100 homes in a tornado near Houston

A tornado has damaged over 100 homes north of Houston, tearing off roofs and moving garages off foundations

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