8 h. ago 'I visited Welsh town with cobbled streets, cosy pubs and a castle and made huge mistake'

If you're looking for a UK break packed full of history, ancient buildings, quirky attractions, stunning views, amazing food and very comfortable beds, you need look no further than Conwy in North Wales

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64 h. ago The solar farm threat to Domesday villages... How some of England's most unspoilt and ancient communities face being encircled by thousands of ugly panels

An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has discovered that plans are in place to build large-scale solar farms right up to the boundaries of historic villages.

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3 d. ago Historic building painted with St George’s Cross by vandals upsetting – council

Portsmouth Guildhall, a Victorian hall now used as an events venue, is one of a number of buildings and roads in the city which have been painted with the red-and-white symbol

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3 d. ago Islamic centre vandalised with George's Cross as 'scum behaviour' sparks unrest

Essex Police are investigating an act of vandalism which caused damage at the South Essex Islamic Trust building in Basildon, amid protests about migrant hotels

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5 d. ago Men in St George flag masks paint on zebra crossing as people say 'it's not English'

The St George Cross graffiti surge continues as men in masks painted a West Midlands crossing with a red cross, but it emerges that St George was in fact a ‘Turkish man’

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5 d. ago 'I'm very proud to be English but I will scrub St George's Cross off my wall if vandals return'

Revd Rachel Heskins says she will keep scrubbing the flag off her church's walls in Lincoln if vandals return

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5 d. ago Why are St George’s flags being put up and roundabouts painted and why is it controversial?

Red crosses believed to be part of ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ online movement backed by far-right figures

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7 d. ago Cheap European city two hours from the UK with 'so much to discover'

Planning your next weekend getaway? This affordable European city has age-old historic buildings, rich culture and a fascinating collection of gnomes for tourists to track down

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8 d. ago Muslim mum and her child were racially abused 'by St George's flag painters'

Essex Police said a 33-year-old man from Basildon has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and conspiracy to commit criminal damage

Events

1 week ago Vigilante paints potholes with St George's Cross in bid to force council to fix them

Ben Thornbury, 20, is known for his unconventional methods of drawing attention to potholes, and has come up with the new tactic in his home town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

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1 week ago Voices: ‘This is not patriotism’: Readers clash over St George’s Cross flag displays

Readers are divided over the wave of St George’s Cross flags and graffiti in Birmingham – with some calling it vandalism and hijacking, while others see it as a show of pride and unity

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1 week ago Councillors respond to planned demolition of Hamilton's Vogue cinema

The historic building is set to be demolished after independent surveys declared it unsafe

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1 week ago Man 'cracks code' to getting potholes fixed painting them with St George cross

Ben says the council will have to fill the holes now as other authorities have been quick to remove the patriotic flags

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1 week ago Huge blaze engulfs historic Grade I listed building causing roof to collapse

Fire fighters raced to the scene at the 18th century building with an 'avoid the area' warning put in place

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1 week ago Blaze engulfs historic Woolton Hall building as smoke seen for miles

A huge fire has taken hold of Woolton Hall, a historic building on Speke Road, Liverpool, with smoke seen as far away as Prescot – the building was saved from demolition in the 1980s

Events

1 week ago Australian reveals the details that 'blew her mind' when she first moved to London

Former gymnast Amie Elizabeth. who has lived in London for the past two years, took to TikTok to share 'the things that blow Australians minds about living in the UK'.

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2 w. ago The ‘big church move’: Swedish town begins to roll historic building 5km

Kiruna Kyrka’s slow journey is part of effort to stop town being swallowed by Europe’s biggest underground mineAfter eight years of planning, an estimated cost of 500m kronor (£39m) and an early morning blessing, a church in northern Sweden began a slow-motion 5km journey on Tuesday to make way for the expansion of Europe’s biggest underground mine.The 672-tonne Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church inaugurated in 1912, is to be slowly rolled to its new home over two days, at a pace of half-a-kilometre an hour. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heatwave reveals 'ghost' buildings at historic properties: Parch marks of long lost hall and buried wall show up in grounds of abbey and manor house

The marks in the grounds of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire and Mottisfont in Hampshire give a view of both the foundations of a lost hall and the remains of walls.

Society

2 w. ago Historic ‘courthouse’ sixth form buildings with potential for 25 flats for sale at £1.2m

The building, part of Bury Grammar School, still has its original cells in the basement

Economics

2 w. ago Listed office building in Welsh town now being sold as £400,000 house

Planning permission to change the use of the historic building was granted last year

Society