9 h. ago Holiday home horror as riot police called to 'gender reveal' party

More than 200 drunken revellers piled into a plush 10-bed £635,000 home after a booking was made for just eight people.

Events

12 h. ago Airbnb 'trashed' after gender reveal turns into 'Project X' style party with 200 revellers

Matt Genesis, 33, saw his Greater Manchester 10-bed holiday let swamped by around 200 revellers who caused chaos as they partied at the property, with police called in

Society

13 h. ago Holiday home horror as property trashed after gender reveal turns into drunken rampage

Matt Genesis, 33, says that hundreds of people turned up in a 'Project X' style disaster at the holiday let he owns in Norden, Greater Manchester, and riot police were needed to remove them

Society

15 h. ago Holiday home is trashed after gender reveal booking turns into 200

Police in riot vans were called to a 10-bed £635,000 home in the quiet village of Norden, Greater Manchester, after revellers from as far as London turned up.

Politics

3 d. ago Philadelphia aims to control trash pileups ahead of holiday weekend as city workers strike continues

A strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has stretched into a third day

Events

3 w. ago 'My friend named daughter after a food and baby's nickname is even worse'

A woman has shared her shock after hearing what her friend is naming her newborn daughter, as she explains how her entire family reacted to the news at the child's gender reveal party

Politics

3 w. ago Netflix’s Frankenstein might be the most urgent and timely blockbuster of 2025

Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of a 200-year-old book has uncanny relevance to our present day. And it’s a film that the acclaimed director of ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Hellboy’ has been rehearsing for his entire career, writes Xan Brooks

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