68 h. ago Blackpool: Boy, 16, arrested as potential explosives found and 999 crews swarm

Police in Blackpool have arrested a teenager after finding 'a quantity of items of concern' at a property

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68 h. ago Homes evacuated & bomb squad race to scene in seaside town after potential explosives found and cops arrest boy, 16

A TEENAGER has been arrested after allegedly possessing explosive material. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been held on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act after reportedly having the items in his possession at a property in Blackpool. Cops and specialists from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal swooped in to assess...

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69 h. ago Schoolboy, 16 arrested after potentially explosive material is found at a house, sparking evacuation

A 16-year-old schoolboy has been arrested after potentially explosive material was found at a house in Blackpool sparking the evacuation of several properties.  

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2 d. ago Boy, 16, arrested after potential explosives found at home in Blackpool

Bomb disposal teams are at the scene

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4 d. ago More than 800 properties plunged into darkness amid huge power cut in Manchester

Hundreds of homes were hit by the incident in east Manchester

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6 d. ago The Cardiff chippy that fed hundreds of homeless people on Christmas Day

The family-run fish and chip shop has made an annual tradition of giving out meals on Christmas Day

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6 d. ago The Cardiff chippy that fed hundreds of homeless people on Boxing Day

The family-run fish and chip shop has made an annual tradition of giving out meals on Boxing Day

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1 week ago Hollywood actor says he'll never give up epic quest to return his family's British stately home to its former glory

Hopwood DePree says he has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds trying to restore a stately home in Middleton, Greater Manchester.

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1 week ago Martin Lewis shares bank account tip to get £2,000 in bonuses

Listeners to his podcast shared how they had taken home hundreds of pounds

Economics

1 week ago Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah

Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.More than 600 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed across the island, in what Sri Lanka’s president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, called the “largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Travis Head piles on pain with hometown hundred as Australia tighten grip on Ashes

Third Test, day three: Australia 371 & 271-4; England 286England trail by 356 runs to leave series hopes hanging by a threadThere were flickers of hope for England on the third day in Adelaide but like some of the murmurs thrown up by Snicko during this pivotal third Ashes Test, they were never entirely convincing. Instead, courtesy of Travis Head’s hometown hundred, Australia manoeuvred their way into a position of outright dominance.At stumps the hosts had reached 271 for four and built a lead of 356 runs. As a 53,700-strong crowd filtered out, the majority did so beaming. They had watched Head only further his cult hero status: an unbeaten 142 from 196 balls that meant England would need a record chase on this ground to prevent going 3-0 down in the series. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds of new homes in Chelsea neighbourhood are given green light

The development includes 2,577sqm of open space including a green community square and a promenade along a nearby creek

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2 w. ago What the Bank of England interest rate cut means for anyone with a mortgage

Experts have shared how lower rates could save UK homeowners hundreds on their mortgages

Economics

2 w. ago DIY Christmas decorating hacks for a festive home on a budget

You don’t have to spend hundreds on decor to make your home feel both festive and chic

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2 w. ago Four arrested for allegedly plotting New Year’s Eve terror attacks near LA, say officials

Federal officials charged four suspects who they allege were planning to bomb multiple sites across southern CaliforniaFederal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two US companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group.The four suspects were arrested Friday in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles as they were rehearsing their plot, Bill Essayli, first assistant US attorney, said during a news conference. Officials showed reporters surveillance aerial footage of the suspects moving a large black object in the desert to a table. Officials said they were able to make the arrests before the suspects assembled a functional explosive device. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds of homes in Wales without power after severe weather

It comes as several areas of Wales have been issued with flood warnings after parts of the country were hit by torrential rain

Society

2 w. ago Hundreds of North London homes approved in one of borough's biggest developments in 50 years

Hundreds of North London homes approved in one of borough's biggest developments in 50 years  My London

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3 w. ago This dehumidifier has transformed my damp bathroom and is still at its Black Friday price

Struggling with a damp home but unwilling to spend hundreds of pounds on a dehumidifier, beauty editor Laura Mulley has found a small but mighty model that makes a real difference

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3 w. ago Plans for hundreds of homes on north London station car park rejected

The scheme would have seen five blocks built next to High Barnet station

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3 w. ago ‘This is the real Santa’s workshop’: a trip to Germany’s toy village

You don’t have to be a child to enjoy Seiffen, the magical ‘home of Christmas’ where they’ve been making traditional wooden toys for hundreds of yearsI feel terrible I’ve left the children at home and Seiffen, nicknamed Spielzeugdorf (The Toy Village), is literally a Christmas wonderland. Every street is alive with sparkling fairy lights and soft candlelight. There are thousands of tiny wooden figurines, train sets and toy animals displayed in shop windows, wooden pyramids taller than doorframes and colourful nutcracker characters. Forget elves in the north pole, this is the real Santa’s workshop. For hundreds of years, here in the village of Seiffen, wood turners and carvers have created classic wooden Christmas toys and sold them around the world.Near the border of the Czech Republic, Seiffen may be well known in the German-speaking world as the “home of Christmas”, but so far it has been largely missed by English-speaking seasonal tourists. Tucked away in the Ore Mountains, about...

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