6 h. ago 'I gave up English city life to move to stunning rural Wales – then disaster struck'

EXCLUSIVE: Enfys Malone left the Welsh countryside behind after turning 18 but she recently returned with a husband and two kids after bravely leaving her life near the city behind

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64 h. ago Brits baffled as snubbed UK city compared to beautiful Japanese hotspot

Japanese TikTok star Yuna, who now lives in the UK, has sparked debate after comparing a stunning Japanese hotspot with a 'shabby' English city located in West Yorkshire

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3 d. ago The stunning Lake District town that’s ‘the best’ for escaping modern life

This place is perfect if you want to disconnect from the digital world and reconnect with nature

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3 d. ago Lara Trump posts video of her 'jeopardizing the life' of the head of the Secret Service during car stunt

First daughter-in-law Lara Trump took Secret Service Director Sean Curran for a wild ride - as she toured the agency's Raleigh training center for her Fox News show.

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4 d. ago Leeds United smash Rangers takeover barrier as Farke's side seal Premier League promotion to clear 49ers path

The Elland Road club beat Stoke City at home to secure automatic promotion back to the English Premier League along with Burnley

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5 d. ago English woman believed to be in Scots city after reported missing

"We are becoming increasingly concerned for Alice’s welfare and are keen to trace her as soon as possible."

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1 week ago Alex Jones says 'here we go again' after returning from holiday to new additions at home

The One Show presenter has returned home from a stunning holiday back to family life

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1 week ago Harrowing space accidents from catastrophic fires to parachute tragedy

55 years on from NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents

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1 week ago ‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish

His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictionsThe early 1960s was, for my generation in Argentina, an age of discovery when, in our mid-teens, we learned about sex, metaphysics, the Beatles, Ezra Pound, Che Guevara, Fellini’s films, and the new literature of Latin America. In the bookstore around the corner from my school, there began to appear novels with black-and-white photographs on the dust jackets whose Spanish-language authors, while acknowledging Borges as the fons et origo of all literary endeavours, attempted to find in the 19th-century European realists new ways to depict the troubled reality of Spain and South America.One of those novels was La Ciudad y los Perros (The City and the Dogs, oddly translated into English as The Time of the Hero) by a young, unknown Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, who, in 1962, had won the recently c...

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2 w. ago Death toll in Dominican Republic nightclub disaster jumps to 124 after roof caved in during show by famous singer, killing him and two Major League Baseball stars

There were between 500 and 1,000 people in the club when disaster struck at around 12.44am Tuesday, local media reported

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3 w. ago We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown review – you’ll read nothing else like it this year

This exhilarating debut about working-class girls growing up in the hope-starved atmosphere of a small northern English city feels essentialSometimes you need to leave a place before you can write about it, and Colwill Brown’s Doncaster from the late 90s to 2015 is that place. This lacerating, exhilarating debut novel, written almost entirely in South Yorkshire dialect, spans nearly 20 years in the lives of its protagonists Kel, Shaz and Rach, from the Spice Girls to the drug spice. It manages to be both boisterous and bleak, life-enhancing and life-denying, familiar and yet wholly original. It feels essential. You will probably read nothing else like it this year.“Remember when we thought Donny wut whole world? Before we knew we wa Northern, when we seemed to be central, when we carved countries out ut farmers’ fields, biking through neck-high rapeseed, cutting tracks ask anyone non-Northern, they’ll only know Donny as punchline of a joke, or place they changed trains once ont way ...

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3 w. ago Forgotten Welsh abbey where princes are buried and is one of the best stargazing spots in Wales

This forgotten abbey in rural Wales serves as the final resting place for Welsh royalty

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3 w. ago Imagine living in this hidden woodland cottage in a picture perfect location

It's got all you need to lead a peaceful and secluded life but with popular towns and a stunning coastline nearby too

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3 w. ago Sam Thompson gives fresh insight into single life in 'brilliant' update as Zara McDermott stuns new 'love interest'

The presenter and podcast host has been seeing the funny side of his new relationship status after five years with Zara

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3 w. ago Man pulled alive from rubble of Myanmar earthquake five days after disaster struck

Dramatic rescue of man trapped in hotel where he worked took nine hours after he was discovered alive

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3 w. ago British sailor snorkelling at Fiji coral reef on 'best day of his life' died after suffering a seizure when he was stung by sea urchins, inquest hears

Super yacht deckhand Christian Bogle (pictured), 26, of Newquay, Cornwall, was snorkelling with crewmates at a beach in the city of Nadi, Fiji, last June when he tragically lost his life.

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3 w. ago Charlotte Church admits she's trying to 'find peace' and 'reclaim her creativity' after growing up as a child star

The 39-year-old singer turned activist has created a new life for herself in recent years, working as a sound healer on the retreat she owns in rural Wales.

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3 w. ago Lily Phillips sex stunt sees sleazy men reveal faces as others queue in gimp masks

Lily Phillips is one of the most controversial names to come out of the UK in the last decade. Her latest stunt has been met with much outrage by appalled viewers

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4 w. ago Inside doomed Sindbad submarine: Footage from inside vessel shows what it was like for passengers on board before disaster struck

Footage from inside the Sindbad submarine reveals what it might have been like onboard the doomed vessel before disaster struck.

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last month Where tourists seldom tread, part 16: a trio of small historic cities

From Swansea, with its sweeping bay and artistic soul, to Doncaster’s Roman heritage and Carlisle’s literary past, this selection proves size doesn’t matterWhere tourists seldom tread, parts 1-15Whenever this town-focused series includes a city, prideful hollering ensues. The English distinction – not tied to a cathedral, a certain form of local government, nor population size – is whimsical, even if signed off by royalty. This selection of destinations is not about alpha cities. The smallest is ancient; the other two newly minted. None merit bypassing. Continue reading...

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