78 m. ago I spent day on ‘UK’s unhealthiest street’ – I smashed through around 7k calories for £30 shopkeeper’s words baffled me

THE Las Vegas Strip and London’s Oxford Street make up some of the most iconic high streets in the world — and now joining their ranks is Stockport Road, dubbed 'the UK’s unhealthiest street'. Armed with just £30, we headed to the three-mile stretch of high street, fittingly sandwiched by two McDonald’s restaurants, to see...

Economics

24 h. ago Dad's 'extreme day trip' to popular Spanish island worked out 'cheaper than London'

Budget traveller Aleksander Sikora, 41, from Farnham, Surrey, spent just £99 on a six-hour day trip to the Canary Islands with his daughter. He tells of how they did it below

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67 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as White House vows revenge for Epstein vote

Donald Trump has spent most of the day fawning over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, in the States for the first time since he (according to the CIA) ordered a US-based journalist's murder

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6 d. ago Triple murderer Stephen Bryant's last meal before choosing death by firing squad

Stephen Bryant went on a five day murder spree in rural South Carolina in 2004 and has spent 20 years on death row - on Friday he was executed by firing squad

Events

7 d. ago British man's entire trip to Prague cost just £7.65 more than his 60

Extreme day tripper Luke Simmonds, 36, an IT consultant from Surrey, spent one day exploring the Czech capital after finding bargain flights with Wizz Air.

Economics

1 week ago Restaurant broken into on busy Cardiff street rife with crime

The window was smashed and the till was stolen on the street in Canton in Cardiff

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1 week ago 'I spent day in European capital city for cost of my commute'

Luke Simmonds, 36, has been going on extreme day trips since 2023 and has completed 30 in two years

Economics

1 week ago Terrifying moment speeding car crashes into bar killing 4 and injuring 13 after street racer ‘lost control in cop chase’

THIS is the terrifying moment a street racer smashes into a crowded bar killing four people after a high-speed police chase. Silas Sampson, 22, is accused of crashing into dozens of revellers after recklessly driving through 7th Avenue in Florida. Footage shows police chasing the suspect down a busy I-275 around 12:30am on Saturday. Cops attempted to...

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1 week ago Brit leaves wife in UK to spend Christmas in Tenerife with the lads

Dan, who documents his travel with wife Natalia on Youtube and Instagram, spent Christmas Day on the Canary Islands hotspot of Tenerife with his two scaffolder friends

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1 week ago Brit leaves wife in UK to spend Christmas Day in Tenerife with the lads

Dan, a scaffolder from Essex, spent Christmas Day in Tenerife with two of his mates while his wife stayed at home in the UK - and she wasn't too happy about the plan

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1 week ago BREAKING: Car smashes into home in busy town as police tape off street

A car has crashed into a house in Fife, leaving its front window badly damaged

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1 week ago Car smashes into home in busy town as police tape off street

A car has crashed into a house in Fife, badly damaging part of the front of the building

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1 week ago Car smashes into house in Scots town as police tape off street

Police have cordoned the site off while firefighters deal with the ongoing incident.

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2 w. ago London's UNHEALTHIEST boroughs: Tesco Clubcard data reveals the areas where people eat the least nutritious foods

London's unhealthiest boroughs are today revealed by stark data that illustrates the capital's 'food deserts'.

Society

2 w. ago I was sold the Dubai dream then left for good after 2 months – I made more cash but it’s so soulless & fake

A British day trader and real estate agent who spent two months living in Dubai has revealed why he couldn’t wait to leave, describing the glitzy hotspot as “soulless” and “fake”. TikToker Charlie Smith, known online as @itscharliesmith, shared with his followers that despite earning record profits while living in the UAE, he packed up...

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2 w. ago How one Brit holidaymaker spent a day in Spain and it cost less than a night out in the UK

Kelsie Stonya, from Southend-On-Sea, recently took on the ultimate 'extreme day trip' - battling a storm while trying for a quick getaway.

Economics

2 w. ago How one Brit holidaymaker spent a day in Spain and still spent less than a night out in the UK

Kelsie Stonya, from Southend-On-Sea, recently took on the ultimate 'extreme day trip' - battling a storm while trying for a quick getaway.

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2 w. ago New York mayoral candidates campaign across city in final push before election

Zohran Mamdani walked across Brooklyn Bridge while Andrew Cuomo headed to the BronxThe candidates for New York City mayor spent a frantic final day campaigning across the city, as voters prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched races in the city’s history.Zohran Mamdani, the race’s frontrunner, whose campaign has been centered on affordability, has maintained a commanding lead, with most polls showing him leading by double digits. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scotland's 'unhealthiest high streets' named as one city dominates top 10

One street was found to have more than 50 takeaways.

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3 w. ago The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus review – a cult writer tries something new

The I Love Dick author combines autofiction with memoir and true crimeThe Four Spent the Day Together is full of people seeking fresh starts, attempting to give up drugs or abusive marriages, only to find hope curdling into violence. Chris Kraus uses the phrase a lot, making it wilfully jaded in its repetitions. “He could make a fresh start.” “They decided to make a fresh start.” And all along, here she is, making her own fresh start, because this seems a new kind of book – documentarian, genuinely novelistic. But then it turns out to be packed with the same dilemmas and styles as the old ones.Kraus is an artist who became a writer almost accidentally with her 1997 cult classic I Love Dick, comprised of letters to an unreceptive lover, turning confessional female writing from abjection into assassination. She carried on writing, but the three subsequent fascinating and rebarbative novels lacked the shock and immediacy the letter form brought to the voic...

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