38 h. ago 'Tyson Fury inspired me to visit traveller community where I learnt a huge lesson'

Stumbling across At Home with the Furys one day when he was browsing through the TV schedules, Berlin photographer Frederik Ruegger was transfixed. A massive boxing fan, Gypsy King Tyson Fury gave a snapshot of his life and heritage as part of the Traveller community. Frederik, 32, was so fascinated that he booked a flight to Manchester and made his way to the famous Appleby Horse Fair - Europe's largest annual gathering for Gypsy and Traveller communities held in Cumbria every June - armed with his trusty 28mm camera. Passing a table laid out as a CD stall, he heard a traditional folk song ‘I’m a Stranger in this Country’ playing and decided it was the perfect title for an extraordinary book of photographs, shot over two years between 2022 and 2024, at horse fairs in the UK and Ireland.Horror warning over 'unsafe' vitamin supplements which ignore NHS guidelinesHe says: “I have a huge interest in boxing. I admire Tyson Fury a lot, not only for his sport, but also for his personality...

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1 week ago I visited the community pool, where you can try supervised cold

Come winter, there’s nothing I love more than a chilly, supervised swim at Ponty Lido, the buzzing community hub everyone should know about

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3 w. ago Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96 as King Charles leads tributes

The king, who danced with Anne Frank’s stepsister in 2022, said he and Queen Camilla ‘admired her deeply’King Charles has paid tribute to Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss, who has died at the age of 96.The king, who danced with Schloss while visiting a Jewish community centre in north London in 2022, said he and Queen Camilla had “admired her deeply” and he was “privileged and proud” to have known her. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Anne Frank stepsister and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96

King Charles leads tributes to Holocaust education campaigner, who he met in 2022, saying he and Camilla ‘admired her deeply’King Charles has paid tribute to Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss, who has died at the age of 96.The king, who danced with Schloss while visiting a Jewish community centre in north London in 2022, said he and Queen Camilla had “admired her deeply” and he was “privileged and proud” to have known her. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Anne Frank's step sister Eva Schloss dead as King Charles pays touching tribute

During one notable encounter Eva and the King shared a delightful moment together on the dancefloor during a visit by Charles to a Jewish community centre

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3 w. ago Pubs should be 'community owned to help them thrive and survive'

Labour MP Alistair Strathern made the case while on a visit to the UK’s first community-owned pub, the Red Lion in Preston, Hitchin, which almost became a steakhouse chain

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