24 m. ago UK politics live: Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe after more migrants arrive in Dover

Several migrants, wearing life jackets, were brought ashore by Border Force to Dover, Kent, on Friday

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10 h. ago Picture This: Notting Hill's most famous road brought to life in pictures

Photographer Brian Jaquest captures all spectrums of life on Notting Hill's Portobello Road - from the street performers, to market sellers, his book has it all.

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22 h. ago ‘It was filthy and it stank terribly’: how Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life

€5.5bn project has transformed the Emscher from ‘the sewer of the Ruhr’ to a place where nature is starting to flourishStrolling beside the Emscher, the Tyczkowskis say it is the stench that they remember most about the river’s darker days.“The whole thing was filthy and it stank terribly,” says the couple, a retired watchmaker and tax adviser in their 80s. Were they ever tempted to take a dip? “No,” they laugh in disgust. “There were other things swimming inside.” Continue reading...

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41 h. ago My disturbing meeting with fragile Amanda Bynes makes me fear for her life. Her haunting request brought tears to my eyes, says KATIE HIND

Little would shock the fans of Amanda Bynes, the child star of the Nickelodeon TV network in the late Nineties and early Noughties.

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41 h. ago My disturbing meeting with fragile Amanda Bynes makes me fear for her life. Her haunting request brought tears to my eyes... it explains so much. I can't believe what I witnessed, says KATIE HIND

Little would shock the fans of Amanda Bynes, the child star of the Nickelodeon TV network in the late Nineties and early Noughties.

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3 d. ago Liam Gallagher fans are only just finding out his real name and they're speechless

Liam and Noel Gallagher brought Oasis back to life in Cardiff after 16 years - but some fans were more shocked learning the star’s real name than the long-awaited reunion.

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7 d. ago Senseless death of Diogo Jota will not stop us celebrating what he brought life | Barney Ronay

His loved ones’ lives are changed for ever and at one level this is not a sports story. But Jota’s footballing talent, heart and will should be cherished, amid the griefBad moon, bad times and a river that will be overflowing for some time yet. It is impossible not to feel a deep sense of pain, sadness and shared heartbreak at news of the sudden death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a car crash in Spain. Jota was 28, father to three young children and a husband to his long-term partner, whom he married 10 days before his death.Things that happen in sport are often described, with due dramatic licence, as tragedies. This is not a sports story. But it is the most terrible human tragedy. Those who have suffered similarly can empathise. But it is above all a private horror, an event that will alter the lives of family and friends for ever. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago An early Victorian townhouse in north London sympathetically brought to life by Cave Interiors

An early Victorian townhouse in north London sympathetically brought to life by Cave Interiors  House & Garden

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9 d. ago Abandoned Six Nations stadium that hosted Wales could stage matches at European Championship

The Stadio Flaminio in Rome, Italy, has been left to rot for well over a decade, but it's set to be brought back to life in time for Euro 2032, with Lazio to move in

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2 w. ago Old mattress warehouse in Greater Manchester town will be transformed into new apartment block

The plans will see the vacant warehouse brought back to life after more than 10 years of sitting empty

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2 w. ago Ghost town with dying streets brought back to life by unexpected tourist boom

Stornara, in the Puglia region, was once known for producing wheat and olives, but began to decline as less babies were born and young people left for jobs in big cities, outside agriculture

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2 w. ago Richard E. Grant is overcome with emotion as Ruth Jones treats him to a Gavin & Stacey tour in Wales after admitting show brought his late wife comfort in the last months of her life

The actor, 68, is working with Ruth, 58, on a new period drama and revealed his co-star had taken him out in Barry to show him where she had filmed her scenes as Nessa Jenkins.

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2 w. ago As Ice infiltrates LA, neighborhoods fall quiet: ‘We can’t even go out for a walk’

Raids have brought life to a standstill for some immigrant residents while others pick up pieces after arrests of familyIt has been eerily easy to find street parking in Los Angeles’s fashion district this week. In the nearby flower district, longtime vendors have locked up stalls. And in East LA, popular taquerías have temporarily closed.Neighborhoods across LA and southern California have gone quiet since the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids in the region two weeks ago. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Cutting edge virtual production at Belfast studio ‘most advanced in the world’

Ogres can be brought to life and close ups of Titanic made possible at Studio Ulster on the shores of Belfast Lough.

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3 w. ago Disney Pixar artist brings kids' alien visions to life ahead of new film Elio

The children's vision of an alien has been brought to life by Disney Pixar artists, to celebrate the release of new animated movie, Elio

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3 w. ago Israelis in triumphant but foreboding mood after unprecedented Iran strikes

Many welcome attack on military and nuclear targets but unease lingers as country braces for what happens nextMiddle East crisis – live updatesTrepidation mixed with triumphalism in Israel on Friday, after an unprecedented attack on Iran’s military and nuclear programme brought ordinary life to an abrupt halt.The country’s main airport was closed “until further notice” with no flights expected for days and hospitals began moving hundreds of vulnerable patients to emergency underground facilities and sending home anyone who could be discharged. Continue reading...

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last month Migrants cross English Channel ahead of spending review announcement

New arrivals wearing life jackets were brought to shore in a Border Force boat in Dover, Kent, on Wednesday.

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