6 h. ago JACK ANDERTON: The PM walks through Downing Street with all the charisma of a junior accountant hunting for the printer, no wonder local councillors have more TikTok followers than him

Keir Starmer launched his new TikTok account this week - but you'd be forgiven for having missed it.

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4 d. ago Princes Street: Calls for public summit on future of Edinburgh's Princes Street

Scotsman columnist Stephen Jardine called walking down the street a ‘fundamentally depressing experience’.

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4 d. ago 'I travelled in time walking down haunting UK street and I'm not the only one'

Bold Street in Liverpool has become famous for mysterious 'time slip' experiences, with visitors reporting seeing the street transform into different decades since the 1990s

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6 d. ago Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins

We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuseOne thing to remember about the modern world is that nothing online is ever secure. M&S and Jaguar taught us that. Edward Snowden taught us that. Every week, it seems, some giant corporation sees its system collapse at the touch of a button in an attic.The government this week opened a consultation on its plan for nationwide facial recognition and surveillance. You would need only put your face outdoors and walk down the street and authorities will know and record it. Of course we will be assured that all will be kept secure. It will not. Cash or conspiracy will find it out and it will leak.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Reading your emotions and studying the way you walk and talk in the street: Draconian cameras police want to use to ID criminals and prevent suicides

Ministers launched a consultation yesterday on emerging technology that analyses 'motions and emotions' and could help catch criminals, prevent suicides and find missing people.

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8 d. ago Woman killed by car in Glasgow hit and run as cops hunt driver

The young woman was walking on Castlebank Street at Glasgow Harbour on Tuesday night when she was hit by a car that didn't stop.

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9 d. ago Quarter of police forces missing basic policies on sexual offences, says Sarah Everard report

Official report says forces in England and Wales yet to implement policies for investigationA quarter of police forces in England and Wales are yet to implement “basic policies for investigating sexual offences”, an official report says, with women still being failed despite promises of change after the murder of Sarah Everard four years ago.The report by Dame Elish Angiolini follows an inquiry set up after Everard was murdered by a serving police officer, Wayne Couzens, in March 2021. She was abducted off a London street while walking home. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Are YOU a 'super recogniser'? Take the test to see if you are one of an elite group of people who never forget a face

Do you pride yourself on never forgetting a face, or can you always spot a long-lost friend walking down the street? If so, then you might be a 'super recogniser'.

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2 w. ago Moment 'porch pirate' steals £300 of langoustines from Michelin

CCTV captured the woman, dressed in jeans and what appear to be slippers, walking up to the front of Elystan Street, picking up a box of fresh seafood and wandering off with her head down.

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2 w. ago Moment phone snatcher fist bumps passerby before breaking into dance to steal mobile from under his nose

The sneaky street thief can be seen walking up the man on Clumber Street, in Nottingham city centre, shortly after 7.30am on November 16.

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3 w. ago Matcha is viral drink of the year with 5 times more searches than cappuccino

WALK down any high street and you’ll see them – throngs of people holding bright green frothy drinks in see-through cups.  Matcha is the must-have drink of 2025. It’s everywhere. Sales of the Japanese powdered green tea beverage have doubled this year. Retailers are looking to make the most of the matcha boom, particularly among...

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3 w. ago JACK ANDERTON: My generation shouldn't be paying for Waspi women and other baby boomers to enjoy the goodlife

When I was 15, I started working every Saturday at my local butcher in Liverpool. I'd put on my red-and-white striped apron at 8am and spend the day washing and clearing up.

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3 w. ago Coronation Street's Colson Smith seen with stunning girlfriend at Lucy Fallon's 30th

Former Coronation Street star Colson Smith cut a happy glow as he walked arm in arm with his girlfriend to co-star Lucy Fallon's 30th birthday

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3 w. ago Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’

Fifty years after writing a book which would change how Australians view their history and culture, the author and journalist isn’t slowing downGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnne Summers is scrutinising street numbers as we walk. Pausing in front of a 19th-century mansion, the author and journalist looks up to its second storey. “This is where I was arrested.”“Oh wow,” she says, taking in its immaculate sandstone facade. “It didn’t look like this then.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Naked man' spotted walking through Scots town as police launch probe

The man was reportedly seen walking down the street naked on Wednesday afternoon.

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