67 m. ago Hundreds of city centre apartments eyed for area slightly bigger than football penalty area

Final designs have yet to be submitted for planning permission

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2 h. ago Sky households may see viewing disrupted amid crackdown on illegal streaming

Sky is working alongside authorities to disrupt cyber crooks and shut down unofficial streaming services.

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5 h. ago Major tram disruption with no service between THREE major city centre stops

There is no service running between major city centre stops with disruption expected for commuters

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6 h. ago ‘People here are as strong as concrete’: the stunning architecture of war

A new architectural guidebook was written as a love letter to the Ukrainian city – then Russia started bombing it. How will this home to Tetris-like offices and daring curved cinemas be rebuilt?When the Derzhprom building erupted on to the Kharkiv skyline in the 1920s, it must have seemed like an impossibly futuristic vision. Standing like a gleaming white concrete castle, it curves around the circular plaza of Freedom Square in the city’s centre.Built as the state industry headquarters of what was then the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, it looks like a three-dimensional game of Tetris, a mighty nest of chunky oblong forms stacked, rotated and interlocked to form a colossal administrative pile. Striding across three city blocks, and towering almost 60m high, it was the tallest office building in Europe for several years, its humungous floor plates connected high up in the air by thrilling sci-fi skybridges. It was far ahead of its time, prefiguring the brawny br...

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13 h. ago Police issue update into investigation over protests in Cardiff

The protests held outside of the BBC headquarters on Wood Street in the city centre were among many similar protests being held across the UK

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19 h. ago In pictures: Summer is in full flow in Manchester city centre

The North West is due to get some well-needed rain within the next few days

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22 h. ago Police issue update following arrests at Manchester city centre Palestine Action support protest

The arrests followed the banning of direct action group Palestine Action under the terrorism act

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23 h. ago CCTV of missing man issued as police make urgent public appeal

He may have been walking into the city centre, police said

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42 h. ago Police make 16 terror arrests at Manchester city centre Gaza ceasefire protest

The arrests follow the banning of direct action group Palestine Action under the terrorism act

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42 h. ago Man rushed to hospital after brutal attack in Edinburgh as cops hunt suspects

A large police presence scrambled to the area following the incident in the city centre.

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49 h. ago Major rail disruption and services cancelled as heat damages line

Transport for Wales have been forced to cancel services on some of the Core Valley Lines on the hottest day of the year with thousands set to head to Stereophonics' second huge Cardiff gig

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64 h. ago TRNSMT headliner 50 Cent spent night bowling in Glasgow ahead of gig

The A-list rapper went bowling at Vega in Glasgow's city centre on Thursday night.

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69 h. ago Images of women police want to speak to released following 'blessing scam' alert

CCTV images of three women police want to speak with have been released

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2 d. ago Popular bakery chain with 2,600 shops suddenly closes city centre store

Customers have been told the store is only closed temporarily and for a short time for maintenance work - however, the bakery chain has yet to confirm these claims

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3 d. ago Man, 37, dies in middle of major Manchester city centre street with forensic tent in place

Police rushed to reports of a concern for welfare on Market Street in the early hours

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3 d. ago LIVE updates as police surround forensic tent in Manchester city centre

Images from the scene show a cordoned off Costa coffee shop

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3 d. ago LIVE updates as man dies in Manchester city centre with forensic tent in place

Images from the scene show a cordoned off Costa coffee shop

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3 d. ago Meat cleaver thug chased down rival and hacked head with blade in street attack

Kevin O'Rourke carried out the savage attack with the cleaver and a hockey stick as families made their way home from Christmas shopping in Perth city centre.

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3 d. ago 'Speeding' car crashes in Glasgow city centre smashing into vehicles and terrifying passers

Police and ambulance crews were called to High Street, near McChuills bar, after the alarm was raised shortly after lunchtime on Thursday.

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4 d. ago Stereophonics at Principality Stadium road closures in Cardiff city centre with road map

While Stereophonics perform hits like Have A Nice Day, C'est La Vie and Dakota there will be road closures in Cardiff

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