32 h. ago Vast shopping centre dominated a town centre for more than 50 years – now it’s going to take a year to knock down

The demolition of Crompton Place will lead to a direct link between Bolton's Victoria Square and Bradshawgate for the first time in generations

Economics

32 h. ago Man goes up in flames after being set on fire in front of horrified shoppers

A 45-year-old was set on fire in New York’s Times Square in front of horrified shoppers before his attacker fled the police, sparking an urgent manhunt for the assailant

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37 h. ago Man set on fire in New York's Times Square in front horrified tourists

The brutal attack took place in front of terrified tourists in the heart of the Big Apple. just before 4am on Sunday morning.

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38 h. ago Man set on fire in front of horrified tourists in New York City's iconic Times Square

A 45-year-old man was set on fire in the early hours of Sunday morning in New York City's busy tourist hotspot, Times Square, with his attacker having fled police sparking a manhunt

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39 h. ago Arsonist on the loose after setting man ablaze in New York’s Times Square

The 45-year-old victim suffered horrific burns all over his face and arms shortly before 4am on Sunday, NYPD said

Politics

53 h. ago Man set on fire in Times Square as police hunt assailant after similar attack months earlier

Authorities are still looking for the assailant

Events

57 h. ago Man set on fire in Times Square as police launch hunt for arsonist

Manhunt ongoing for arsonist after man left badly burned at famous New York landmark

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59 h. ago Man is set on fire in Times Square as police hunt for arsonist on the loose

The NYPD is hunting for an arsonist after a 45-year-old man was brutally set on fire just before 4am Sunday in Times Square. The unnamed victim was left with horrific burns on his face and arms.

Events

5 d. ago London Marathon set to become world's largest if it tops New York record

Organisers hope the 45th edition of the iconic race will surpass the 55,646 runners who completed the New York Marathon in November 2024

Politics

9 d. ago A Town Without Time by Gay Talese review – New York by an old master

The colour and detail in this collection of nonfiction by the grandfather of New Journalism brings the city to gripping, dazzling lifeThe critics have never quite called off the search for the great American novel; meanwhile, the hunt goes on for the only slightly less prized great American article. It’s a piece of journalism that captures the spirit and meaning of the republic. Hardboiled but with a soft centre, in the US feature-writing tradition, it might be set in New York, the most American of places.Indeed, you can still catch staffers at the New Yorker magazine having a crack at it, though they’d never admit it. Their copy might include a zigzagging fire escape, or a genie of steam escaping from a sidewalk, or perhaps a yellow cab hopscotching over potholes. But never all these motifs together! That would risk unfavourable comparison with the cherished chroniclers of the city’s past: EB White, AJ Liebling, Dorothy Parker and others. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Does Kim Kardashian's traffic stopping Skims ad objectify or liberate women

Kim Kardashian took over Times Square and transformed it into a massive 60 ft advertisement of herself - literally. But does the 'sex sells' mentality still hold power today?

Politics

1 week ago Judge deciding whether to let charges drop against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is about to get key advice

A former U.S. solicitor general who was brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to submit written arguments

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1 week ago Pope Francis releases new message but worshippers are more worried than ever

The 20-second clip features the Pope gasping for air and sounding raspy throughout as he was speaking in Spanish at the time which was broadcast in St Peter's Square in Rome at 9pm local time

Politics

1 week ago Kim Kardashian sparks outrage as huge float of the star in a bikini pops up in New York

Kim Kardashian’s latest marketing stunt for her swimwear brand, SKIMS, has caused a stir after a giant blow-up doll resembling her was placed in Times Square.

Politics

2 w. ago Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne

Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957Mary McCarthy was a formidable, not to say frightening, figure in the literary landscape of mid-20th-century America, one of a cohort of remarkable left-leaning intellectuals that included Elizabeth Hardwick, Dwight Macdonald, Randall Jarrell and McCarthy’s lifelong friend Hannah Arendt. The famous feud between McCarthy and the playwright Lillian Hellman – “every word Hellman writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’” – led to a $2.5m libel suit brought by Hellman but which in the end damaged her own reputation beyond repair.McCarthy was already an established critic and fiction writer when, in 1963, she published The Group, the novel that was to bring her huge popular success. It is an account of the lives of a set of young women in postwar New York and, for its time, was frank to the point of being scandalous. Anyone reading it now will wonder what the ...

Politics

2 w. ago Teofimo Lopez joins Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney on Times Square boxing card

The Ring magazine, recently bought by Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh, will put on the card

Politics

3 w. ago New York City is set to close a controversial migrant shelter at the Roosevelt Hotel

A controversial Manhattan hotel being used to shelter migrants is set to close

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3 w. ago Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo? Top New York attorney Luigi Mangione retained for legal defense

Mangione is set to appear for a pretrial hearing in New York on Friday, months after the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

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3 w. ago Justice Department and New York City mayor face judge's scrutiny in bid to dismiss criminal charges

Justice Department lawyers and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are set to face a federal judge who is signaling that he's unlikely to rubber stamp their request to drop corruption charges weeks before an April trial

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