4 h. ago Moment prolific shoplifter arrested in Met Police blitz on London’s 20 most blighted town centres

Among nearly 1,400 suspects held, Steven Barrs targeted same Notting Hill branch of Co-op 15 times

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21 h. ago North Lanarkshire Council SNP group slam rejection of amendment to safeguard local facilities and secure future of Airdrie's John Smith Pool

The town centre leisure venue has been shut since late December for what was initially described as "technical issues" before being identified as "flooding to the pool plant room".

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24 h. ago Do you have a high street full of gambling shops breeding poverty and addiction? I have a way to fight back | Dawn Butler

Communities feel powerless because the law gives betting firms the upper hand. But a simple change could transfer power to the people• Dawn Butler is MP for Brent EastWalking down their local high streets, people in Britain are increasingly unlikely to come across a local butcher, baker or grocery shop, and more likely to find betting shops, casinos, adult gaming centres (AGC) and so-called bingo venues, where traditional bingo is muscled out by money-sapping slot machines. These establishments are taking over our town centres at an alarming rate. From talking to my constituents in Brent, west London, and residents across the capital, I know that people have had enough.That’s why this summer I have launched a campaign for urgent reform of our gambling laws. Ministers must give local authorities and people greater power to tackle this issue and reclaim our high streets. Currently, billionaire-owned overseas corporations have too much power, and local people have none. That needs to c...

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26 h. ago New asylum seeker dispersal centre in market town to house up to 35 people

The local MP said speculation about the centre had caused 'confusion and alarm' within the community

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39 h. ago Demolition of shopping centre will see new walkway ‘surrounded by hoardings’ link two town centre areas

The demolition of Crompton Place in Bolton will leave a vast flattened area opposite the town hall until it's redeveloped

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44 h. ago Three Valleys town centre car parks where you can now charge your electric vehicle

RCT Council has announced that there's now chargers at Aberdare Library car park, Tonypandy lower car park and Pontypridd's Goods Yard car park

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51 h. ago Firefighters rush to put out raging inferno in Clacton town centre

Firefighters were called to a building on West Avenue in Clacton, Essex, at about 12.35am on Monday.

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60 h. ago 'Ghost town' shopping centre deserted with dirty windows and fights outside ASDA

Despite promises from Manchester City Council to turn Wythenshawe into a 'culture hub' to bring in visitors, locals say the area is far from that, with deserted shops and fighting outside Asda

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2 d. ago Inside Wythenshaw 'absolute crap' ghost town shopping centre

Wythenshawe locals have not spared criticism for the town's long-suffering Civic Centre, into which Manchester Council is set to inject a £500 million investment

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3 d. ago The turbulent Greater Manchester council that wants to transform FIVE towns at once

There are grand plans for five major town centre projects in the borough

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3 d. ago "It's absolutely c**p": The 'ghost town' shopping centre on a Wednesday morning

"It's just terrible what's been allowed to happen"

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4 d. ago Major update on future of 4.5 acre town centre site after years of disappointment

The land in Altrincham near the tram stop has been in limbo for more than a decade

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4 d. ago High street shoe retailer confirms closure of popular town centre store

The Swindon branch of retail giant Footasylum is due to close in mid-October, this year, as the company's lease on the prominent town centre unit comes to an end

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4 d. ago People living in tents in Stockport town centre moved with possession order

The claim form showed there to be six people living in the makeshift camp

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4 d. ago Moment Met Police arrests 'one of London’s most dangerous offenders' for multiple rapes and sexual assault

Clinton Easy was detained last year following an investigation led by Scotland Yard detectives

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5 d. ago Migrant staying at Canary Wharf hotel arrested after ‘walking into blind woman’s flat’

Met Police say woman, 22, separately charged with assaulting security guard at Britannia International

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5 d. ago Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program

Since its launch in January, Prabowo Subianto’s signature policy has been marred by mass food poisoning cases affecting over 1,000 peopleMore than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit president Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme to date.Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting over 1,000 people. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Spanish town ordered to scrap religious festivals ban mainly impacting Muslims

Jumilla’s ban on gatherings in public sports centres breaches right to religious freedom, says MadridSpain’s central government has ordered officials in a Spanish town to scrap a ban on religious gatherings in public sports centres, describing it as a “discriminatory” measure that breaches the right to religious freedom as it will mainly impact Muslims.“There can be no half-measures when it comes to intolerance,” Ángel Víctor Torres, the minister for territorial policy, wrote on social media on Monday. Rightwing opposition parties, he added, “cannot decide who has freedom of worship and who does not”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago How long can overstretched Met Police cope if Palestine Action protests continue?

‘Tiredness is setting in’ for overstretched Met police officers as protesters vow to continue flouting Palestine Action’s terror ban, writes Amy-Clare Martin

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8 d. ago Teenager slashed and a second youth assualted during weekend attack in Paisley

There was a disturbance in the town centre on Friday night and police are investigating.

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