34 h. ago 'We make our music in nature': Meet Khruangbin, the Texas band that records in a barn

The musical trio from Houston got their start in London – and prefer to maintain anonymity with an array of wigs

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51 h. ago Moment teenage thug is caught cowering in bushes after stabbing his neighbour 51 times

Haiden Tomlin, 19, left his victim with a punctured lung and broken rib after subjecting him to a horror assault at a block of flats in the early hours of September 1, 2024.

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3 d. ago I’d lost my childhood love of reading – but rediscovered it when I set aside my iPhone | Adrian Chiles

You can keep your ebooks. There is no better way to engage with words than through a paperbackEverything changes so everything can stay the same. In the beginning I read a lot. I read paperback books. The Famous Five, the Secret Seven and all that stuff. I had – have, actually – all 21 Famous Five books. They’re in paperback, apart from the fifth one, Five Go Off in a Caravan, which is in hardback. A present from my nan. Nice. But I preferred paperbacks. I’ve never seen the point of hardbacks. They’re unwieldy, harder to hold in bed, especially under the sheets when I was supposed to be asleep.In my teens I raced through Agatha Christie, Alistair MacLean and the like, and Reader’s Digest too, countless editions of which were lined up beside every toilet in the house. Then schooling started interfering with my tastes and I got into Thomas Hardy in a big way, and other big thick, proper paperback novels. After my A-levels I went cycling in France with a mate, which was a miserable exp...

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8 d. ago Rush hour commuters face massive disruption at one of Britain's busiest railway stations as blaze breaks out beside track

National Rail is warning of cancellations and delays for passengers travelling between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport following the blaze.

Politics

8 d. ago Moment hero police officer sacked for 'aggressively' tackling knife

Hero former police officer Lorne Castle, 46 - sacked last month by Dorset Police over an 'aggressive' and 'confrontational' arrest - has made a citizen's arrest of a shoplifter.

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9 d. ago Moment British teenager is punched to the ground by bouncer after smashing a bottle in his face when he was asked to leave Magaluf nightclub

This is the moment a Magaluf doorman leaves a British tourist on the ground with a flurry of punches after reacting to being bottled in a horror attack.

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1 week ago Shocking moment teenage vandal breaks windscreen of police car in London

Large crowd cheer him on and film incident on mobile phones

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1 week ago Moment random man tries to snatch teenage girl from train station

A man tried to kidnap a teenage girl outside a train station in Liverpool, shocking CCTV footage shows.

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1 week ago Man dead and girl, 8, in hospital after massive flat blaze destroys top floor and roof

Around 40 people were evacuated from their homes due to the fire, which has left one man dead.

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2 w. ago The moment Rochdale groomers were finally grilled over sickening crimes against two teenage girls

The sexual predators were questioned over a string of allegations relating to two victims

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2 w. ago Pair jailed for burglary of £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace

A gang of thieves smashed their way in to the palace and ripped out the fully-functioning 18-carat gold toilet during a raid in 2019.

Economics

2 w. ago Horror moment teen girls surround man, 75, beating him to death while filming on phone

CCTV footage caught the moment Fredi Rivero, 75, was attacked by a group of three teenagers by a London bus stop - he was rushed to hospital where he later died

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2 w. ago Tell us: have your saving habits changed due to economic uncertainty?

We would like to hear from people who have started setting aside more cashUK households are increasingly setting aside physical cash amid extreme economic uncertainty and to provide a safety net for possible banking system outages such as the recent one in Spain, according to the Bank of England’s chief cashier.Victoria Cleland said on Tuesday that the Bank had tracked a significant increase in the number of banknotes in circulation in recent months, continuing a rising trend since 2022. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Keir Starmer begs Trump White House to start 'phasing in' UK trade deal this week with Britain's car and steel industry still in limbo over tariffs

The Prime Minister dropped in on a meeting between Howard Lutnick and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds in Downing Street on Tuesday.

Economics

2 w. ago Seven West Lothian communities left with no council homes to let

Turnover of West Lothian’s social housing dropped at the start of the year, a report revealed.

Politics

2 w. ago House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

Events

3 w. ago Appleby Horse Fair fire: Massive blaze rips through Traveller and Gypsies' tents and stalls

A fire at Appleby Horse Fair in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria has ripped through a tent and stalls, and engulfed a van

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment teenage pedestrian is killed in 'hit and run': Video shows Audi in sickening crash that killed boy, 16, and left e

The incident, which took place in broad daylight, saw a grey car appear to swerve towards a group of e-bike riders before ploughing into the boy as he walked along the pavement.

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment crocodile carries body of teenager along river in its jaws after dragging him away in death roll in front of screaming friend

La Bayu, 17, was fishing with his friend Inguu in the Kaleleha River in Southeast Sulawesi on Monday morning when he was snatched up by the huge beast.

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3 w. ago Teenagers flee after throwing fireworks into pensioner’s house starting deadly blaze

Two teenagers have been jailed for manslaughter after a pensioner died as a result of fireworks thrown into his house.

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