10 h. ago The Greater Manchester curry house that people travel from all over the country to eat at

It has won a top award

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10 h. ago White House says homeless people in DC will be forced into shelters or put in jail. Advocates say ‘that should terrify everyone’

Trump is criminalizing homelessness while doing ‘nothing’ to make housing more affordable, critics tell Alex Woodward

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20 h. ago FIREBALLS hit Spain as wildfires spark freak 'fire whirls' and reach Madrid, killing one person as Europe's heatwave hell continues

Extreme heat and strong winds in Spain caused 'fire whirls' on Monday night, as a hellish blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, killing one person in the capital. 

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25 h. ago ‘Do not buy these flats’: residents warn about unbearable heat inside London new

Experts say many new homes being built in the UK not designed to withstand extreme summer temperaturesLow-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homesWhy UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisisFrom shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheatingThe sweltering conditions inside Leaside Lock, a new-build development in east London, are hardly a secret. Last June, a warning written in big, capital letters was stuck to the window of one flat. “DO NOT BUY THESE FLATS. TOO HOT,” it read.It was hard to miss for those walking past the looming high-rises and, after being snapped and posted on social media, the placard has garnered more than 500,000 views. More than a year on, during a summer when the UK recorded its second warmest June and fifth hottest July since 1884, residents say heat is still an issue. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago People on low income with mortgage could be eligible for £610 each month

The little-known scheme can help eligible homeowners struggling with their mortgage repayments

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3 d. ago 'I heard a rumble and saw three houses crash through the earth'

The deadly day houses on a Salford street disappeared into the ground as people slept in their beds

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3 d. ago Top chef urges barbecue fans to add 'vital' ingredient for perfect cheese burger

As temperatures soar, many of us will be firing up the BBQ - but top chef Jackson Boxer, whose restaurants have included Brunswick House and Orasay, says many people are making a couple of key errors

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3 d. ago Light £80 Amazon cordless vacuum people with 'back pain' use to clean the house

Amazon is offering a £50 saving on the cordless vacuum which makes the housework 'effortless' with 'less back pain'

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5 d. ago Iowa shooting, explosion and fire leave 2 dead and 1 critically injured

Authorities say a shooting and subsequent explosion and fire in a house in western Iowa left two people dead and a third critically injured

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5 d. ago Landlord who packed 18 people into east London house is fined £33,000

The house had been converted into 11 bedrooms and was being sub-divided into even more rooms when the landlord was finally prosecuted

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6 d. ago My Festival: Mike McShane: 'When I stay at people’s houses I go through their cheese selections'

The improv veteran turned cat-stroking supervillain on how best to deal with bad notices and the time he was stalked by vengeful seagulls all the way down the Royal Mile

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8 d. ago Households could net thousands of pounds in savings from clean tech – report

A report from Ovo, however, warned that the initial costs of installing solar panels, heat pumps and batteries are prohibitive for many people.

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8 d. ago Tougher gun laws introduced after Keyham and Woodmancote shootings

Police officers will be instructed to interview partners or other household members of people applying for a firearms licence.

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1 week ago Tell us: have you found anything unexpected when you moved into your new home?

We’d like to hear your stories about memorable and unusual objects left behind by the previous occupantWe want to hear from people who’ve moved house only to discover the previous occupier has left behind something unexpected.Perhaps you have found an heirloom with an untold story? An unusual oddity? Or something so bizarre it defies all explanation. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Joanna Lumley ‘wouldn’t mind’ assisted dying if she got to a ‘miserable’ state

A Bill would allow terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.

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3 w. ago 'I ranked 21 Freida McFadden books that I've read and Housemaid isn't top five'

Freida McFadden has written a number of books, but it's The Housemaid series that has really got people talking - and one man has ranked all of her books from 'worst to best'

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3 w. ago Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’

A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedomProsecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the influential Salvadorian reporter remains penned up in a south Georgia detention center, fending off a deportation case, jail house extortionists and despair, people familiar with his situation told the Guardian.Donald Trump’s administration has been extreme in unprecedented ways to undocumented immigrants. But Guevara’s treatment is a special case. Shuttled between five jail cells in Georgia since his arrest while covering the “No Kings Day” protests, the 20-plus-years veteran journalist’s sin was to document the undocumented and the way Trump’s agents have been hunting them down. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Voices: The Epping ‘protests’ make me ashamed to admit I’m from Essex

Hordes of people swarming on a hotel believed to be housing asylum-seekers, destroying police vans and attacking officers, writes Victoria Richards – in the name of what, exactly?

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3 w. ago Essex police arrest two after asylum hotel protests turn violent

Police say eight officers were assaulted when crowds surrounded a small counter-demonstrationTwo people have been arrested after a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers during which eight officers were assaulted, Essex police said.Riot police wore helmets and took up position while crowds of men, some masked, surrounded a small counter-demonstration by anti-racism activists on Thursday evening. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump calls Fed chair ‘a numbskull’ who ‘makes it difficult for people to buy a house’

In new attack, US president accuses Jerome Powell of preventing central bank from lowering interest ratesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump has renewed his attacks on Jerome Powell, calling the US central bank chair a “numbskull” and accusing him of “making it difficult for people, especially the young, to buy a house”.The US president accused Powell of preventing the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates to make housing more affordable. Continue reading...

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