12 h. ago WH Smith name set to disappear from two Dumfries and Galloway town centres

The firm has sold all 480 of its high street branches to Modella Capital, with stores set to be rebranded as TG Jones.

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20 h. ago WHSmith to disappear from high street as all 480 stores sold in £76million deal

The stores will eventually rebrand as TGJones - meaning the WHSmith name will disappear from town centres, although the retailer will keep hold of its travel locations, so shops in airports and train stations

Economics

33 h. ago Plans to revamp Maybole town centre face huge public backlash

The proposals have caused uproar in the town - with officials quick to distance themselves from the project.

Politics

39 h. ago Warning to public after truck collides with pillar in Valleys town

Police and the fire service were at the scene in Tonypandy town centre

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46 h. ago In the hills of Italy, wolves returned from the brink. Then the poisonings began

Strict laws saved the country’s wolves from extinction. Now conservationists believe their relaxation could embolden vigilantesHigh on a mountain pass near the town of Cocullo in central Italy lay six black sacks. Inside were nine wolves, including a pregnant female and seven youngsters – an entire pack. They had eaten slabs of poisoned veal left out a few days earlier, dying over the hours that followed, snarls of pain fixed on their faces.Three griffon vultures and two ravens were also killed, probably alongside more animals that went into hiding, dying out of sight. Poison creates a succession of death, spreading through entire food chains and contaminating land and water for years. Continue reading...

Politics

59 h. ago Man charged after indecent exposure incidents in Kilwinning town centre

A 21-year-old man has been arrested following two incidents of indecent exposure in Kilwinning on Sunday, March 16.

Politics

60 h. ago Wellness in Wishaw event will bring community and care together

People across North Lanarkshire are welcome to join the exciting and informative day at the town’s Houldsworth Centre from 11.30am to 2.30pm on Wednesday, April 9.

Politics

61 h. ago After more than 200 years, a Greater Manchester institution has found a new home

Tommyfield's Outdoor market will soon be moving to a new site in the town centre.

Politics

3 d. ago Driver deliberately drove into three people outside pub after argument

Dean Murray, 29, drove his van into three people in Blackwood town centre after he had previously been bothering women and was told to leave.

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3 d. ago Christmas tree finally removed in town centre – more than 80 days into New Year

Most Brits are planning their Easter Egg hunts and half-term holidays, but one town has only just taken down its Christmas Tree, more than 80 days into the New Year

Politics

3 d. ago New aerial photos show devastating damage after blaze in Ayr town centre

The pictures have revealed the extent of the damage caused after the fire ripped through the former Riverside Art Studios on Monday night.

Culture

5 d. ago ‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week

About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefireEarly on Tuesday morning, within minutes of the wave of Israeli airstrikes that broke the fragile two-month ceasefire which had brought some respite to Gaza, the emergency room of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah was full.“At no point were there less than 65 people in ER, all with open wounds, mainly women and children The floor was awash with blood,” said Mark Perlmutter, a US-based volunteer orthopaedic surgeon working at the hospital that morning. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Brushing up the past: a graceful French home has art at its heart

The couple behind interior design agency Maison MAVI have turned an old villa into an incredible showroomWhen Marine Koprivnjak and Victor Chabaud, founders of interior design agency Maison MAVI, bought their home in the south of France in 2020, they wanted to renovate everything themselves in their spare time. “It was an adventure that lasted longer than expected,” Marine says.They found the house online. It’s a 1920s villa in the centre of a small town the Luberon with countryside all around and Aix-en-Provence just 20 minutes away by car. It has two floors, covers a total of 130sqm, with a patio in front of the house and a simple room layout. “It’s practically the classic Provençal house with the facade painted in warm earth tones, white-framed windows and sage green shutters. It was irresistible,” says Marine. However, having been abandoned for around 20 years, it was run-down, the roof leaked and the small garden looked like a jungle. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Former Pontypridd town centre bank to be turned into a hotel

Plans for the old HSBC bank on Taff Street were approved by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's planning committee recently

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9 d. ago Jockey accused of murder after man, 71, dies following town centre 'altercation'

Jockey Levi Williams has been charged with murder after a 71-year-old man died following an "altercation" in Newmarket, Suffolk, earlier this month

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1 week ago The reasons people said they don't want major changes made to Newport city centre

'This would be the nail in the coffin of the town centre'

Politics

1 week ago Britain's 'worst' shopping centre that declined into deserted ghost town with rows of boarded

The Festival Park in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, was opened to much excitement in 1992 but suffered such a stark decline that it became known as the country's worst shopping centre.

Economics

1 week ago Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants

Basildon Council buys up town centre flats to prevent influx of London tenants  Southend Echo

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1 week 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

1 week ago Schoolgirl raped in town centre as cops go door to door in manhunt

A girl, aged 13, was raped on Friday evening, with police appealing to the public for information, including CCTV footage, as they hunt the attacker.

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