5 d. ago Thatched cottage on sale for £800k mocked over décor as critics say owners have 'made it look like a prison'

From the outside it looks like a picture perfect English cottage but buyers have been warned to beware what lurks within this Marlborough abode.

Economics

9 d. ago No Iconic Images: visualising wars around the world – in pictures

The Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool has recently opened a unique exhibition, No Iconic Images, in partnership with the Guardian and Magnum Photos. The exhibition visualises the editorial decisions made by Guardian news picture editors when selecting conflict images, displays work by a new generation of Magnum photographers and also presents the investigation by Forensic Architecture and the Centre for Spatial Technologies on the 2022 attack on the Kyiv TV tower. Here are a few examples of the work on display Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Warrington XL Bully dog attack: Tragic first picture of grandad savaged to death in quiet street

Armed police had to fire 19 shots to destroy the XL Bully which attacked John McColl and another suspected XL Bully inside the address due their "sheer size and ferocity" the force said

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2 w. ago The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror | Nesrine Malik

Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from overTen days ago, in a major turning point in almost two years of war, the Sudanese army reclaimed the capital city from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which took it over in 2023. What little we know so far paints a picture of a city ravaged by unimaginable horror.The war has sent Sudan hurtling into the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, triggering genocide in the west of the country, and starvation there and in other areas. Previously allies in power, the RSF – formalised and expanded from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia – and the Sudanese military went to war when their partnership fell apart. The victims have been the Sudanese people, whose lives were trampled beneath. Khartoum’s centrality in the war, both in its prosperity and in terms of what it represents for the RSF as the seat of power, has meant the city has been subjected to a parti...

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2 w. ago Incredible UK seaside town named Britain's prettiest where countryside meets the sea

From unspoilt countryside to yacht-riddled warm waters, this picturesque seaside town attracts visitors from all over the world - and is often touted as the 'prettiest' in the UK

Politics

2 w. ago Kim Jong Un inflames WW3 tensions as he shows off new war plane capable of 'wiping out' enemies

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been pictured inspecting the country's new Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) war plane as it soars through the sky

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2 w. ago Dramatic pictures show demolition of hospital ward branded 'no longer fit

The hospital was demolished after being left to deteriorate for more than a decade.

Events

3 w. ago Cold war chronicler: Thomas Billhardt’s East Germany – in pictures

The photojournalist, who died in January, captured daily life in East Germany as well as Castro and Gorbachev’s visits, the fall of the Berlin Wall and life in Vietnam during the war Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Edinburgh's terrifying gang wars in pictures as gunmen target homes and thugs set fire to buildings

Police are investigating a number of incident related the gangland fued.

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3 w. ago Shocking moment brand new Greggs goes up in flames as police say arsonists were to blame

Police and firefighters were called to the blaze on an industrial estate (pictured) in the village of Exhall, Warwickshire, just outside Coventry, at around 8pm yesterday.

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