21 h. ago Millionaire owner of Britain's biggest man cave now facing £220,000 bill from council that demolished it after long

Forest of Dean District Council demolished and removed the 10,000sq/ft building in Cinderford, last summer.

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3 d. ago John Krasinski & Sienna Miller Film ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie in London

John Krasinski & Sienna Miller Film ‘Jack Ryan’ Movie in London  Just Jared

Culture

5 d. ago Newmains Community Action Plan officially launched at NCT Centre event

Representatives from Newmains Community Trust (NCT), Newmains & District Community Council, Councillor Geraldine Woods, the council’s communities convener, local elected members, and North Lanarkshire Council’s Community Partnership Team attended the official launch.

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5 d. ago Jack Grealish 'racks up £5000 bill' in swanky London bar after Crystal Palace win

Jack Grealish reportedly racked up a £5000 bar bill while partying in London bar the day after Man City beat Crystal Palace in the Premier League

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6 d. ago Barbara Lee forged a historic path in Congress. Does Oakland want her back for mayor?

The progressive icon, 78, may be the frontrunner, but a more moderate contender may represent much-needed changeBarbara Lee represented Oakland in Congress for a quarter-century. Now, in what would probably be the capstone of her storied political career, the 78-year-old progressive icon is vying for the chance to lift the “city I love” out of crisis.“I’m always ready to fight for Oakland,” Lee said, announcing her bid to lead the city of roughly 440,000 residents, known for its liberal politics and deep legacy of civil rights activism. When she entered the mayoral race in January, she was widely seen as the presumptive frontrunner. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Blindfolds and wooden balls: Australia fires up its extremely analog election machinery

It can matter which order candidates appear on the ballot paper. That’s why the Australian Electoral Commission takes a very old-fashioned view of its random act of democracyPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA blindfolded woman plucks a numbered wooden ball from a bingo cage as 30 people watch, holding their breath.She hands it to her supervisor, who holds out the ball marked “001” for the crowd to see. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Oakland City Council District 2 seat covering Jack London Square on April 15 ballot with 6 candidates

Oakland City Council District 2 seat covering Jack London Square on April 15 ballot with 6 candidates  KTVU

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1 week ago Plein air art series offered at Jack London State Historic Park

Plein air art series offered at Jack London State Historic Park  Sonoma Index-Tribune

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1 week ago It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year | Patrick Barkham

Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, celebrating our spineless, friendly neighbours. But which creature won?If you didn’t vote in the recent ballot, you missed out. Here was a vote where all 10 candidates were creative and morally upstanding, a vote unsullied by dubious lobbies, dodgy polls or demagogues. And if you’re seeking inspiration from a figure of strength who is also strangely cute then look no further than the winner of 2025: Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet.Thousands of Guardian readers around the world voted in the contest, which we invented to celebrate the overlooked, unsung heroes of our planet. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago LIVE REVIEW: MULIMBA + GIFTHORSE + Charlie Noordewier + Jack Gray at The Social, London

LIVE REVIEW: MULIMBA + GIFTHORSE + Charlie Noordewier + Jack Gray at The Social, London  Joyzine

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2 w. ago Trump live: Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement

Elon Musk-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court election candidate has been defeated at the ballot box by liberal judge Susan Crawford

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2 w. ago Jack London State Historic Park to host fourth annual ‘Call of the Wild Day’

Jack London State Historic Park to host fourth annual ‘Call of the Wild Day’  Sonoma Index-Tribune

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3 w. ago Full list of 30 'free' car parks in Greater Manchester town where three hour limit to be enforced

For years, Bolton council chose not to enforce any time restrictions on several district car parks - but from next month overstayers face fines

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3 w. ago Meet Jack London State Historic Park’s new director of development Angie Escudero

Meet Jack London State Historic Park’s new director of development Angie Escudero  Sonoma Index-Tribune

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3 w. ago What to know about Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s new millennial saint

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil says it is quitting direct action in shock statement

Just Stop Oil has announced it is to cease direct action, with a final protest in Parliament Square on April 26.

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3 w. ago Godstone sinkhole: Evacuated families expected to return home this weekend

Residents were evacuated after a sinkhole appeared in the High Street, Godstone, on the night of February 17.

Society

3 w. ago Follow in the footsteps of James Bond and Jack Sparrow at a new one

Follow in the footsteps of James Bond and Jack Sparrow at a new one-off London movie tour  Time Out London

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3 w. ago Long lost 1962 Beatles demo that led to Fab 4 being turned down

Jack Herschorn said he got the tape in London in 1968 or 1969 but hadn’t listened to it.

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4 w. ago The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities

International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’Oakland, California, is often treated as a city on the margins, best known for its struggles with poverty and gun violence, as well as for its history of radical Black activism. But a new book, The Pacific Circuit, argues that Oakland should be viewed as one of the centers of global change in the past century, serving both as a key node in the new global economy built around trans-Pacific trade, and as one of the “sacrifice zones” this economy requires.Far from being an outlier, US journalist Alexis Madrigal argues, Oakland is in fact an early adopter of the technological and economic changes now tearing through cities across the US, and around the world. Oakland has long been the canary in Silicon Valley’s coalmine of disruption, the book suggests. But its residents don’t suffer passively: they organize and learn how to fight back. Continu...

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