2 h. ago Police slap Greater Manchester town centre with fifth 48 hour dispersal order in three weeks

Police have been regularly using the tactic as they try to crack down of a spate of anti-social behaviour

Events

28 h. ago Teenager killed in town city centre after 'innocuously' walking past man's girlfriend

Ahmad Al Ibrahim had only recently moved from Wales to Huddersfield when he was killed in broad daylight

Events

29 h. ago Myanmar's military says it has recaptured a key central town from ethnic rebels

Myanmar’s military claims it has taken back control of a major district capital in northern Shan State more than a year after losing it to an armed ethnic minority rebel group

Events

40 h. ago Council agrees cash grant of £435k to 'important' town centre theatre

More than 87,000 people attended the Octagon in 2024

Economics

53 h. ago Syrian asylum seeker who stabbed two people while on the run from police is jailed for nine years

Abdul-Rahman Al-Ahmed, 21, chased his first victim through a town centre in broad daylight before stabbing him several times.

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54 h. ago Welsh town centre's 'white elephant' that has one major drawback

The old bus station was turned into a new open space through a £1m project but now it can't be used for large scale events

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3 d. ago Police want to speak to this man following "extremely concerning incidents" in town centre

The man pictured has been asked to come forward

Events

3 d. ago Police investigating Oxfordshire churchyard gang rape urge female Good Samaritan to come forward 'after she stepped in to try and stop attack'

The woman in her 30s was attacked by a group of men at St Mary's Church in Banbury and in the surrounding area of the market town centre on Sunday morning.

Events

3 d. ago Beckenham fire LIVE: Huge blaze breaks out near Odeon cinema in town centre

Videos online show a huge fire and thick smoke at the Odeon in Beckenham, South East London with emergency services at the scene while people are being told to avoid the area

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3 d. ago Opening date of new Oldham town centre Post Office announced

The opening date has been confirmed after fears of permanently losing a town centre branch.

Politics

3 d. ago Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – his first novel in 12 years tunes into rising fascism in the US

The 88-year-old’s jaunty whodunnit, set during the prohibition era, features clowns, Nazis and a missing cheese heiressEverything is connected in Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon’s fleet-footed noir fiction about a lindy-hopping detective in prohibition-era Wisconsin. The homemade bomb connects to the runaway cheese heiress, the cheese heiress to the federal agents, and the feds to the pro‑Nazi leagues at the bowling lanes outside town. Early-30s Milwaukee, in turn, is connected to powder-keg central Europe, where paramilitary groups have pitched camp on the Hungaro-Croatian border and guest speakers wax lyrical about “our immense fascist future”. Most likely it connects to the current moment as well, albeit wryly and slyly, with a nonchalant swing. That’s the implied final move of this merry dance of a book: the point where the past links its hands with the present.Shadow Ticket is a Pynchon novel – the 88-year-old’s first in 12 years; his ninth overall – and so it naturally connects ...

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4 d. ago Man, 38, found dead in Greater Manchester town centre car park

Officers are appealing for information

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4 d. ago Police only release description of one suspect in Oxfordshire churchyard gang rape: Officers say they are looking for a 'white man' who was part of group

The woman, in her 30s, was attacked at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas of the town centre on Sunday morning.

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4 d. ago Police launch hunt for 'white man' who was part of group who 'gang raped woman in churchyard'

The woman, in her 30s, was attacked at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas of the town centre on Sunday morning.

Events

4 d. ago Town centre building collapses after car smashes into takeaway during police chase before man in his 30s arrested

A MAN has been arrested after a town centre building collapsed when a car rammed into it while fleeing the cops. Heywood Star takeaway in Rochdale came crashing down after a serious collision in the early hours yesterday. The terrifying collapse came after a police pursuit which was sparked when cops attended a house in...

Events

5 d. ago South Ayrshire Council bosses reveal plan to rip up Ayr town centre for giant cycle lane

Officials are facing questions over a plan to cut parking provisions in place of a cycle lane at the heart of the town.

Politics

5 d. ago Woman is 'gang raped in churchyard by group of men' as police launch urgent probe into 'horrific' crime

The woman in her 30s was raped at St Mary's Church's churchyard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and in the surrounding areas in the town centre in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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5 d. ago Teenage boy ‘sexually assaulted’ inside town centre McDonald’s as cops release CCTV in hunt for man

A TEENAGE boy has reportedly been sexually assaulted at a town centre McDonald's cops release CCTV of a man they wish to speak to. Officers were called to the Kingsway fast-food branch in Derby, at around 8.30pm on August 16. The suspect approached his alleged victim from behind and then pulled his trousers down. A...

Events

6 d. ago Two in hospital as car hits pedestrian then smashes into Scots town centre shop

A DRIVER lost control of a car and hit a pedestrian before crashing into a town centre shop wall. The motorist, 67, struck the man, 63, before he smashed into the Edinburgh Woollen Mill branch in Largs, Ayrshire. It is believed the pensioner may have suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel. Both were taken...

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6 d. ago Indecency probe after man 'performs sex act in front of woman' in cemetery car park

Constable Brandon Mason from Downfield Police Station said: "This has been an extremely distressing incident."

Politics