49 h. ago Popular Chinese takeaway and restaurant to press 'pause' this weekend

The 'absolute winner' venue is going on a 'temporary pause'

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55 h. ago Teen, 17, charged after ‘major disturbance’ at Scots restaurant

A TEENAGER has been charged after mercy crews rushed to a popular restaurant. Emergency services were alerted to Pepe's on George Place in Bathgate last night. The alarm was raised with cops around 10.45pm as officers received a report of an alleged disturbance. Police attended and a 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged. Earlier today,...

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56 h. ago Restaurant popular with Manchester United players and stars announces shock closure

Puccini in Swinton has been a popular spot for more than 40 years but is now closing for good after trade plummeted, staff became harder to find and costs rose

Sport

3 d. ago West Ham recall Kaelan Casey in blow to Swansea City as new transfer priority emerges

The Hammers centre-back looks set to be shipped out again this month

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4 d. ago The historic Stockport pub given a lifeline after 'years of decline' named amongst UK's best

The pub in the town centre has won the award just five months after reopening

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5 d. ago Popular Greater Manchester restaurant tells customers 'don't worry' as it gives bittersweet update

"It's been a tough journey, and without the bakery, we think we would have had to pack it in a long time ago"

Economics

6 d. ago Pub announces devastating closure saying 'it's just not viable'

Its owners said that a decline in customer numbers and rising business costs means running the pub is no longer sustainable

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6 d. ago No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison

Dr Ahmed Muhanna, one of the country’s most senior emergency care consultants, says the scale of destruction he saw on his release brought him to tearsThe only thing that kept Dr Ahmed Muhanna going during his 22 months inside Israeli prisons and detention centres was dreaming of his return to his family and to Gaza. When he was finally released after 665 days as a prisoner, he arrived home to find every place he had returned to in his memories had been obliterated.While in prison, he and the other inmates were “completely cut off from the outside world”, he says. When he was released he was driven over the border and through Gaza to his hospital, the al-Awda. The scale of the destruction he saw “made my skin crawl my chest tightened and my tears began to flow”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Popular Asian restaurant shuts venue in Scots city centre suddenly

A POPULAR Asian restaurant chain has closed down a branch in Edinburgh. YO! Sushi on Princes Street in the capital's city centre appears to have shut for good. The Japanese-style eatery has a sign reading 'we're closed' on the front door. Some parts of the interior also appear to have been removed. And the Princes...

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1 week ago Snowed in nights, 'high jinx' and 'always a special place'... Popular pub and restaurant remembered ahead of closure

The 'keystone of the community' will be calling last orders for good in just a few weeks

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2 w. ago Beloved cat reunited with family after three months on the prowl in Bury town centre

Gary the cat spent months 'eating from takeaways and sleeping on discarded chairs'

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3 w. ago All the big new Trafford Centre shops confirmed to open in 2026

There are some big new stores set to open in the first few months of 2026 at the Trafford Centre

Economics

3 w. ago Popular fast food chain has shuttered dozens of restaurants — and more could come in final days of the year

The fast food chain has nearly followed its plan to close 80 to 120 restaurants by the end of 2025

Society

3 w. ago ‘A sad end to the year’, cry customers as cocktail bar closes in Scots city

A COCKTAIL bar has announced their closure in a Scots city - and locals are devastated. Ruma on Broughton Street in Edinburgh's city centre will shut their doors in the new year. The bar opened in 2024 and specialised in creating imaginative cocktails with over 170 rums and other spirits. But owners said that a...

Economics

3 w. ago Man charged after allegedly performing Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres

Police allege the man also trespassed at ANU and ‘stuck propaganda-style stickers’ on buildings and other propertyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn 18-year-old has been charged with allegedly performing two separate Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres and putting up “propaganda-style stickers” in recent months.The man is expected to appear before ACT magistrates court on Friday, where police will allege in October a member of the public confronted him as he stuck stickers up at a shopping centre and then performed a Nazi salute before leaving the centre. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tears of joy as Nigerian families reunite with kidnapped schoolchildren

Families in north-central Nigeria have joyfully reunited with schoolchildren held for a month after a mass abduction

Society

3 w. ago Popular restaurant to reopen in city centre months after ‘devastating’ closure

'It’s amazing to be returning to the heart of Manchester'

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3 w. ago Labour is set to break Angela Rayner's infrastructure pledge due to 'dithering and delay' by ministers

More than half of planning decisions on 27 major projects expected in 2025 were delayed beyond the three-month decision period for ministers, according to the Centre for Policy Studies.

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3 w. ago Guide Dog Puppies celebrated at Lothlorien Dog Services in Linlithgow

This month the training centre welcomed Puppy Raisers and fundraising volunteers, who were accompanied by seven beautiful guide dog puppies in training for some Christmas cheer and a fun festive photoshoot.

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