26 h. ago Britain's 'wonkiest road' which was so crooked it was used as a makeshift skate park finally reopens after £5MILLION fix

A 330ft stretch of the B4069 in Lyneham, Wiltshire was broken up when a landslip caused it to slide 82-foot downhill during Storm Eunice in February 2022.

Economics

31 h. ago Muse cancel show in Istanbul after call for boycott of concert promoter

Large-scale anti-government protests began last month after the jailing of the Turkish city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.

Culture

3 d. ago Residents' fury over plans to build huge 'Muslim cemetery' behind their homes

Pendle Council this month submitted designs for a huge £4.4million burial ground to be built on fields in a residential area of Nelson, Lancashire.

Politics

7 d. ago Massachusetts mayor who shuttered a libelous newspaper faces renewed corruption allegations

A few months ago, a mayor in Massachusetts was relishing a rare victory over a newspaper for its years of personal attacks

Events

7 d. ago ‘I was surprised how common it is’: the director of Sebastian on his controversial film about an author who enters sex work

In Sebastian, a writer sells his body to provide material for his debut novel, then doesn’t give the night job up. Mikko Mäkelä explains what inspired his film – and remembers his cinematic sexual awakeningGrowing up in a small Finnish town close to the Russian border, Mikko Mäkelä knew he was gay from the age of 11. “I think I was happy until then,” says the shy 36-year-old, whose slippery second film Sebastian is about to be released. Isolated he may have been, but at least the young Mäkelä had movies. Alone in his room, he watched queer gems such as Mysterious Skin, Presque Rien and Beautiful Thing, keeping the volume low in case his parents heard. Then a trip to the cinema to see Brokeback Mountain changed everything.“When I got home, they asked me, ‘Did you like that film?’ They had read about it and wanted to make sure I wasn’t like the characters. That was the night I ended up coming out to them.” He didn’t stay in Finland much longer, movingNottingham to attend university. “...

Culture

8 d. ago Residents' fury as the only road through Britain's smallest town closes for six months so the mayor can repair his £1million house

The small Kent town of Fordwich will have its only road closed for six months as 'essential repair works' take place on a £1million home owned by local mayor Barney Riggs.

Economics

9 d. ago Government gives green light to £9billion Lower Thames Crossing that would see Britain's largest ever road tunnel built between Kent and Essex

Plans for a £9 billion road that would pass beneath the River Thames, linking Kent and Essex via a 2.6-mile tunnel, have been formally approved by the transport secretary Heidi Alexander.

Economics

1 week ago Mountains of rubbish blight one side of Birmingham street amid bin strikes

On one side of Chelworth Road in Birmingham, the pavement is immaculately kept but directly opposite, on the verge run by the bankrupt city council, it is swimming in filth.

Events

1 week ago The Birmingham street where locals are bitterly divided by two pavements as mountains of rubbish pile up on one side amid bin strikes

On one side of Chelworth Road in Birmingham, the pavement is immaculately kept but directly opposite, on the verge run by the bankrupt city council, it is swimming in filth.

Events

2 w. ago New York City paying $500,000 a month to indicted developer who could testify against Mayor Eric Adams

The Adams administration has continued to pay the hotel company of Weihong Hu, a developer accused of funneling illegal campaign donations to the mayor The administration of New York City mayor Eric Adams is continuing to pay over $500,000 a month to a hotel developer who could potentially provide valuable testimony to prosecutors against the mayor and several of his top allies.The developer, Weihong Hu, was indicted last month for allegedly bribing a New York City non-profit CEO. The indictment charges that she gave the nonprofit executive stacks of cash and helped him purchase a $1.3m townhouse in exchange for more than $20m in city-funded contracts for her two Queens hotels and a catering company. Hu has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. 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

3 w. ago Blow for town as Rutherglen community cycling hub to close due to funding cuts

Bike Town will remain open for business and will continue offering cycling activities until March 31.

Politics

3 w. ago Are these the stupidest road names in Britain? Locals take jabs at city streets given a hospital theme

The SNP-led Glasgow council has received backlash after residents of Ashlar Village hit out at their decision to give streets on a new housing estate bizarre names.

Politics

4 w. ago Fighter jets bomb town near North Korea causing casualties as exercise goes horribly wrong

Footage shows South Korean fighter planes dropping eight 500-pound bombs on a small town close to the border with North Korea - eight people were wounded in the blasts

Events