11 h. ago Beautiful little UK town bursting with charm completely ignored by tourists

This market town in Northumberland is ideal for history buffs and nature-lovers, home to plenty of impressive monuments, walking trails and within close proximity of one of the UK's most iconic ruins

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23 h. ago Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day) review – foodie musical is an undercooked turkey

Cannes film festival opening filmDreadful songs add no flavour to dreary tale of a big-city gourmet returning to her home-cooked rootsThe opening gala of Cannes can be such a gamble: a very exposed festival slot which few films need or want, and whose occupants so often turn out to be the squawking overfed turkeys of the big screen. Such a one, sadly, is this listless and supercilious musical – ostensibly on the theme of heartwarming home town values – which flatlines like a hedgehog run over by an 18-wheeler the moment the female lead opens her mouth to sing one of the film’s many terrible songs.Cécile (played by French singer Juliette Armanet) is about to open a restaurant in the big city having recently won a top-rated TV cooking show, and she is dating her colleague Sofiane (Tewfik Jallab). But when she hears that her adorable, exasperating old dad Gérard (François Rollin) has had a heart attack, brought on by the strain of running the family’s truck-stop cafe out in the boondoc...

Society

28 h. ago Residents raise concerns over plans to build 200 new homes in their town

Some residents have said the already busy street could be "crazy" with the extra traffic it creates

Politics

35 h. ago Keir Starmer property fires: Man, 21, arrested over 'firebomb' attack on PM’s north London home

Neighbours at Sir Keir Starmer’s family home in Kentish Town described hearing a loud bang and said police officers were looking for a projectile

Events

43 h. ago Missouri's attorney general has sued a utility over an explosion of a home that killed a 5

Missouri’s attorney general has sued a natural gas company over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy

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51 h. ago Remote Scots town 100 miles away from closest train station was once world's whisky capital

Currently, three distilleries operate in Campbeltown, though at one point, the town was home to 34 whisky distilleries

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53 h. ago Historic Scottish border town rich in legacy and once home to Mary Queen of Scots

A picturesque town long seen as Scotland’s historic gateway, it is rich in history and surrounded by stunning natural beauty.

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57 h. ago Scenic Scottish town home to country's best beer festival and largest wind farm

Just 20 minutes from Glasgow, Eaglesham becomes Scotland’s beer capital for a day each summer but offers charm, history and scenery all year round.

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3 d. ago Locals in deprived seaside town say 'snobby' neighbours in £800k homes look down at them... despite living just seven miles up the road

EXCLUSIVE: Locals in Frinton, Essex, say the town is thriving, business is booming and it is a world apart from nearby Clacton, which was described by one person as a 's******'.

Economics

4 d. ago Dead man's fans again! Hundreds of Motörhead fans arrive in Stoke as statue of front man Lemmy famous for their hit Ace Of Spades is unveiled in his home town

The two-metre-tall tribute to the renowned musician, born Ian Fraser Kilmister, has been erected on Market Place in his hometown of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, nearly a decade on from his death.

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4 d. ago ‘Fighting with nature’: Iceland’s Grindavík play again after 18

The town was ripped apart and the economy decimated. But now the football club will make an emotional returnIt was about 7pm when UMF Grindavík’s players finished training in the club’s indoor hall. There had been seismic activity in the area all day but, in this harbour town to the south of Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon, everybody had become wearily used to that. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions had been a discomfiting, menacing backdrop to the previous three years. Everyday life had continued but now, on 10 November 2023, nature was to have its say. Four hours after its football team had completed their session, the danger had become intolerable and Grindavík was evacuated. Their once-thriving home quickly turned into a ghost town.Nobody would dream of using the hall for football now. Its pitch is cleaved in two by a fissure up to 25 metres deep; one of the most striking images in a settlement that has been ripped apart. A chasm has destroyed their outdoor practice pitch too. But...

Politics

4 d. ago The lasting legacy of ‘beloved’ football club chairman after shock death

Former Radcliffe FC chairman Paul Hilton is remembered in his home town for his 'tireless' work

Events

5 d. ago Chicago reacts to hometown Pope Leo: ‘Like the Cubs winning the World Series’

Residents – Catholic and non-Catholic – celebrate a ‘moment of joy’ as native son Robert Prevost becomes new pontiffAs white smoke billowed from the Vatican in Rome, yellow papal flags whipped in the crisp Lake Michigan breeze in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy on Chicago’s North Side.Screams of “Habemus Papam!” echoed throughout the cafeteria at the Catholic school on Thursday afternoon, when news broke that Chicago’s Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo XIV. Continue reading...

Culture

6 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council earmarks two new sites for potential development

The council is continuing to work towards providing 6,000 homes by 2035, in addition to regenerating town centres across North Lanarkshire.

Politics

6 d. ago Twins, 12, among those killed in Indian border town in Pakistani shelling: ‘We are paying with our blood’

Pakistan’s attack in Poonch has left a trail of devastation, with homes shattered and families torn apart in the border town that never saw it coming, Shweta Sharma and Mohammad Dawood report

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6 d. ago Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers to have museum named after him a year on from death

An exhibition, which will include many of Hairy Biker star Dave Myers' personal belongings, will be held at the museum in Dave Myers' home town of Barrow-in-Furness

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7 d. ago ‘A safe haven from racial violence’: Sinners shows the importance of juke joints

Ryan Coogler’s smash hit horror focuses on the opening of a juke joint, a one-time mainstay in Black southern cultureIn Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, the Smokestack twins – a gangster pair played by Michael B Jordan – return to their Mississippi Delta home town to open a juke joint and make a fast buck, only to wind up hunkered inside when danger literally comes knocking. But the juke joint is more than a safe space from vampires; for Black people during segregation, it was an escape from the horrors of the so-called “separate-but-equal” US economy. “The juke joint represents, as the film suggests, this multifaceted connection to the foundation of Black experience,” says William Ferris, a University of North Carolina history professor who has made documenting blues music and southern culture his life’s work. “It’s a safe haven from racial violence.”During the late 19th and early 20th century the juke joint was a southern social institution, the place to drink and unwind over live music. T...

Events

7 d. ago ‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke

Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage“That’s the street where Lemmy lived,” says sculptor Andy Edwards as we drive into the town of Burslem in the north of Stoke-on-Trent, past terrace houses and a ceramics factory. This Friday, a motorcade will travel the same route to Burslem’s Market Place to unveil a statue of the late Motörhead frontman, 10 years since his death – and 50 years since the metal band’s founding.Phil Campbell, Motörhead’s longest-serving guitarist, will be there, placing a portion of Lemmy Kilmister’s ashes into the plinth. “It’ll be wonderful, finally getting an incredible statue in his home town,” says Campbell. “It’ll be solemn in a way, with enshrining his ashes, but also a celebration of the music and the fantastic character he was. Anything to do with Lem is significant and really special. He’s missed by many. He’s still in my dreams two or three t...

Politics

8 d. ago Inside the Welsh seaside town where homes regularly sell for more than £1m

It's a location that can easily boast coast, country and city and has a house price way above the Welsh average

Economics

9 d. ago Anthony Joshua confirms interest in move into football and Premier League ambition

Watford owner Gino Pozzo is looking for investment into the Championship club and Anthony Joshua says he is interested in putting money into his home town team

Sport