2 h. ago UK's 'worst' seaside town abandoned by Butlin's with no sign it ever existed

It's hard to believe this rundown seaside town, that was recently ranked one of the worst in the UK, used to be the proud owner of a huge Billy Butlin's resort

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3 h. ago New rules to come into force in all UK zoos for staff and visitors

Designed to improve animal welfare, the new reforms are the biggest in over 10 years

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3 h. ago Britain's zoo OVERHAUL: UK animal parks will be forced to introduce larger habitats for elephants, ban touching in aquariums and ditch tethering birds under new government rules

Under new legislation the minimum size of elephant enclosures will increase sixfold, there will be a touching ban in aquariums and the practice of tethering birds of prey long-term will be ditched.

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5 h. ago Shocking moment community rugby pitch is torn up by driver performing handbrake turns

The yob was recorded driving a blue hatchback across the turf in Bournemouth, Dorset, on Wednesday, causing thousands pounds worth of damage.

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6 h. ago Tottenham Europa League victory parade: Thousands line the streets in north London as Ange Postecoglou and Son

Tottenham Europa League victory parade: Thousands line the streets in north London as Ange Postecoglou and Son  Daily Mail

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7 h. ago Starmer delays tackling child poverty leaving tens of thousands on the brink

Labour prime minister facing calls to scrap the controversial two-child limit, brought in as part of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne’s ‘austerity’ policies

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7 h. ago Friend pays moving tribute to 'ray of sunshine' dad at centre of murder probe as thousands raised

'No one ever prepares to bury their child'

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8 h. ago Just Stop Oil protesters 'could have caused misery to thousands of people' amid Manchester Airport break

Protesters gathered in a show of support as four members of Just Stop Oil appeared in court over their involvement in a plan to break into Manchester Airport

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8 h. ago Thousands of Tottenham fans line streets of London for Europa League parade

Thousands of Tottenham fans line streets of London for Europa League parade  Flashscore.com

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8 h. ago Get relief from hayfever symptoms with 36% off allergy tablets that have thousands of 5

Hayfever can make summer a misery, but one product that can help is on offer now, with a 90 pack of Allevia Allergy Tablets dropping in price by 36% at Amazon

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8 h. ago Up to 43,000 criminals a year set to avoid jail under Labour's soft

A new sentencing review already been accepted 'in principle' by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood could see tens of thousands of offenders avoid jail each year, official data shows.

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8 h. ago Tottenham Europa League victory parade: Thousands line the streets in north London as Son

Thousands of jubilant Tottenham Hotspur fans lined the streets of north London on Friday in a victory parade to celebrate their Europa League win. Captain Son Heung-Min led the celebrations.

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9 h. ago Kangaroo tries to drown a man after the two 'threw punches at each other like a boxing match' when the animal attacked him

'I just remember being under water and kicking and screaming,' Don James said. The marsupial is believed to have become 'very distressed' when it became trapped in a flooded area in Australia.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer's child poverty strategy delayed in major setback

Charities raise alarm that thousands more children risk being pushed into poverty as a result of the decision to delay the child poverty strategy until the autumn

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9 h. ago Man 'driven by profit' spared jail over Rottweiler puppies kept in tiny bathroom

'Mr Lynch was clearly not a fit person to be owning animals'

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10 h. ago Netanyahu accused of slander after criticising Macron, Carney and Starmer

Israeli leader’s antisemitism claim labelled defamatory as he is warned against pursuing a war without endMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu was accused of slander and pursuing a war without end after he claimed the leaders of France, Canada and the UK were stoking antisemitism and siding with Hamas by demanding he end the two-month blockade of food and aid into Gaza.In what has become an extraordinary standoff with some of Israel’s closest allies, Netanyahu appeared to deliberately raise the stakes on Thursday night by accusing his western critics of abandoning Israel in a war for its very existence. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Thousands expected in small Welsh village for rock icon's funeral

Road closures will be put in place and a large screen set up for attendees with mourners from around the world expected

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11 h. ago No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship

Exclusive: Flagship policy put back until at least autumn amid fears cost of scrapping two-child limit will outweigh political benefitLabour’s flagship child poverty strategy has been delayed until at least the autumn amid concerns at the top of government that the financial cost of key proposals outweighs the political benefit, even though tens of thousands more children will fall into poverty as a result.The strategy, which is being led jointly by Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, was due to be published in the spring and had been expected to include a recommendation to scrap the controversial two-child limit. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Falling palm trees and a faltering Palme d’Or director: how Cannes 2025 went – and who will win

In a Cannes film festival where the greatest movies were about dictatorships and political cruelty, our chief critic shares his picks for the prixCannes this year had a lot to live up to after last year’s award-winners, headline-grabbers and social media meltdowners Anora, The Substance and Emilia Pérez. It makes reading the signs now that bit more difficult: the bizarre event on the Croisette boulevard this year was a palm tree falling over. If it happened in a film, the metaphor would be unbearable.Whether 2025’s Cannes movies are going to spark a new burst of overwhelming excitement remains to be seen, though this year’s vintage feels good – often excellent, although even the biggest names can get it wrong: former Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau presented an incoherent drama called Alpha. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago A Black father killed a cop after seeing his son shot dead in a police chase. People have donated tens of thousands of dollars to his cause

Rodney Hinton Jr’s case has been compared to the killing of a healthcare CEO by Luigi Mangione, but his family has rejected claims he was acting out of revenge, Richard Hall writes.

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