40 h. ago Police issue CCTV after schoolgirl, 14, raped in toilets at Essex railway station

Police have released images of a man they are seeking after horrific attack at Harlow Town station

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64 h. ago The Café With No Name by Robert Seethaler review – lost souls in postwar Vienna

A slice-of-life portrait of a community suffering the after-effects of the second world warAustrian novelist Robert Seethaler is known for his restrained and sensitive novels that illuminate the struggles and joys of peripheral lives. His debut, A Whole Life, centres on a man who barely leaves his mountain home. The Tobacconist is a coming-of-age novel set against the rise of fascism in Vienna. The Field introduces a chorus of the dead who tell the story of their village.Like The Field, The Café With No Name uses a narrow lens to tell the story of a whole community. At the centre is 31-year-old Robert Simon, an itinerant worker who assists the stall holders of the Karmelitermarkt in Vienna. In the late summer of 1966, Simon notices that the cafe on the corner of the market has closed. He decides to take on the lease in order “to do something which would give his life a positive affirmation. To one day stand behind the bar of his own establishment.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The derelict Welsh mansion that could soon be given a new lease of life

Gardenhurst has been lying empty for years, but Vale of Glamorgan Council will soon make a decision on plans to turn it into accommodation

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3 d. ago Former NatWest building in town with no banks to be turned into luxury flats

The 'gorgeous' old building is about to get a new lease of life.

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4 d. ago Boy, 17, dies in tragic petrol station incident on Valentine's Day as police appeal for witnesses

Despite the best efforts of the public and emergency services who rushed to the scene and commenced CPR, the 17-year-old driver was sadly declared deceased at the scene

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4 d. ago More than £150,000 will go towards securing future of former Renfrew police station

The cash is needed to fund the demolition of a rear portion of the Inchinnan Road landmark and rot removal work.

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5 d. ago Site of former police station could get new lease of life more than a decade after it was knocked down

The old police station was knocked down in 2012 and has remained as grassland ever since

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6 d. ago Manhunt launched after man found with serious stab injuries on Manchester Victoria tram platform 'after being attacked at different location'

Greater Manchester Police rushed to the station yesterday evening following reports that a man in his 20s had been found with serious stab wounds.

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