60 h. ago WWE to return to UK as Raw and Smackdown to be shown live on Netflix in capital cities

The TV tapings will be part of an 11 night tour of Europe ahead of the annual battle royal event, which will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., and comes after August's European tour

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7 d. ago Labour council axes funding for morris dancers in 'blackface' row

Sandbach Town Council voted to remove £6,000 of funding to the local group for the next two years, which goes towards the hosting of an annual Day of Dance event.

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8 d. ago Fears ailing Burning Man festival is cursed as 20 hour wait times, rain turning desert into thick clay and dust storms batter event

Thousands of people descend on the Nevada desert every year to attend the iconic Burning Man festival. But the annual event has now become synonymous with chaos and tragedy.

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9 d. ago What to know about Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ festival, the tomato street fight turning 80

Thousands of people are set to paint a Spanish town red with tomato pulp during the famous "Tomatina" festival

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9 d. ago Spanish hotel horror as 100 people hit with food poisoning including baby

A total of 20 people including a 15-month-old baby and several other children have been taken to hospital following the outbreak at the four-star Izan Cavanna Hotel in La Manga

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1 week ago Notting Hill Carnival: Streets filled with colourful costumes and music for annual west London event

Notting Hill Carnival: Streets filled with colourful costumes and music for annual west London event  Sky News

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1 week ago Elves, Avatars and Chainsaw Man: anime hits Kenya – in pictures

The only one of its kind in Africa, the Otamatsuri Anime x Manga convention is an annual anime, manga and multi-entertainment event that attracts a vibrant and youthful fanbase celebrating all aspects of pop culture. Photographer Sarah Waiswa spent her Sunday there Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whitley Bay funfair: Families saw young worker 'crushed to death' by ride

Fairground-goers have recalled the moment they saw a worker sustain a fatal injury at the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay, with some claiming people were still on the ride at the time

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1 week ago Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’

Country’s weather agency says 10-day period from 8-17 August was hottest since at least 1950, as fires still rageA 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has said.Provisional readings for the 3-18 August heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6C higher than for previous such phenomena, the agency said on X. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Eurovision Song Contest 2026 host city revealed as bosses brand it 'perfect'

The UK will be hoping to win the annual event for the first time since back in 1997

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2 w. ago ‘On another level’: crypto industry hosts rival gathering in Jackson Hole

Fed governors and SEC officials join executives at event ahead of central bankers’ annual gathering

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2 w. ago Spain suffers its worst wildfires on record as deadly infernos ravage area twice the size of London after two

Official figures from the Carlos III Health Institute show there were 1,149 excess deaths in Spain from August 3-18.

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2 w. ago Ravenscraig hosts football festival aimed at supporting people recovering from addiction

The Recovery Cup Festival is an inspiring annual event organised by Street Soccer Scotland and turning point in partnership with local recovery communities, treatment services, and support charities.

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2 w. ago Four dead as Spain hit by worst wildfires on record in 45C heatwave

Temperatures have soared to 45C in Spain in the past fortnight - so far fires have burned over an area the size of Mallorca

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2 w. ago ‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say

Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal bloomsThe prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say.Norway, Sweden and Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86C) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of “tropical nights”, when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial? | María Ramírez

We need everyday solutions like ‘cool banks’ and shaded areas, as well as serious policies on emissions. The government must step upGrowing up in Madrid, intense summer heat was nothing unusual. I quickly learned always to cross the street in search of shade, and never to be caught out in the sun at 3pm. But as a child in the early 1980s, I never felt dizzy after spending more than a few minutes outdoors, nor did I struggle to study or sleep at home because of the heat. Back then, air conditioning was a rarity, something only Americans had. But we were fine: the stuttering fan in my mother’s Ford Fiesta was enough to keep us comfortable on holiday escapes from the capital.What is happening in Spain now goes far beyond discomfort. More than 1,500 deaths have already been linked to heatwaves this summer alone. Public-sector workers are collapsing from heatstroke on our city streets. Entire communities in the Madrid suburbs have been devastated by wildfires. On Monday, 198 weather stat...

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3 w. ago Superyacht bursts into flames and sinks off coast of holiday hotspot

A terrifying video shows the 91ft superyacht, Da Vinci, in the Mediterranean sea engulfed in flames on Monday morning. A Spanish maritime rescue team saved seven people on board

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3 w. ago Heatwave warning: Common home fan mistake could be deadly, causing heart attacks, scientists warn

It may seem like the one thing that can provide relief in a heatwave, but if it is too hot, a fan can be dangerous, a new study has found.

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3 w. ago Mapped: Where in the UK are people most at risk from potentially deadly heatwave?

New analysis shows thousands of young children, hospital patients and elderly people at risk as UK hit by fourth heatwave of summer

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3 w. ago Mapped: Areas most at risk during deadly heatwaves as charity urges government to protect vulnerable

New analysis shows thousands of young children, hospital patients and elderly people at risk as UK hit by fourth heatwave of summer

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