60 h. ago My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent The internet was my lifeline, a slender thread connecting me from Australia to my family in Afghanistan, bridging continents and time zones.But that bridge has crumbled. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Watch: Time capsule embedded in Edinburgh's historic North Bridge to mark seven

The North Bridge project has faced several delays, but is finally set to be completed next summer

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3 d. ago This iconic central London bridge is getting a dazzling makeover

This iconic central London bridge is getting a dazzling makeover  Time Out Worldwide

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3 d. ago Jose Mourinho rolls back the years as Chelsea homecoming provides untimely distraction for Enzo Maresca

Jose Mourinho will step foot in the Stamford Bridge dugout for a fourth time as the opposing manager

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3 d. ago Jose Mourinho shares brutally honest Chelsea verdict ahead of Champions League reunion

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will return to Stamford Bridge as a manager for the first time since he was at Tottenham as his current club Benfica faces the Blues in the Champions League

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4 d. ago The gorgeous Welsh village locals don't want tourists to discover

From Barafundle Bay to Glamorgan, there are plenty of beautiful spots to explore in Wales that attract hordes of crowds. But there's one village that locals don't want you to find out about.

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5 d. ago The bridge 5 times the height of London Eye that links two gorgeous villages

The bridge 5 times the height of London Eye that links two gorgeous villages  Daily Express

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8 d. ago Tolls on historic Clifton Suspension Bridge could rise for first time in decade

Three million vehicles a year cross the bridge, which was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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8 d. ago Fresh perspectives: the best outdoor art trails in the UK this autumn

Free walking routes connect sculptures, murals, soundscapes and more in locations across the country – from butterflies in Brontë country to ceramics in StokeBradford is 2025’s UK City of Culture, and Wild Uplands is part of the year-long celebration that involves four new installations on the moors above Haworth, 10 miles west of central Bradford. There are pink marble butterflies designed by Meherunnisa Asad. On the ridge above, Steve Messam’s 10-metre tower of locally quarried stone looks out over heather-purple hills. These works are dotted around the lake and abandoned quarries of Penistone Hill country park and a family-friendly guide charts a route around all four. While wandering over the moors, you can tune into a geolocated immersive soundscape, Earth & Sky, which includes music by Bradford-born composer Frederick Delius. The Brontë Bus from Hebden Bridge via Keighley stops three times an hour in Haworth, and it’s then a 15-minute stroll past the Parsonage to Penistone...

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9 d. ago John Swinney has 'let down' working class kids 'time and again', claims Labour's Bridget Phillipson

EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Phillipson, who is standing to become Labour's next deputy leader, admitted "we haven't done everything right in our first year in Government".

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2 w. ago Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol in Labour’s deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on mistakes made by the party in its first year of government.The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gorgeous UK village is like 'stepping back in time' with 'no modern shops in sight'

This tiny picturesque village feels like you're stepping back in time thanks to it's cobbled streets and old brick cottages - and there are no modern day chain shops in sight

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3 w. ago The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

The Naked Light by Bridget Collins; Exiles by Mason Coile; Alchemised by SenLinYu; Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei; Big Time by Jordan ProsserThe Naked Light by Bridget Collins (Borough, £18.99)The latest from the bestselling author of The Binding is set in England and focuses on three “surplus women” after the first world war: bored, lonely Florence, her fey niece Phoebe, and Kit, a bohemian artist haunted by memories of wartime France, where she painted masks for wounded soldiers to wear over horrifically damaged faces. Their village is on the Sussex Downs, overlooked by an ancient face carved into the chalk, reputed to protect inhabitants from a hungry spirit. But since the death of the last member of the family traditionally bound to look after it, the face is fast disappearing beneath the grass, and something frightening is stirring in the land. Atmospheric, psychologically astute and beautifully realised, this is a brilliantly original literary take on folk horror.Exiles by Mason Coi...

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3 w. ago Tiny UK village with gorgeous country park and name that makes people laugh

There are plenty of villages in the UK with unusual names, and they often come with a fascinating history to go along with their unique monikers.

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