48 h. ago Beautiful pub will spark new life into the heart of this Welsh town, but it could have been so different

The Pencelli Hotel, which is rumoured to have been a favourite haunt of Hollywood royalty, has had a glamorous makeover - but it stood in ruin and faced a dull and predictable future

Politics

7 d. ago 'Bruce Willis of Reading' who rescued man from blazing £750m tower block gets bucket list wishes fulfilled as he battles incurable cancer

Glen Edwards, 66, was dubbed 'the Bruce Willis of Reading' after he used a cage to save a worker's life at the Station Hill construction site in the town in 2023.

Events

9 d. ago AP PHOTOS: The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life

Mild temperatures, steady sunlight and low humidity make the fields around the mountain town of Kalaat M’Gouna a perfect cradle for growing its signature flower: the Damask rose. Abundant precipitation and several desert downpours this year have bestowed Morocco with an exceptional yield of the flower, used for rosewater and rose oil. Pink and pungent, the roses are set to come in at 4,800 tons this year, a bloom far beyond the 2020-2023 average, according to the Regional Office for Agricultural Development, in nearby Ouarzazate.

Culture

9 d. ago The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life

Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows

Politics

3 w. ago Life in the seaside town with a £470m blackhole: How Skegness is battling spiralling debt, drugs, homelessness and a 'snobby' nickname they can't stand

Staycations at Butlins, theme parks and beach days powered by hot sugary donuts and sticks of sickly sweet rock is the image conjured up in most people's minds when they think of Skegness.

Economics

3 w. ago Read the handwritten note Virginia Giuffre left behind after her suicide

Giuffre was found unresponsive at her farmhouse in Neergabby a rural town in Western Australia on Thursday evening after taking her own life.

Events