14 h. ago Why the Isle of Man is a hotbed for organised crime: How local prisons are being overrun by Liverpool drug traffickers and money launderers

With its sleepy atmosphere and stunning natural beauty, the Isle of Man seems an unlikely target for some of the UK's most ruthless drugs gangs.

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27 h. ago The idyllic villages cheaper than the Cotswolds that are loved by Americans and locals say 'living here is a no brainer'

Although you may hear a twang of the odd American accent, this is not the Cotswolds  - its the Notswolds, the latest go-to place for Londoners seeking refuge from the maddening crowds.

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34 h. ago Inside 'UK's most beautiful village' where locals face major issue

It has been named one of the 'best places to live in the UK' but locals say the village is 'impossible' to live in due to the lack of amenities and high house prices

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68 h. ago Witham fire LIVE: Massive blaze rages as locals told 'stay away and shut doors'

Fire crews are tackling a huge blaze at an industrial building in Witham, Essex - with bright orange flames seen tearing through the structure and plumes of thick black smoke billowing into the sky

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68 h. ago Witham fire LIVE: 90 firefighters tackle huge blaze as locals told 'stay away'

Fire crews are tackling a huge blaze at an industrial building in Witham, Essex - with bright orange flames seen tearing through the structure and plumes of thick black smoke billowing into the sky

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4 d. ago 'They shouldn't be removed, they should be compulsory': Americans claim Brits are oppressed as they wade into St George's flag row

Americans, it's safe to say, love their flag - so it was only a matter of time until they started sharing their views on the debate over flying the colours here in Britain.

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4 d. ago Life in the London banana really is the BEST, claim smug locals after viral map declared their postcodes the most glorious in the capital 

Debate was sparked online about the best places to live in London after scholar Saul Saka went viral with his 'banana' of the most superior postcodes.

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5 d. ago DC mayor Bowser signs order aligning city with Trump’s military occupation

Order sets rules for federal forces as locals stage noise protests, block indictments and demand home ruleUS politics live – latest updatesWashington DC’s mayor, Muriel Bowser bowed to Donald Trump’s military occupation of the nation’s capital Tuesday, signing an executive order that formalizes cooperation with federal forces even as residents push back against the deployment.The Tuesday order establishes the “Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center” – borrowing from Trump’s own branding – to institutionalize collaboration between city officials and various federal agencies including the FBI. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Hotel boss REFUSES £3million contract to house asylum seekers: Owner of boutique guesthouse with gold taps in its rooms rejects offer because it is 'not appropriate'

Samuel Leeds has gone viral for refusing to put up asylum seekers at his lavish 26-bedroom Willingham House in the idyllic village of Willingham, in Cambridgeshire.

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7 d. ago Kelsey Bateman dead: Rock of Love star, 39, dies 'unexpectedly'

American star Kelsey Bateman, who appeared on Rock of Love, has died at the age of 39, it has been announced, as tributes poured in on social media

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9 d. ago Shocking moment petrol station explodes killing 4 as locals run for their lives

The explosion in the Russian republic of Dagestan is the third in just two years, with others in 2024 and 2023 having claimed several dozen lives and left hundreds injured

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1 week ago Ayrshire charity service celebrates its milestone anniversary in tackling homelessness

South Ayrshire Provost, Iain Campbell, officially opened the event, which featured live performances from local artist Annastaisyar, heartfelt speeches from staff and supported people, and a lively BBQ.

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1 week ago Porepunkah shooting: police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled into bush after allegedly killing two officers ‘in cold blood’

Victoria police believe alleged offender is heavily armed and urge local residents to stay indoorsVictoria police shooting live updatesWhat we know so far about the shooting in rural AustraliaA manhunt is under way after two Victorian police officers were “murdered in cold blood” and another wounded in a shooting at a rural property in the high country town of Porepunkah.The Victorian police commissioner, Mike Bush, said the suspect – believed to be “heavily armed” – was still at large. Bush urged the wider community to stay indoors and said a “full deployment” was under way on Tuesday evening to find the suspect, who he described as “obviously a very dangerous person”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Love’s Labour by Stephen Grosz review – the truth about relationships

In a series of revelatory case studies, a psychoanalyst lays bare the messy reality of romantic loveA maths lecturer, convinced his wife is cheating, will not check the CCTV footage that might confirm his fears but instead keeps a private tally of the number of pubic hairs she sheds in her underwear. One hair is “OK, acceptable”, more is evidence that she has been “having it off”, he says, unaware that he uses these delusions of her infidelity to protect himself from the dangers of intimacy. A high-flying Fulbright scholar becomes a sex worker to avenge the father she hates. An ex-nun discovers that her decades of religious seclusion were driven by an unconscious fear of pregnancy. A troubled young woman, seeking redress for her psychological losses, steals large sums of money that she will never spend.In Love’s Labour, the London-based, American-born psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz offers an antidote to the pat, sanitised love stories we absorb through rom...

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2 w. ago Life inside the Cotswolds' cheapest town where homes are up to £600k cheaper... but it is STILL too expensive for locals

With its chocolate box villages of pretty limestone houses, the region can be expensive for those wanting to live the idyllic 'quintessential England' countryside life.

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2 w. ago Beautiful UK town 'ruined' by tourists is now 'like Blackpool'

The Lake District has always been a popular tourist destination, but the impact of holidaymakers in the past few years has become so extreme, say people who live there, that it is irreparably changing the place and pushing locals out

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2 w. ago Obsession, blackmail and Instagram: inside Lurker, the year’s most compelling thriller

The Talented Mr Ripley gets an upgrade in a buzzy and biting film about a desperate outsider who infiltrates the inner circle of a singer on the riseIf Tom Ripley lived in LA in 2018 and was really into lo-fi bedroom pop, he might look something like the main character of Lurker. The debut feature from Alex Russell, The Bear and Beef writer-producer, is an elegantly creepy thriller about one super-fan’s scheme to become close to his musical idol, transposing author Patricia Highsmith’s “two-man theme” into a murkier grey territory, with parasitic attachment giving way to co-dependence that blooms into something that looks like a twisted kind of love.The lurker of the title is Matthew (Théodore Pellerin), an isolated twentysomething who lives with his grandma and works shifts at a local vintage boutique to make ends meet. After a chance run-in with his idol Oliver (Saltburn’s Archie Madekwe) at the vintage store where he works, Matthew worms his way into Oliver’s entourage and makes ...

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2 w. ago Discounty review – cozy shop life simulator takes satisfying approach

PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox; Crinkle Cut Games/PQubeDon’t be fooled by the graphics, there is no twee, relaxing vibe in this intense and work-heavy game where you are taken in by your aunt and put to work in her supermarketWe are thick in an era of retail simulators. In the comet-trail of Stardew Valley, a genre is now fat with titles wherein a protagonist restarts their life and career in a bucolic, quasi-rural landscape and undertakes a blue-collar job. They get to know the local people, interfere in some lives, solve some community issues – maybe even a mystery or two. Maybe even get married. In a way, they are all Harvest Moon’s pixelated offspring – but Discounty, Crinkle Cut Games’ new offering to the genre, tackles the cozy shop life simulator a little differently.In Discounty, you are taken in by your tricky, cantankerous aunt and are put to work in her branch of a franchised supermarket. A fascinating approach, given that the road less taken through Stardew Valley involves priori...

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2 w. ago American compares bread from UK and US and there's one big difference

An American woman living in the UK decided to compared loves of breads made in the UK and the US, and she was shocked when she realised one big difference - and people agree with her

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2 w. ago American hitwoman is jailed for 30 years for trying to shoot dead rival of British thug she had fallen in love with online as part of desperate bid to gain his affection

American Aimee Betro, 45, who wore a niqab in an attempt to disguise her appearance before shooting Sikander Ali, 33, at close range outside his house in 2019, has been jailled for 30 years.

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