13 h. ago The town at war with the balaclava yobs: 'Intimidated' residents are being terrorised by gangs of masked youths on souped

Residents of Darlington, County Durham, are plagued by gangs of youths on off-road and electric bikes who cause havoc in balaclavas

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48 h. ago Boots fans 'delighted' with LED mask that makes skin 'smooth and youthful' now £225 off

Boots fans have been raving about the Lustre ClearSkin Renew Pro Facewear LED Mask, saying it's a 'game-changer' for at-home skincare - and there's now a £225 saving

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3 d. ago Intimidating masked youths, sky high prices and yobs trying to start fights at 5pm: Birmingham's Frankfurt market was once the pride of Brum, now it's a festive nightmare

The Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market I used to be so eager to visit each year is now little more than a tourist trap, filled with troublemakers.

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4 d. ago Council moves to ban balaclavas after town inundated with anti

Darlington is set to become the next town to bring in a balaclava ban with £100 fines after 800 antisocial behaviour reports by yobs wearing the hood to get up to no good in

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9 d. ago Santa at war: ‘home’ town in Finland hosts Nato soldiers as Russian threat looms

Christmas tourists are noticing a growing military presence in Lapland, where Santa Park doubles as a bomb shelterBilled as the official home town of Santa Claus, or joulupukki as he is known in Finland, the city of Rovaniemi offers every imaginable Father Christmas-related experience – from a visit to his “office” on the Arctic Circle to reindeer sleigh rides. He even has his own branch of the Finnish design house Marimekko.But this Christmas season, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world coming in search of Santa, Finnish Lapland’s snow-covered capital is becoming an increasingly popular destination for international military visitors. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The town at war with developers over 'monstrous' warehouses: Families living in shadow of huge 60ft tall structures lose latest battle to halt construction

The Wigan Council has ignored a 10,000-strong signature petition and ruled out halting construction on the 18-metre grey giants.

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2 w. ago German president honours victims of Nazi bombing atrocity on Guernica visit

Frank-Walter Steinmeier travels to Basque town for remembrance ceremony marking ‘terrible crimes’ of 1937Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible crimes” committed there are never forgotten.Hundreds of civilians were killed and hundreds more injured on 26 April 1937 when planes from the German Condor Legion, operating alongside aircraft from fascist Italy, spent hours bombing Guernica on market day. Adolf Hitler had loaned the Luftwaffe unit to Gen Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces to help them in their coup against the republican government, and to allow Nazi Germany’s pilots to practise the blitzkrieg tactics they would later use in the second world war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mum thought son would die as he screamed 'they're trying to stab me'

A 13-year-old boy was threatened by masked youths reportedly armed with knives during an e-bike robbery

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