7 h. ago Get an 'easy to build' LEGO Bluey Playground set for under £3 with clever money

The LEGO Bluey Playground set is perfect for fans of the popular children's TV show, and we've found a way for parents to get their hands on it for a fraction of the price

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10 h. ago Edge of Crewe set to be transformed as plans proceed to build 660 homes

Work will start on the 109-acre site in 2026

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36 h. ago Violent thug racially abused shopkeeper before dousing store with petrol

Huddersfield Jonathan Brook told the shopkeeper he would die

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47 h. ago Thug, 31, who racially abused shopkeeper before pouring petrol over him and setting building alight is jailed for nine years

Jonathan Brook, 31, told the terrified worker 'you're a little guy, I'll smash your teeth in' during the heinous attack in Huddersfield on February 5 this year.

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51 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: In Lawless Britain the 'rights' of scumbags are put ahead of innocent shopkeepers and abused Jewish women

The law is more concerned about shielding the identities of criminals than protecting their victims, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN.

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3 d. ago The pretty little villages set to be decimated by Heathrow's plans for a third runway

Three historic villages with listed buildings and residents who have lived there for four generations are set to be decimated by a third Heathrow runway.

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4 d. ago City trader's horror deadly poison death live on camera as he's jailed

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Michael Marin's world came crashing down when he was found guilty of arson after setting fire to a building, which had been bought for £2.7million in 2011

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6 d. ago Judy, 89, worked hard all her life and lives in one of Australia's richest suburbs. She has launched a stunning bid to stop new homes being built nearby

A legal challenge to state building rules has set of a political firestorm in one of Australia's most exclusive postcodes, as residents speak out about the controversial move.

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7 d. ago Italian government gives final approval for bridge linking Sicily to mainland

€13.5bn allocated for 10-year project to build longest single-span bridge in the world across the Strait of MessinaThe Italian government has given the final approval for the construction of a multi-billion-euro bridge linking Sicily to the mainland, a project that has been a topic of debate since at least the late 1960s but has been held back by a litany of concerns, including the huge cost, seismic risks and mafia infiltration.Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government has set aside €13.5bn to build what will be the longest single-span bridge in the world. A dream of Italy’s late former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and revived soon after Meloni’s government came to power in 2022, the 3.7km bridge and its surrounding facilities are expected to take 10 years to build. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Suspected gunmen go on trial in Moscow over concert hall terror attack

Islamic State affiliate group have claimed responsibility, though Russian investigators have sought to blame UkraineEurope live – latest updatesNineteen people, among them the four suspected gunmen, went on trial in Moscow on Monday over a concert hall attack that claimed 149 lives, one of the worst terrorist attacks in modern Russia.Four armed men from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan allegedly stormed the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on 22 March last year, opening fire and then setting the building alight, injuring hundreds of people. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Is it true that you need to lift heavy weights to build muscle mass?

Most people who want larger muscles head to the gym. But gains can be made at home without any equipment at allScroll through social media for muscle-building advice and the message is often clear: go to the gym; lift weights so heavy you can barely finish your final set. “People assume that’s the only way to build muscle,” says Leigh Breen, professor of translational physiology at the University of Leicester. “But there are other ways.”Muscles grow when we place a demand on them that isn’t typical in our daily lives. If that demand is repeated often enough, the muscles adapt: getting stronger and, yes, larger. But they don’t “know” whether this stimulus to the muscle is coming from a heavy or low load. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: EU and UK increase sanctions on Russia as drone strike on Odesa kills one

EU agrees 18th package of sanctions against Moscow, including a moving price cap on Russian oil 15% below market rates. What we know on day 1,242One person was killed and at least one apartment building set alight in Odesa after Russian forces staged a mass drone attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port. The city’s mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov, said at least 20 drones had converged on the city. “Civilian infrastructure was damaged as a result of the attack. A residential high-rise building is on fire” and rescuers were pulling people out, he said. The Odesa region’s emergency service said later that five people were rescued from burning apartments but “one rescued woman died”.The Russian defence ministry said its air defence systems destroyed 87 Ukrainian drones in a five-hour period on Friday evening, including over the Bryansk region bordering northern Ukraine and the Moscow region. Russian aviation authorities were once again forced to suspend flights at Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo ai...

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3 w. ago LEGO's back to school range includes £15 desk drawer and brick lunch bags

LEGO sells more than just building sets, with its back to school range featuring practical items perfect for children and adults

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4 w. ago Date set for historic Greater Manchester building regeneration 'to be completed'

The building has been closed since 2015

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last month ‘We’re Britain’s dirty little secret’: After 17 years under an indefinite jail term for a teenage crime, Tony is finally free

Tony Betteridge was aged just 18 when he was handed an indefinite jail term for setting a fire in a store cupboard in an empty building, Amy-Clare Martin writes. After more than a decade in jail, four recalls and the tragic loss of his mother, sister and brother, he is ready to start a new life

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