12 h. ago Jeff Lynne shared sad health update hours before Manchester gig cancelled last minute

EXCLUSIVE: Fans of Jeff Lynne's ELO were left disappointed as thousands of ticketholders were booted from Co-op Live when the gig was cancelled last minute in Manchester

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3 d. ago Wimbledon to demand investment in District line as disruption enters second week

Thousands of tennis fans were left stranded as District line trains were unable to run between Parsons Green and Wimbledon on Monday

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4 d. ago The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my siblings and I were studying in school, handwrite notes for our lunchboxes and write in her diary every night. Our fridge door was a revolving display of word-of-the-day flashcards. Despite this, she also was and remains, by some margin, the worst speller I have met.By the time I was in primary school, she was already asking me to proofread her work emails, often littered with mistakes that were glaringly obvious to me even at such a young age. It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sick suicide forum linked to dozens of deaths still operates despite multiple warnings

The site, which the Manchester Evening News is choosing not to name, was strongly criticised by Manchester west coroner Timothy Brennand in a series of recent reports

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1 week ago Three dead after crowd surge at Hindu festival in Odisha sparks stampede

People were left 'breathless' when thousands of devotees had gathered for the festival, with reports of up to 50 people injured, six of whom are in a critical condition.

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1 week ago ‘He left us with nothing’: the British investors swindled by a German property firm

Investors in the Dolphin/GPG ponzi scheme run by Charles Smethurst are angry that more is not being done to recover the €1bn owed to them “He took everything, left us with absolutely nothing,” says David Middleton, one of thousands of British and Irish investors who racked up huge losses from the collapse of a German property ponzi scheme.The 72-year-old pensioner from Northern Ireland is referring to Charles Smethurst, the German-British businessman who set up Dolphin Capital in 2008, later renamed Dolphin Trust, then German Property Group (GPG), with 200 affiliated companies. In July 2020, the business filed for insolvency, owing more than €1bn to up to 25,000 investors around the world. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Steam down as Summer Sale kicks off with thousands of fans left fuming

The Steam Summer Sale is now live with thousands of games reduced to great low prices. But unfortunately the store is now down - meaning you can't even access the sale

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3 w. ago Moment thousands of furious tourists are left stranded outside the Louvre after rogue staff storm out in flash strike blaming 'untenable' crowding in the famous Paris museum

Footage circulating on social platform X shows swarms of frustrated and confused visitors, tickets in hand, lingering outside the Parisian museum, after its staff called strikes on Monday.

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3 w. ago Timothy West's will shows he left thousands to list of charities

The star also left money to his wife, Prunella Scales, his son and his sister

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3 w. ago EastEnders star Timothy West's will revealed and why wife 'gets less than half'

EastEnders star Timothy West, who died aged 90 in November of last year, has displayed an incredible final act of generosity in his will which has revealed his final wishes

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3 w. ago Timothy West's final act of generosity is revealed in will after his death aged 90

The star, who was married to Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales for over 60 years, died peacefully with his family around him at a care home in November aged 90.

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3 w. ago Iconic tourist destination closes unexpectedly, with thousands left waiting outside

Tourists are warned it is not clear when they will be granted entry

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4 w. ago 'This is great news, but once again thousands of people are being left behind'

Calls are growing to make major changes

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