37 h. ago Banned from home for 40 years: deportations are Russia’s latest move to ‘cleanse’ Ukraine

A deal freezing frontlines would be unacceptable for Serhiy Serdiuk, who was taken to Georgia in handcuffs with his family after refusing to teach the Russian curriculumEarlier this year, Serhiy Serdiuk was deported from Russia, along with his wife and daughter. He was given a 40-year ban from re-entering the country.Serdiuk’s home town of Komysh-Zoria, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, was part of the territory occupied in the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion in spring 2022. According to Moscow, it is now part of Russia. And because Serdiuk, the headteacher of a local school, refused to work for the new authorities, they decided he had no place living there. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Residents lined the streets of a New Jersey town to welcome home Israeli

Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier and believed to be the last living American hostage held in Gaza, has returned home to New Jersey

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3 d. ago The racial violence in Ballymena repeats a pattern that’s blighted Britain for years. We must wake up to that | Lanre Bakare

History tells us attacks on migrants are a predictable result of political failings, distorted media coverage and far-right opportunismIn early June, the violence began. Rumours of a foreigner assaulting a local woman resulted in groups roaming through a small British town, breaking windows of homes belonging to “outsiders”. A few days later, the police attempted to stop mobs from reaching another nearby multiracial area. Eventually they broke through, ransacking shops and burning down a house, while local media reported that the violence had developed into “something like a fever”.Sound familiar? This isn’t Ballymena, the County Antrim town in Northern Ireland that has seen several nights of unrest in which immigrant homes were attacked after reports of an alleged sexual assault on a local girl by two teenagers, who had a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. These incidents actually took place more than a century ago, during the summer of 1919, as racial violence spread thro...

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3 d. ago Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination

When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children’s futureIf Agneta Bruno closes her eyes, the soapy smell takes her back to childhood. Cycling home to the barracks where she lived with her father, an air force major, she would whiz through patches of snowy-white foam near the entrance of the base. The foam resembled the bubbles you get in the bathtub, just thicker. “I had to lift my feet up to avoid getting wet,” Bruno told me.Aqueous film-forming foam (Afff) is a miracle of firefighting: it’s highly effective in putting out flammable liquid fires, such as those caused by jet fuel spills. Chemicals in the foam create a stable blanket over liquid fuel, trapping the flammable vapours and extinguishing the fire. At the air force base in Bruno’s home town of Kallinge in Sweden, firefighters were trained to douse flames using the foam. New recruits came every few week...

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4 d. ago Plans for 43 homes in Ayrshire town unveiled as local expresses 'great concern'

According to the proposals the range of properties would include seven two-bedroom terraces, 12 two-bedroom semi-detached, five three-bedroom detached, 17 three-bedroom semi-detached and two four-bed detached homes.

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4 d. ago Clarkson's Farm star's quiet life in affluent UK town where homes average £380k

He's a farmer and the star of Amazon Prime's Clarkson's Farm, who has a love-hate relationship with presenter Jeremy Clarkson - here's everything you need to know about him.

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4 d. ago People urged to celebrate high street heroes for 2025 Scotland Loves Local Awards

You can also put your home area forward for national accolades including Town of the Year.

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5 d. ago Tough new rules to control number of new shared homes in town

Councillors heard 'the increasing number of HMOs is doing damage to the structure of the borough'

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5 d. ago UK town dubbed 'home of the black pudding' is also cheapest for beer with just £2 pints

The average price of a pint around the country has risen over an eye-watering £5 – but that doesn't mean there aren't some hidden gems with beer coming in at just £2

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5 d. ago I'm thinking about quitting the US after visiting this little

A small market town - home to medieval castle ruins and fantastic cream teas - has left one American woman so charmed that she is considering moving there.

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5 d. ago The two very different types of female alcoholic: My friend Sarah took a sip of wine after six years sober. When I next saw her, I was shocked to the core: AMANDA GOFF

Sarah and I had met in meetings, bonding over a shared sense of anxiety and shame about our out-of-control drinking. We recovered together, week by week, month by month, slowly rebuilding our lives.

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6 d. ago Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy

Information Commissioner’s Office takes action as people report feeling powerless over data gathering at homeMakers of air fryers, smart speakers, fertility trackers and smart TVs have been told to respect people’s rights to privacy by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).People have reported feeling powerless to control how data is gathered, used and shared in their own homes and on their bodies. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 'I'm a child therapist and you must stop saying "don't hit" to angry toddlers'

Young children may start to hit things as they're learning how to interact with the world around them, but a child therapist has shared how to stop it getting out of control

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6 d. ago Child therapist's redirection trick stops toddlers from hitting

Young children may start to hit things as they're learning how to interact with the world around them, but a child therapist has shared how to stop it getting out of control

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6 d. ago UK seaside town blasted as 'rundown' but it's home to best rated beach

Tourists have warned Brits 'not to bother' visiting a popular seaside town famed for its award-winning golden sands - but a £19.5m investment could soon turn things around

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7 d. ago Luke Littler painting on house window praised by Warrington locals as 'stunning'

Luke 'The Nuke' Littler's iconic win at the World Darts Championship has been recreated on a window of a terrace house in his home town of Warrington as locals praised the image

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1 week ago Clean bill of health after unannounced spot check at Ayrshire care home

South Ayrshire Council-run Hillcrest Residential Unit Care Home Service, in the town’s McConnell Square, was graded ‘very good’ and ‘good’ across three quality indicators.

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1 week ago Fifteen police injured amid suspected racially motivated attacks in Ballymena

Northern Irish politicians condemn violence that erupted after vigil for girl who was allegedly sexually assaultedFifteen police officers were injured and several homes attacked during what has been called a “mob fury” of racially motivated disturbances in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena.Members of a crowd threw petrol bombs, fireworks, heavy masonry and bricks at police and tried to burn the homes of a handful of foreign families in the County Antrim town on Monday night. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside the high street so bad locals call it 'St Awful': How Cornwall's biggest town has a problem with drugs, homelessness and empty shops

The town's reputation has become so bad that locals have cruelly dubbed it 'St Awful' and this week told MailOnline they now fear to walk down the high street.

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2 w. ago 'I spent a week holidaying in UK seaside town and came home broke'

Journalist Jess Flaherty ventured to a popular seaside resort with her fiancé and family for a week long staycation, naively thinking it would be a cheap getaway while saving for a wedding

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