1 week ago Fury as tiny Welsh town with 5,970 inhabitants gets its FOURTEENTH barber shop and salon (one for every 400 people)

Plans by a Kurdish businessman to open a new barber in a vacant premises sparked anger among residents of Porth, South Wales.

Politics

2 w. ago Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’

Residents – most of them SpaceX workers – in remote Texas community approve plan to create new cityVoters in a small patch of south Texas voted on Saturday to give Elon Musk a town to call his own, officially creating a new city called Starbase in the area where Musk’s SpaceX holds rocket launches.A couple of hundred residents of what was previously known as Boca Chica decided to make their unincorporated neighborhoods into a town that will grant them the authority to pass city ordinances. Continue reading...

Technology

2 w. ago Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees to vote on ‘Starbase’

Residents – most of them SpaceX workers – in remote Texas community expected to approve plan to create new cityVoters in a small patch of south Texas are casting their ballots on Saturday in an election that could give Elon Musk a town to call his own. The vote would officially create a new city called Starbase in the area where Musk’s SpaceX holds its Texas rocket launches.A couple of hundred residents of what was previously known as Boca Chica will decide whether to make their unincorporated neighborhoods into a town that would grant them the authority to pass city ordinances. The outcome, which will be decided almost entirely by SpaceX employees and their families, who make up the majority of the local population, is nearly guaranteed to result in incorporation. Continue reading...

Technology

3 w. ago Town 'saturated' with 13 barber shops just got a 14th given permission to open

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's planning committee approved plans to turn an amusement arcade in Hannah Street, Porth, into a barber shop

Events

3 w. ago Teenage 'hitman' is arrested after Swedish barber shop 'executions' saw three shot dead as they were having their hair cut amid spiralling gang violence in the country

Swedish police have arrested a teenager following a deadly barber shop shooting that saw three people die as they got their hair cut. 

Events

3 w. ago Lizzie Cundy looks glamorous in a gold dress as she enjoys boozy girls' night out with Ruth Langsford for her pre

Lizzie Cundy was having some pre-birthday celebrations on Saturday where she hit the town for a boozy girls night out.

Politics

3 w. ago Wrexham's wild promotion party sees star left in A&E as players turn up in city pubs

Wrexham secured a third consecutive promotion with victory over Charlton on Saturday, sparking wild celebrations in the Welsh town as fans and players partied into the night

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