7 h. ago Teenager dies after doing backflip to celebrate leaving home to 'start new life'

Sonny Blundell was celebrating moving out with his girlfriend.

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37 h. ago Travellers terrorised families with drills and threatened to burn down their homes after they ask them to leave a park

Terrified residents claim travellers attacked their cars with drills and threatened to torch their homes after they begged them to leave a park.

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40 h. ago Workers living in fear of ICE raids in Los Angeles are hiding ‘like Anne Frank’

Immigration officials inspiring climate of ‘insanity and fear’ in California city leaving many too scared to leave their homes or go to work, locals say

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52 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews 24 Hours In Police Custody: The Butcher Of Suburbia: Armchair sleuths will have cracked this case before the first ad break...

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Channel 4 is agog for anything to do with homes and properties, but the serious crime squad should leave guided tours to Phil and Kirstie.

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69 h. ago Government says stock up on nine emergency items as war risk increases

The items can all be kept in an emergency bag in case you need them urgently, or need to leave your home quickly

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4 d. ago Wrestling fan arrested after trying to break into WWE star Liv Morgan's home while brandishing an air rifle

An obsessed Canadian wrestling fan was arrested after showing up at WWE star Liv Morgan's home with an air rifle, before leaving a handwritten note on her porch claiming it was just a 'friendly visit.'

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4 d. ago 'A dog adopted me in Peru and wouldn't leave my side, now I'm bringing him home'

EXCLUSIVE: Mirelle Radley had originally planned to hike Machu Picchu with her cousin but a spinal fracture forced a change of plans - and landed her with a new friend

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4 d. ago Woman breaks down in tears after 'nightmare' home makeover leaves hallway 'looking like a black hole'

The show, titled Your Home In Their Hands, aired on screens for just one series between 2014 and 2015 on BBC One.

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6 d. ago Three Revolutions by Simon Hall review – Stories from the frontlines of revolution

The uprisings in Russia, China and Cuba seen through the eyes of reporters John Reed, Edgar Snow and Herbert MatthewsIf the word “revolution” implies, etymologically, a world turned around, then what unfolded in Russia in 1917 was just that. Everything changed. Old-school deference was dead; the proletariat was in power.The communist American journalist John Reed witnessed a contretemps that captured the suddenness of the change. In simpler times, sailors would have yielded to senior ministers, but on the day of the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, they weren’t having it. When, in a last-ditch effort to save the Provisional Government, two liberal grandees demanded that they be let in, one of the sailors replied, “We will spank you! And if necessary we will shoot you too. Go home now, and leave us in peace!” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Three Revolutions by Simon Hall review – how Russia, China and Cuba changed forever

A historian explores eyewitness accounts of the most dramatic political unpheavals of the 20th centuryIf the word “revolution” implies, etymologically, a world turned around, then what unfolded in Russia in 1917 was just that. Everything changed. Old-school deference was dead; the proletariat was in power.The communist American journalist John Reed witnessed a contretemps that captured the suddenness of the change. In simpler times, sailors would have yielded to senior ministers, but on the day of the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, they weren’t having it. When, in a last-ditch effort to save the Provisional Government, two liberal grandees demanded that they be let in, one of the sailors replied, “We will spank you! And if necessary we will shoot you too. Go home now, and leave us in peace!” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Families with these names are most likely to have the cleanest homes, study finds

Cif surveyed 2,000 Brits to find out which names were the most likely to have a tidy home - and the results might just surprise you, as will the leavest favourite household tasks

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8 d. ago Tens of thousands of women forced to travel out of state for abortion care after Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022

More than 325,000 abortion patients were forced to leave their home state for legal care in the years after the decision

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9 d. ago Revealed: The exact age you should have left your hometown if you are 'clever'

The decision to leave your hometown is always a big one. But a new report reveals the exact age by which 'clever' people have moved away.

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1 week ago 'England's prettiest village' residents say it's 'like North Korea' as drones snoop on homes

People living in 'England's prettiest village' say tourists are unleashing swarms of drones and 'spying' on their homes - leaving them feeling like they 'live in North Korea'

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1 week ago UK heatwave leaves renters boiling as 1m private rent homes fail basic standards

One in five privately rented homes would fail the government's Decent Homes Standard - and of those, almost 400,000 can't be maintained at liveable temperatures

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1 week ago Common holiday mistake could be 'open invite' to lose thousands

People are being warned to avoid doing this if they're leaving home for a while

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1 week ago A climate crisis, a ballot, and a chance at a new life in Australia

World-first agreement that creates a visa in the context of climate change stirs hope among young people in TuvaluOn the sandy shores of Vaiaku, as coconut trees sway gently in the breeze, Tekafa Piliota sits in his small classroom and dreams of becoming a doctor. The 13-year-old, who lives in Tuvalu’s capital Funafuti, knows that would mean leaving his homeland. There aren’t any universities in the small Pacific island nation, which lies between Australia and Hawaii. The country has another problem: it is predicted to be one the first countries to become uninhabitable due to rising seas.“I would like to go to Australia to study. There is higher ground in Australia, and it might be safer during natural disasters,” Piliota says. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Village overrun with colony of escaped peacocks – that attack cars and poo everywhere

Gulval, on the outskirts of Penzance in Cornwall, is home to the exotic birds which often leave their droppings on the grass in front gardens, scratch cars and attack their own reflections

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2 w. ago What would happen if the Great Fire of London took place TODAY: Terrifying map reveals the modern landmarks that would perish

In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless. Now, a map shows what that devastation would look like today.

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2 w. ago Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them

From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsInsects are in trouble. Around the world, scientists are reporting catastrophic declines in their numbers, even in nature reserves that are largely protected from human touch. We are also beginning to see huge drops in the populations of other animals – such as birds – that depend on insects as food.Many of the drivers of those declines are structural, and require strong action by governments to turn around. But there are clear, easy steps that anyone can take to support the insect world. For species under such pressure, any respite is important, and we can create refuges for insects in a world increasingly hostile to their survival. In creating better habitats for insects, you can also reap the benefits: thriving gardens, more songbirds, and a healthier web of life. Continue reading...

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