62 m. ago Britain's answer to the 'leaning tower of Pisa' could turn seaside town into popular hotspot

The unassuming seaside town of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset has a little-known tourist attraction up its sleeve - a tower that's wonkier than Pisa's.

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72 m. ago Race Across The World fans beg former couple Gaz and Yin to get back together as they're gripped by 'unmatched chemistry' and insist they're still in love

The BBC adventure show sees five sets of contestants go head-to-head in a 14,000 kilometers race across China, Nepal and India for a huge cash prize.

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78 m. ago Adorable moment Prince William helps a little girl give Kate some flowers during their Isle of Mull visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary with a trip to the Scottish island, where they visited the picturesque town of Tobermory.

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2 h. ago BREAKING: Body of boy, 16, pulled from lake after going swimming as hot weather grips UK

The 16-year-old was spotted in the water at Colwick Country Park in Nottinghamshire at around 5.20pm yesterday and emergency teams found his body just before 8pm

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3 h. ago The subtle warning signs that your memory lapse is cause for concern

Here’s how to distinguish typical forgetfulness from signs of cognitive decline

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4 h. ago Iñaki Williams: ‘It’s belonging. For the people and for us, Athletic is a religion’

The Ghana international on how recent successes and his club’s feeling and culture fuel hope for their semi-final with Manchester UnitedIñaki Williams, the fastest footballer in town, is accelerating again. The more the images come, the quicker he goes, flying through faces, flashbacks and feelings, everything they did and can still do. “It’s madness,” he says, eyes sparkling, the words chasing each other out, emotion building. And then the Athletic Bilbao winger pauses and laughs. “The other day they came to do tests. The cardiologist started to talk about it. He says: ‘That was wonderful; wow, the gabarra ’ And just him mentioning it, on the screen you saw my heart beating faster.”The gabarra is a barge. Only that’s not all: there is something almost mythical about it, like a legend passed through generations. In an expression of Athletic’s identity, another idiosyncrasy of a unique club, the club’s trophies are celebrated by pulling the gabarra up the Nervión river with the playe...

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4 h. ago Unassuming US town being gripped by DEMENTIA epidemic: 'Everybody's got it'

The low laying community of just over 15,000 residents has one of the highest dementia rates in America at around 25 percent.

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7 h. ago Northern California town's sugary soda tax is first to defy state ban

A voter-approved tax on sugary drinks has taken effect in the beachside community of Santa Cruz on the California coast

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7 h. ago European city frozen in time where dark tourists descend every year

This ancient city has become such a holiday hotspot that tourist numbers had to be capped at 20,000 a day. Still, millions flock to see this remarkable ruins of this once thriving Roman town

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7 h. ago The Scottish Victorian spa town that was named 'best place to live'

The historic destination is home to multiple tasty food spots.

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7 h. ago Victim of vicious racist attack left lifeless in street after cops sent to wrong town

Ugur Argavan was left unconscious in a racially motivated attack just 300 metres from a police station.

Events

9 h. ago Trump on tariff deals at town hall: ‘I’m in less of a hurry than you’

The president appeared to row back on claims he had already made agreements with hundreds of countries, downgrading them to just a handful of ‘potential deals’

Economics

10 h. ago Trump claims he ‘hasn’t made any mistakes’ in first 100 days under questioning on TV town hall: Live

The president was grilled by journalist Bill O’Reilly and sports pundit Stephen A Smith as he joined NewsNation town hall by phone

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10 h. ago Erin Patterson trial live updates: mushroom cook’s murder trial continues in Victoria’s supreme court

Victorian woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder relating to a beef wellington lunch she served at her house in South Gippsland in 2023Hello and welcome to Guardian Australia’s live coverage of the Erin Patterson trial, which is expected to restart at 10.30am this morning.Patterson is accused of murdering her in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson by feeding them a beef wellington dish allegedly laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. The lunch took place in the regional Victorian town of Leongatha, in Australia’s south-east. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump says kids may only get ‘2 dolls instead of 30’ due to possible toy shortage over trade war with China: Live updates

President tries to deflect blame to predecessor as new GDP figures show U.S. economy contracted for first time in three years

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16 h. ago ‘Radical joy’: Cambodians in California celebrate Khmer culture 50 years after Killing Fields

In Long Beach, city with the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the US, people dance, eat and reflect on the 1975 killings“Sousdey chnam thmey!” a rider shouted in Khmer into a megaphone while sitting atop a float swaddled in US and Cambodian flags. “Happy new year!” parade-goers yelled back from the street.Thousands of Cambodian Americans gathered to celebrate the Khmer New Year in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town district – the heart of the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the United States. Continue reading...

Events

17 h. ago We've survived world's most infectious disease... why we're terrified about exploding epidemic in America

Clayton and Kathryn Nash, 68 and 72, were born in the 1950s, about a decade before the measles vaccine was approved in the US. They said they don't want others to experience the infection.

Events

18 h. ago South Africa to hold inquiry into whether prosecutions of apartheid

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes

Politics

18 h. ago How to tell when memory lapses are a sign of a bigger problem

Here’s how to distinguish typical forgetfulness from signs of cognitive decline

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18 h. ago Renfrew councillor calls on Royal Mail to give clarity after sorting office switch

Councillor John Shaw expressed concerns over the decision to move services from the town to Paisley.

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