11 h. ago Alison Hammond wears a colour block trench and shoppers are loving it

The TV presenter put on the autumn wardrobe classic during an outdoor shooting, but her stylist chose one with special designs to brighten the days

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35 h. ago Rugby faces new breakaway league threat as Premier League club owners go public

After Mike Tindall's R360 project took a big step forward, a new plan to shake up rugby has emerged with two football club owners at the helm

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39 h. ago Black swan nicknamed ‘Mr Terminator’ evicted from town after trying to drown local birds

The bird had become ‘more popular than William Shakespeare’ in Stratford-Upon-Avon until things took a ‘dark’ turn

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56 h. ago Welsh town centre's 'white elephant' that has one major drawback

The old bus station was turned into a new open space through a £1m project but now it can't be used for large scale events

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57 h. ago Black swan nicknamed ‘Mr Terminator’ evicted from town after attacking local birds

The bird ‘became more popular than William Shakespeare’ among Stratford-Upon-Avon residents and visitors

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3 d. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan says plan 'to shake up snooker' could produce next 'young superstar'

EXCLUSIVE Ronnie O'Sullivan has opened up on the plan 'to shake up snooker' that could produce next 'young superstar' thanks to Pluto TV's dedicated channel

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4 d. ago Devil in the Dust review – Guy Pearce leads old west outcasts on a supernatural mission with a message

A little girl with a fatal touch becomes an intriguing metaphor for the white man’s burden in an impressive film from Ned CrowleyIf not quite in the top tier of 21st-century westerns, this supernatural oater from director Ned Crowley has a distinctive silhouette. First off, the film is beautifully shot, from the opening scene, which tracks back from a hallucinatory landscape until we see the source of a strange sound: a riffled deck of cards in a desperado’s hands. And its central conceit – a little girl (Emily Katherine Ford) whose touch is fatal – flowers into an intriguing metaphor for the consequences of the white man’s burden.Except here the girl is, initially, a black woman’s burden. Formerly enslaved Sarah (DeWanda Wise) runs a homestead on the edge of an Arizona town in a plague-stricken time. The already on-edge locals shun her and her daughter, even though she keeps her child’s apparently deadly hands gloved. Increasingly ground down, Sarah enlists mentally shattered docto...

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6 d. ago How much has immigration grown YOUR town? Use our interactive tool to discover how local populations have changed across the UK

New figures from the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) showed the UK's population in mid-2024 was up 755,254 (1.1 per cent) from 68.5 million in mid-2023.

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7 d. ago Upmarket chippy in Hornchurch town centre spotted on Rightmove

Upmarket chippy in Hornchurch town centre spotted on Rightmove  This Is Local London

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8 d. ago Communities gain power to block vape shops and save pubs in £5bn plan

The government will hand funding directly to ‘the true patriots that build our communities up’

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8 d. ago Football fan builds £5k stand in garden to watch team as rivals call him 'rich b******'

Ian Nutter, 65, decided to build the terrace after he found three of his eight grandsons leaning over his wooden back garden fence trying to catch their local team, Barnoldswick Town, in action

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8 d. ago UK seaside town brought back to life with vibrant event that locals love

The traditional seaside town's weekly street market was shut down earlier this year, but the community rallied together to welcome the new market with open arms

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8 d. ago Dog owners face pet tourist tax in holiday hotspot after DNA poo database fails

Politicians in the northern Italian city of Bolzano have decided that dogs must start paying their way, the locals having grown sick of the mess that plagues the pretty town

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8 d. ago Communities will get new powers to put 'pride' back into their derelict high streets with powers to transform boarded up high streets and BLOCK new vape stores

Communities will be given new powers to transform boarded-up shops and block bookies and vape stores from their high street.

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9 d. ago New betting and vape shops could be blocked under new community powers

Communities will be given the power under plans to revitalise neglected high streets

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9 d. ago High streets to be revitalised under new powers to save local pubs and libraries

Unwanted betting and vape shops could be blocked from opening as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme.

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9 d. ago Doc Martin's pretty seaside town 'ruined' by tourists and locals 'hate it'

A once tranquil fishing village famed for featuring in the TV series Doc Martin is now said to be inundated with visitors

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1 week ago Lewisham drug dealer sold heroin and crack cocaine in seaside town

Lewisham drug dealer sold heroin and crack cocaine in seaside town  This Is Local London

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1 week ago Vape and gambling shops could be blocked by locals in town planning shake

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will announce a major overhaul of decision-making to give locals more control of the shops on their high streets.

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1 week ago Vape and betting shops may be BLOCKED on local high streets under major plan

Keir Starmer will this week unveil a shake-up to town planning to give communities more control over where stores can open and how many there can be in their towns

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