15 h. ago Villages go to war in annual 'bottle kicking' battle as hundreds turn out for Easter Monday tradition where locals 'fight to move barrels to streams'

The annual sporting contest between neighbouring rivals Hallaton and Medbourne sees participants compete to bring a wooden beer barrel across a boundary stream within their village.

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47 h. ago 420 Hyde Park: Hundreds gather in central London to smoke pot on Easter Sunday in annual cannabis protest

420 Hyde Park: Hundreds gather in central London to smoke pot on Easter Sunday in annual cannabis protest  The Sun

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52 h. ago Zelensky says Putin's Easter truce is nonsense as Russia continues shell assault on the front line

Volodymyr Zelensky challenged the Kremlin warmonger to continue the 30-hour ceasefire for 30 days, as Donald Trump had earlier demanded.

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54 h. ago Putin's Easter truce sees Russia's ballistic missiles and killer kamikaze drones grounded

Volodymyr Zelensky challenged the Kremlin warmonger to continue the 30-hour ceasefire for 30 days, as Donald Trump had earlier demanded.

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54 h. ago Neighbours at war over 'one inch of land' after couple knock down boundary fence in picturesque village

Darren and Debbie White, of Chelmsford, Essex, have been accused of trespassing and harassment since they demolished the wall between their property and the Alder family's in 2016.

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63 h. ago Man reviews hundreds of pounds worth of Easter eggs to raise awareness about cost of living

Billy D’Souza received more than 4.2 million views on a TikTok video reviewing 21 Easter eggs costing £550.

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64 h. ago Plumber issues urgent warning to households this Easter that could cost you hundreds of pounds

As tempting as it may be to pile all of your dirty plates and pans into the sink after your Easter Sunday roast, one plumber is warning that doing so could end up costing you a hefty price in your wallet

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4 d. ago Easter travel mayhem as Bank Holiday travellers are blighted by hundreds of rail engineering works and warnings in place for torrential rain ruin weekend getaways

Nearly 20million people are hitting the road today, while 19million more are set to travel tomorrow - meaning many motorists could face snaking queues along some of Britain's busiest motorways.

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4 d. ago Easter travel mayhem as bank holiday travellers are hit by hundreds of rail engineering works while 20million motorists hit the road

Britons face long queues during the Easter getaway with nearly 20million drivers set to hit the roads each day over the long weekend amid major rail disruption.

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5 d. ago Traffic news live: Easter travel disruption warning with hundreds of train closures planned

‘Potentially disruptive’ rain forecast as millions set off on Easter getaways

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5 d. ago British tourists banned from bringing meat and cheese back from Europe

New rules on what travellers can bring into Britain come as hundreds of thousands prepare for Easter getaways

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6 d. ago Scotland's ancient Easter traditions that go back hundreds of years

From pace-eggin' to eating lamb, you can take part in some of them yourself.

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8 d. ago 'I shopped 5 Easter sales and cut hundreds off Shark, Apple, Ninja, and Samsung products'

I scoured the April sales and found huge TV, cordless vacuum, and Apple discounts - here are seven deals I think are worth buying this Easter

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1 week ago Member of Rubio’s security team arrested in Brussels after fight with local police

The agent was reportedly arrested after he became physically aggressive with hotel staff in Brussels and got into a fight with police

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2 w. ago The nuptial Nimbys waging war on weddings: Villagers say rowdy guests are ruining their lives with 'discos in our back gardens', obscene speeches and traffic clogging up country lanes

From anger over expletive-laden Best Man speeches to guests urinating in residents' gardens, locals living in the shadow of popular wedding venues say they have reached breaking point.

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3 w. ago Britain's second home ghost towns FIGHT BACK: Locals told to secretly REPORT rich neighbours greedily buying up houses as seaside villages wage war on out

EXCLUSIVE: From April 1, more than 150 councils across the country will increase the tax on second homes to 100 per cent - meaning bills could rise as much as £10,000 for the year.

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3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for controversial £600million historical theme park in heart of Oxfordshire

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

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3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for £600million historical theme park that denies it is linked to Russia or the far right

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

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3 w. ago Village at civil war after pig farmer sells land for £600million historical theme park that denies it is linked to Putin or the far right

The prospect of a £600 million theme park in the sleepy village of Bucknell, Oxfordshire, has sparked a bitter local war, leaving the air thick with talk of traffic chaos, the Spice Girls and even Vladimir Putin.

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4 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Strike into Belgorod ‘destroys four Russian helicopters’

Russian missile attack injures 88 in Sumy, officials report; Saudi Arabia ceasefire talks to continue with nothing yet agreed. What we know on day 1,126Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they destroyed four military helicopters in Russia’s Belgorod region with Himars rocket systems. The special operations command published drone footage and announced: “Special operations forces in cooperation with the GUR of the ministry of defence, missile forces and artillery destroyed two enemy Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.” The strikes occurred at a concealed “jumping-off point” for Russian aircraft used in surprise attacks on Ukrainian forces, the group said. Ukrainian forces have since 18 March been striking across the border into areas of Belgorod oblast including the village of Demidovka, according to Russian and Ukrainian war watchers. Some claimed Ukrainian troops had managed to seize a small amount of territory in Belgorod. Their rep...

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