65 h. ago 'Utter chaos' on M60 after lorry hits bridge causing major delays

There has been heavy traffic on the M60 for hours following the incident

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2 w. ago Circular Motion by Alex Foster review – what if the world spun faster and faster?

This impressive debut, in which super-quick pod travel causes the Earth’s rotation to accelerate, satirises climate change denialAlex Foster’s sparky debut novel is built around a new technology of travel. Pods launch high into the sky and connect with one of thousands of “circuit vessels”, all orbiting the world from east to west. Travellers then descend in another pod, arriving wherever they choose. Spring-loaded pads store the pod’s kinetic energy when they land, and propel them up again when they launch. It’s so cheap, so rapid and so ubiquitous that everyone uses it. You can work in London, meet a friend for lunch in New York and come back to work that afternoon.The novel’s narrator, Tanner Kelly, has grown up in rural Alaska, a backwater without a pod station. He is only too glad to escape, getting a glamorous job in London as personal assistant to scientist Victor Bickle, who works for CWC, the company that runs the network. Bickle’s job is selling CWC’s services and whi...

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2 w. ago Moment UK music festival descends into utter chaos as 'unruly' crowds throw bottles, storm the stage and scramble over fences

Thousands had descended on Addingdon Park in Croydon over the weekend for the SandZ Caribbean music festival, which had promised two days of 'non-stop vibes'.

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3 w. ago What you should actually buy from Space NK, from the the best anti

This weekend, more than 12,000 beauty enthusiasts descended on Space NK's striking new flagship store at 214 Oxford Street - formerly part of the iconic old Topshop before its closure in 2021.

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3 w. ago I got an exclusive first look inside Space NK's new store...these are the anti

This weekend, more than 12,000 beauty enthusiasts descended on Space NK's striking new flagship store at 214 Oxford Street - formerly part of the iconic old Topshop before its closure in 2021.

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3 w. ago Waterstones event descends into 'hell on earth' as readers blast 'dangerous' crowds

Waterstones event descends into 'hell on earth' as readers blast 'dangerous' crowds  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago Waterstones Piccadilly event descends into 'hell on earth' as readers blast 'dangerous' overcrowding

Waterstones apologised to customers after a raft of complaints about the event at its flagship store

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3 w. ago Waterstones BookFest branded 'hell on earth' as 'shaking' customers 'struggle to breathe'

Waterstones' flagship store in Piccadilly, central London, was packed with customers yesterday for BookFest, the company's annual celebration of literature, but some customers said it was 'utter chaos' and 'hell on earth'

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3 w. ago Waterstones BookFest blasted as 'hell on earth' as 'utter chaos' descends on store

Waterstones has apologised after guests attending the annual BookFest at the flagship store in Piccadilly, central London, faced serious overcrowding and huge queues

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3 w. ago Harvard scientist warns interstellar object blasting toward Earth ‘may come to save – or destroy us’

31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be detected in our solar system

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