7 h. ago Man flies 2,000 miles from Manchester on £30 Ryanair flight and is floored when he lands

A man flew from Manchester Airport to another continent for the 'bargain price' of just £30 on Ryanair and was blown away when he arrived at his destination

Economics

3 d. ago Great North Run organisers apologise after medals show the WRONG city and river

More than 60,000 runners took part in the 13.1 mile route from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday, cheered on by up to 200,000 supporters.

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3 d. ago Great North Run organisers issue apology after embarrassing mix

More than 60,000 runners took part in the 13.1 mile route from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday, cheered on by up to 200,000 supporters - but organisers were forced to admit their mistake on Monday

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3 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’

His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad’s Syria. Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump’s crackdown can silence himWhen a history of resistance to the lurching authoritarianism of Donald Trump’s second presidency is written, it could well begin on 11 April 2025, inside a small immigration courtroom in remote, central Louisiana.It was there, in the early afternoon, that a slight young man dressed in a blue uniform jumpsuit spoke calmly but directly to the new administration – away from the gaze of television cameras and 1,000 miles (1,610km) from his friends and family. Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organiser, had been arrested a month earlier – snatched from the lobby of his Manhattan apartment building as he returned home with his wife. Now, detained in the small town of Jena, he sat before a judge who had just ruled that he was eligible to be deported from the United States purely for his political views....

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4 d. ago New Skoda Epiq is a small SUV with the spirit of the Skoda Yeti

All-electric SUV gets funky looks, cool tech, spacious interior, 264-mile range and a price around £26,000

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6 d. ago Mum's bold decision to move 5,000 miles with BOTH her husband and her ex partner

Anna Stoddard, 34, decided to uproot her family and move 5,000 away from her US home to Spain - the mum revealed why she needed her ex to come with her and her husband

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6 d. ago Canada: one person killed and six injured in stabbing in remote First Nation community

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the suspect who attacked Hollow Water First Nation has also died One person has been killed and six others injured in a mass stabbing in an Indigenous community in central Canada, according to federal police who said that the the suspect also died in the incident.The violence occurred in Hollow Water First Nation, a remote community with about 1,000 residents, 217km (135 miles) north of Manitoba’s provincial capital, Winnipeg, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told AFP. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The football fan who has travelled 3,000 miles, eaten horse 'four ways', and joined an accidental stag do

John MacAllister is finally relaxing after an adventure of a lifetime travelling from his home in Barry to Kazakhstan

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7 d. ago The original 'Made in China': World famous Lion of Venice sculpture was actually made 6,000 MILES away in Asia, analysis reveals

The Lion of Venice has looked down over the city's Piazza for more than 700 years. But it was actually made 6,000 miles away in Asia , according to a new study.

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9 d. ago Rossa Ryan overcomes 'character building' moments to reach 1,000 win milestone

The 25-year-old took his worldwide score to four figures, gaining his landmark success on Lopeo in the first race at Goodwood on Tuesday

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9 d. ago NASA warns a HUGE asteroid the size of a commercial jet will skim past Earth tomorrow at blistering speeds of over 28,000mph

The 38-metre (124ft) space rock will make an exceptionally close pass of our planet at blistering speeds over 28,000 miles per hour (45,000 km/h).

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1 week ago Beautiful country pub celebrates huge milestone following £160,000 makeover

The popular pub just 40 minutes from Manchester has been transformed inside

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1 week ago Edinburgh's rowing Maclean brothers arrive in Australia and break Pacific world record

A new world record is set following the 9,000 mile crossing. Today, pizza will be eaten.

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1 week ago Scientists are BAFFLED by a mysterious skull found fused to a cave wall

The ancient cranium - discovered in Petralona Cave, about 22 miles south-east of Thessaloniki in Greece - is less than 300,000 years old. It wasn't a homo sapien like us, nor was it Neanderthal.

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2 w. ago A toddler was fatally beaten and left in a bathtub years ago. Cops just nabbed the disguised suspect 1,000 miles away

Dioblis Williams, 25, was charged with being a fugitive from justice on a Massachusetts warrant, as well as murder on a warrant from Ohio

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2 w. ago Wales leaving no stone unturned in planning for ‘challenging’ Kazakhstan trip

Craig Bellamy’s squad will make a 6,000-mile round trip to and from Central Asia next week.

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2 w. ago Celtic dumped out of Champions League after being stunned by European minnows

Celtic have crashed out of the Champions League after they were stunned by European minnows Kairat on penalties following their 3,000 mile journey to Kazakhstan

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2 w. ago Mercedes breaks electric car distance record with one of the fastest EVs ever built

Mercedes-AMG's GT XX concept has achieved a number of world records with its electric powertrain, including achieving a distance of more than 3,000 miles in 24 hours

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2 w. ago ‘At Meta I found myself wrestling my deputy in an MMA gym’: Nick Clegg on the culture shock of Silicon Valley

In an exclusive extract from his new book, the former Meta number two recalls the mindset, the mantras and the man at the top• Read an interview with Nick Clegg hereI’m not a creature of Silicon Valley. I didn’t study computer science. I’ve never written a line of code. I haven’t spent my career immersed in the processes, debates and science of technological progress. I came to Meta, Facebook as it then was, in 2018 as an emigre from the world of British and European politics. I wasn’t really sure what to expect.As an Englishman, I never cease to be amazed by the sheer scale of America. It’s striking, when you first set foot in this part of Northern California, how remote it feels from the power centres of the east coast. It’s not just the nearly 3,000 miles that separate you from Washington DC and New York; the three-hour time difference means you feel out of sync. The day’s news agenda is in full flight on the east coast before the west is awake. The biggest European stories broke...

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3 w. ago Revealed: The beautiful island in Europe where you can swim with pigs

Forget the 4,000 mile trip to the Bahamas for a close encounter with the island's adorable 'swimming pigs' - as there's a destination much closer to the UK that offers the same unique experience. 

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