68 m. ago Grand Designs ‘nuclear bunker’ home that cost £7m to build leaves viewers horrified

Grand Designs viewers were left horrified after a couple spent £7million building a modern castle, only for many to say it looked like a car park, prison or nuclear bunker

Economics

97 m. ago The horrifying human zoos: Shocking images show how 'primitive' tribesmen were caged alongside animals to be gawped at by Westerners

Caged in enclosures in Madrid's Retiro Park, they were described as 'strange', 'disfigured', 'brutal' and 'subhuman'. 

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1 hour ago Uproar as cars continue to be banned from idyllic Welsh beach

There are no plans to review the decision to end car parking on a north Pembrokeshire beach after it became car-free back in 2023

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2 h. ago Glasgow crime: Police investigating reported rape at Queen's Park in Glasgow on Christmas Eve

Police said inquiries into the incident were ongoing.

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3 h. ago Queen Camilla's Boxing Day breakfast and its cheeky nickname

Tom Parker Bowles has shared his mother's beloved Boxing Day breakfast recipe that Princess Margaret calls something else

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3 h. ago Dr Alex George looks back: ‘A dying friend told me to throw myself into things more – Love Island came into my mind’

The author and mental health campaigner on not fitting in at school, being on the Covid frontline, and how grief inspired him to help othersBorn in Carmarthen in 1991, Dr Alex George is a former NHS doctor, an author and a mental health campaigner. After studying medicine at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, he worked as an A&E doctor in London before joining the cast of 2018’s Love Island. In 2021, he was appointed the UK government’s youth mental health ambassador. He is the author of five books; his latest, Happy Habits, is out now, with Am I Normal? published on 15 January.Mum loved to make outfits for special occasions, and Christmas was no exception. It was an important time of year for our family; she was determined for us to experience the magic of tradition. It would have been a small, intimate day in Capel Dewi in Carmarthenshire – just me, my parents, my two brothers and my grandmother. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Queen Camilla's Boxing Day breakfast with just four ingredients

Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, shared a simple Royal recipe which is a Boxing Day staple

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5 h. ago Five things all Celtic fans want to see under the Christmas tree with a new striker top of the list

The festive campaign is usually party season at Parkhead but it will take some big gifts to bring some cheer this year

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6 h. ago Decaying landmark from iconic movie gets a $50million new lease of life after laying abandoned for decades

The New York State Pavilion has been standing in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - where the US Open also takes place - since the World Fair in 1964.

Economics

6 h. ago What happened next: the Oasis comeback – and how it transformed a hill in Manchester

When the band played their homecoming shows, the city council attempted to discourage ticketless fans from an area that became known as ‘Gallagher Hill’. But, realistically, nothing could keep them away ...‘If you lot are listening on the hill Bring It on Down,” Liam Gallagher said from the stage, dedicating the Oasis track to ticketless fans who had gathered in Heaton Park. When the band played their run of Manchester homecoming shows in July, an estimated 10,000 people made their way to what became known as “Gallagher Hill” over the five-night run.The Manchester shows were the only UK gigs that took place in a public space, as opposed to stadiums. Manchester city council had warned those without tickets to stay away, going so far as to erect another fence to block the view when word began to spread that people were gathering. But all attempts to discourage them were futile, as word about the “electric” atmosphere spread on social media. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Where you're most likely to get a parking ticket in Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire Council has issued penalty charge notices to thousands of people over a 12-month period and received almost half a million pounds in fines

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11 h. ago Holiday park operator Haven braced for record number of bookings after Christmas Day surge

A leading staycation operator has highlighted a big rise in people opting to use Christmas Day to make their holiday booking

Culture

13 h. ago Kelsey Parker's touching tribute to stillborn son as she shares 'Tom is with Phoenix'

Kelsey Parker has shared a touching tribute to her stillborn son that she had made, and the way it ties together her two "angel boys", Phoenix and Tom Parker, her late husband

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15 h. ago Kelsey Parker reveals touching Christmas tribute to her stillborn son Phoenix with boyfriend Will Lindsay

The widow of The Wanted's Tom Parker took to social media to share how she has added her son to Tom's memorial bench.

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17 h. ago 'Highly qualified' doctor drank bottle of vodka before crashing into cars parked outside school

Dr Kate Eve, of York Street Health Practice in Leeds, confirmed she drank 250ml of vodka before she drove a child a 'short distance' to a school before crashing into several vehicles.

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18 h. ago Playing the waiting game: Experts react to ‘This Is Us’ star Milo Ventimiglia’s personal money mantra

‘For any big-ticket want, not a need, we use a simple rule: pause, write it down, and set a future date to revisit it,’ one expert said

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19 h. ago Glasgow park 'rape' horror as police cordon off area on Christmas Eve

Police have locked down Queen's Park in Glasgow southside after a reported serious sexual assault in the early hours on Christmas Eve - an investigation is now underway

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19 h. ago Glasgow 'rape' horror as police plunge park into lockdown on Christmas Eve

A "huge cordon" has been erected at the popular park as part of a police probe into an alleged rape which took place in the early hours of Christmas Eve

Events

19 h. ago Christmas Day parkrun: Full list of locations staging 5k event on December 25th

Christmas Day parkrun will be held at locations throughout the UK on Thursday

Politics

20 h. ago ‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals

From Copenhagen’s cycle lanes and Vienna’s shared parks to Barcelona and London’s unfulfilled potential, better living is close at handThe angry rumble of a speeding SUV. The metallic smog of backlogged traffic. The aching heat of sun-dried neighbourhoods baking in an oven of concrete and asphalt.For most people, the mundane threats that plague our environments are likely to annoy more than they spark dread. But for scientists who know just how dangerous our surroundings can be, the burden of knowledge weighs heavy each day. Across Europe, environmental risks cause 18% of deaths from cardiovascular disease and 10% of deaths from cancer. Traffic crashes in the EU kill five times more people than murders. Continue reading...

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