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Council to sell four storey block of former flats

Douglas Council's 1930s development on Lord Street remains boarded after tenants were moved in 2022.




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House price fall could boost London economy - Khan

Mayor of London says increasing access to affordable housing is vital to the city's economic growth




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‘The mould makes my asthma worse,’ says tenant

Tenants say they have experienced mould, mushrooms growing through carpets and water leaks.




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Third of working age people die in poverty - report

According to Marie Curie, 35% of working age people who died in Bradford were in poverty.




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Beach volleyball teen celebrates gold medal hat trick

Bournemouth schoolboy Lucas , 15, was called up to the England junior squad earlier this year.




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What is the Bibby Stockholm and why is it controversial?

All about the Bibby Stockholm barge, which is moored in Portland, Dorset.




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Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week?

After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?




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Free parking day to help late holiday shoppers

Weymouth Town Council says it has made 23 December a free parking day to help last-minute shoppers.




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Swan survives crash through glass skylight

A swan ends up trapped in netting before falling to the floor after smashing through a skylight.




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TikTok創始人張一鳴成為新晉中國首富 七成上榜富豪資產縮水

張一鳴是中國過去26年裡的第18位新晉首富。相較之下,美國祇有四位「首富」: 比爾蓋茲、華倫巴菲特、傑夫貝佐斯和伊隆馬斯克。




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Blackpool to host Birmingham in FA Cup second round

Former Premier League sides Blackpool and Birmingham City are drawn together in the second round of the FA Cup.




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Trust aims to raise £60k for bat habitats

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust wants to help bats with improved habitats on six of its reserves.




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West of England events mark Armistice Day

Events take place across the region to mark the armistice at the end of World War One.




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Novichok inquiry told of 'car crash' Gove meeting

An expert says a meeting with Michael Gove about the poisonings showed he "had not been briefed".




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Hockey player 'proud' to be in Masters World Cup

Sabina Falcone-Healey is a member of the England women's over-45 squad.




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Road closed as firefighters tackle kebab shop fire

The fire service is investigating the cause of the blaze on Northgate Street, Devizes.




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Spy poisoning sparked 'incident of scale not seen'

A counter terror commander tells an inquiry the Salisbury poisonings were “truly unprecedented".




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The dark side of nursery rhymes

A Coventry teacher has written a play about the attempted murder of Humpty Dumpty.




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Daughter's mission to give people CPR skills and access to defibrillators

Kenilworth woman's campaign to give people the best chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.




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Vernon Kay is coming to Coventry

Do you fancy Vernon's live 90's dance tour that's coming to the HMV Empire?




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School run drivers risking lives

A Rugby school's lack of parking restrictions outside gates is a hazard for pupils.




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Rugby's Wakelin loses to Ding in Nanjing final

China's Ding Junhui wins six frames in a row to beat Englishman Chris Wakelin 10-7 in the final of the International Championship.




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City car park set to reopen as others close

A parking area shut during Covid is reopening to help offset the spaces lost during regeneration work.




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'Highly flammable' cladding behind £450k bill

The cladding is on a building which will house SEND students, Warwickshire County Council says.




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Thousands gather in town to mark Armistice Day

Bedworth has marked 11 November on the actual day every year for more than 100 years.




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King faces fans after painful Robins 'divorce'

Coventry City owner Doug King outlines the real reasons behind Mark Robins' sacking from Sky Blues.




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Ambulance study to trial lateral flow stroke test

About 200 patients will be recruited to for the two-year trial which uses lateral flow tests.




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U-turns and LinkedIn rants plague fire chief search

The latest candidate for the post has withdrawn just days after the appointment was announced.




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Council to hire new £130k directors as cuts loom

The six-figure salary hires come as the council is facing a budget gap of about £10m this year.




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Why do I need to book to take my waste to the tip?

A new booking system has been put in place in Norfolk’s waste recycling centres.




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Who does Ben Elton visit in Norfolk?

Ben Elton is bringing his new tour to the county, but says he visits Norfolk regularly.




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Norwich must 'crack on' despite defeats - Duffy

Norwich City defender Shane Duffy urges the team to learn quickly and "crack on again" following two defeats away from home in the space of four days.




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Watchdog looks at police conduct in murder case

The IOPC is looking into previous contact with the victim up to seven weeks before her killing.




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EV deliveries rise in October as overall market shrinks

New car market falls by -6.0% in October, as businesses, fleets and private buyers register 9,241 fewer vehicles. Battery electric the only vehicles to see higher uptake as manufacturers subsidise […]

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Boycott Wordle – New York Times workers plead, DNA firm disappears without trace

‘Don’t play Wordle’ is the plea from striking New York Times workers who are complaining about what they say are unfair labour practices. The New York Times Tech Guild, which […]

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Smart meters in north/south divide, Bitcoin breaks through $82,000 barrier

The way smart energy meters work in northern England and Scotland is causing issues for customers, BBC Panorama has been told. The body that represents energy companies, Energy UK, has […]

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Kia EV3 now available across Europe from £33,000

  Kia’s compact electric SUV, the Kia EV3, has arrived in Europe with a range of up to 375 miles on a single charge and an interior design that the […]

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Blue Sky gets post-election boost, Apple Vision Pro headset production scaled back

Social media platform Bluesky says it has gained 700,000 new users in the week following the US election. Bluesky, which was originally conceived as part of Twitter by its former […]

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AI university course uptake increased by 453% over 5 years, claims study

The development and rising popularity of AI is not only impacting the tech we use, but also the career paths the next generation are taking. A recent study by laptop and tech […]

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Links for May 3rd

The Healing Power of JavaScript | WIRED "With static sites, we've come full circle, like exhausted poets who have travelled the world trying every form of poetry and realizing that the haiku is enough to see most of us through our tragedies." A line that particularly resonates in this lovely Craig Mod article on the […]




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Links for May 24th

CG Cinematography Archives – Chris Brejon A remarkable book – and resource – from Chris Brejon. All on lighting for CG animation, but as usual with this sort of reference, so much to say about cinematic lighting fullstop. (tags: animation 3d compositing lighting book reference cinematography ) R Luke Dubois on Joel Chadabe A deeply […]




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Links for May 24th

GitHub OCTO | Flat Data Github experimenting with a formalised approach for using Actions/repositories as datastores. Interesting to see their end-to-end approach, including, in particular, custom VS Code plugins for generating configurations; it's a neat and accessible way to build end-user UI. (tags: data git github tools storage patterns )




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Links for June 15th

Mare’s Hair | Avidly "Here’s an important and (as far as I can yet tell) unaddressed question for Mare of Easttown criticism: when, exactly, did Mare Sheehan stop dying her hair blond? This question may seem trivial compared to more pressing Mare of Easttown questions, such as “was that ending good?” and “is this copaganda?” […]




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Links for July 6th

Frog Vision and Tom’s Diner – Valhalla DSP "However, the most important factor for me at this point is that I have heard “Tom’s Diner” so many times that *I no longer hear it*. Like frog vision, I no longer notice what remains the same, only what has changed. I don’t hear the song anymore, […]




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Links for August 28th

Primož Roglič – Path to 2021 Tour de France Glory Wonderful writing from Kate Wagner, on Primož Roglič, and cycling, and the arcs of careers, and change. (tags: cycling primozroglic sport katewagner writing ) playing the believing game – by Sara Hendren – undefended / undefeated "… believing, Elbow says, is a separate muscle entirely, […]




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Links for August 30th

Oddkin: A working letter · Buttondown "Either your workplace is a family or it’s not. It’s not, of course. The very concept of the workplace as family is a tool for exploitation. But if it’s not, where does that leave us in relation to each other? What does it mean to care about your colleagues, […]




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Links for September 7th

George and Ann "My only objection [to the coverage of le Carré's death] would be: not enough discussion about the relationship between le Carré’s greatest character, George Smiley, and his wife, Ann, which plays out over the five novels where George Smiley appears as a central figure and is one of the weirdest portraits of […]




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Back to the future: Windows Phone to be called Windows Mobile?

Maybe that forced change from SkyDrive to OneDrive got things rolling, or perhaps new CEO Satya Nadella really is shaking things up at Microsoft, but there seems to be a newfound interest in beginning anew. That apparently includes name changes, …




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The Microsoft Work and Play Bundle: good deal if you can get it

Microsoft just went live with what looks to be a pretty good deal it’s calling the “Microsoft Work and Play Bundle“, which includes one year subscriptions to Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype …