Fans visiting the Isle of Man TT have described the excitement of watching the "ultimate race" from up close around the course. Tens of thousands of visitors have travelled to …
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A new four-screen cinema in Gainsborough is on course to open in the summer, according to managers. The £9m project in Market Place comprises a Savoy cinema, two retail units …
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Bin workers are to switch to four-day weeks and recycling collections will be made on alternate fortnights, North Yorkshire Council has announced. Refuse workers will work the same number of …
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Historic remains believed to be part of one of the largest medieval hospitals in the north of England have been uncovered during emergency roadworks in York. The works began after …
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Just past the mid-point in the spring season and it has been a rollercoaster ride of weather patterns. It was the driest March in Northern Ireland since 2012, provisionally the …
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One death every seven minutes: The world's worst country to give birth
by Hannahby HannahAt the age of 24, Nafisa Salahu was in danger of becoming just another statistic in Nigeria, where a woman dies giving birth every seven minutes, on average. Going into …
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A plan by a school to ban skirts in a bid to make uniform more gender-neutral has been paused after the head teacher received "discriminatory and bigoted" feedback. On Monday, …
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A key road which has been closed for four days after a water main burst has now reopened, a water company has said. Drivers reported "chaos" in Gloucester after the …
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The world's rainforests are often referred to as the "lungs of the earth". They store billions of tonnes of carbon and in doing so help to reduce the impacts of …
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Hoarding disorder has become "a national emergency in America", an MP has said, "so we need to look at it here." Paulette Hamilton, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, spent years …