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Fire crews were called to the Grade II-listed Worlds End pub in Tilbury, Essex , at 4.40pm on Wednesday and brought the blaze under control by 6.30pm. Diarist Samuel Pepys and author Daniel Defoe are said to have drank…
But alongside TLC, Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, she developed a passion for rock, indie and punk. "It was music that meant a lot to me as someone who was very shy and needed an outlet," she said. Yet she felt compelled…
"It's crazy," the owner of Wumman Spa in London says. These customers still get their nails filed, buffed, and trimmed. "You still do the cuticle, you do the soaking and hydrate everything," says Buddemeier, "but you…
"Is he talking about us?" Roelf Meyer remembers thinking when he first heard the US president say it. His response to Trump's claim is blunt. The notion of a mass attack on the white Afrikaner minority in South Africa…
His coalition government is in crisis. But this breakdown of business as usual in Germany has been brewing for years. It's a nation wrestling with new, uncomfortable and unresolved realities. Think of certain stereotypes…
"This is really bad for our undercover agents," says one former FBI agent, who fears for the safety of his colleagues. The former cyber investigator is in a group chat with current agents who are worried their personal…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham at No 10 North in Manchester earlier in September (Oli Scarff/PA) PA Wire News Briefings Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would…
"It feels like a brutal adjustment," he says. "After 18 years of seeing him every day and taking care of him, I miss him so much and I don't really know what to do with myself." Like other parents we have spoken to, Luke…
Thousands are confiscated annually because they are suspected of being driven illegally, or used in a crime - most are later destroyed, but a BBC investigation has found some are sold on to members of the public in…
Read our privacy notice . The parents of children living at home in London charge more than any others in the UK, according to a recent survey. Commissioned by Nationwide Building Society, the survey of more than 2,000…