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Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...
Chewing gum to be removed from some streets of BCP
Daily Echo
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This is thanks to funding from the Chewing Gum Task Force. BCP Council is one of 52 councils across the country to have received a grant from the task force, now in its fourth year. The funds are to help clean gum off pavements. The grants provide...
Today in History: EPA bans use of pesticide DDT
The Canon City Daily Record - Colorado
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June 14, 2025
Today is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2025. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today in history: On June 14, 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered a ban on domestic use of the pesticide DDT, to take effect at...
'Remarkable' HMS Bristol warship draws a crowd as it departs for scrapyard
Bristol Post
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June 12, 2025
Veterans and members of the public have turned out to give a "respectful farewell" to a former Royal Navy flagship that played a "vital role" in the Falklands conflict. HMS Bristol was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday, almost five...
Map shows safest countries to be in if global conflict breaks out
Metro
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June 23, 2025
These countries offer some of the best chances of survival As the US joins Israel in its strikes on Iran and its nuclear facilities and Iran retaliates with attacks on Israel, fears have grown over ‘World War 3’ breaking out. Overnight 20 Israeli...
The North Wales estate where '99.9% of people would give you their last £1 if they could'
NorthWalesLive
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June 21, 2025
Wrexham is a county of contrasts with some of the most affluent areas in Wales, including Marford and Hoseley and Rossett. These two areas rank 1908 and 1805, respectively out of 1909 areas on the Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD). These...
The man who has built something extraordinary and changed the lives of hundreds
Wales Online
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June 8, 2025
Paul Bromwell was just 18 years old when he returned home to the Rhondda after four months of harrowing service in the Falklands War. The burden he carried was far heavier than his years. "I was one of the youngest men on the special unit out...
In Pictures: Winners revealed at 2025 Scottish Home Awards
Scottish Construction Now
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The winners of the 2025 Scottish Home Awards have been officially announced following a spectacular awards evening held in Glasgow last night. Over 600 guests gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton to mark the 18th annual ceremony, proudly sponsored...
Let’s call Palestine Action’s RAF attack what it is: sabotage
The Spectator
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June 21, 2025
It might be a little unfair to pick on Lisa Nandy – who was bounced on Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday morning and who, to be fair, did condemn unequivocally the actions of the Palestine Action cadres who attacked two of the 14 Voyager...
Mark Knopfler, 40 years after Dire Straits’ groundbreaking album: ‘I’m not good enough to improvise like a jazz musician’
El País
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June 21, 2025
Mark Knopfler wrote the lyrics for Money for Nothing half-hidden behind a stack of microwave ovens, sitting next to the window of an appliance store. He wanted to capture the bizarre scene he was witnessing: a delivery boy, taking a break — and...
TimeframeQueen Elizabeth's final farewell to the QE2 before it headed to Dubai
The National News
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This month in 2008, Queen Elizabeth II made a last tour of her namesake cruise liner before its retirement in Dubai to become a floating hotel. The queen, who was 82 at the time, visited the QE2 in the port city of Southampton in the UK, her last...
The day the fates of Jordan and Maradona diverged
The Saturday Paper
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June 20, 2025
On June 21, 1995, God was recovering in a hospital bed. The surgical thinning of his “jowls” had been successful. “I’ve lost so much weight that they began to look inflamed and were totally unaesthetic,” Diego Maradona said through a translator....
35 hot new books to fit your summer mood
The Globe and Mail
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June 19, 2025
Summer, for a lot of us, is peak reading season. Those extra hours of sunlight mean more time to sneak in just one more chapter, whether you’re stretched out in the grass, relaxing on the beach or a balcony, or hiding from the heat indoors. To...
24 Best Places To Visit In Antarctica (2025 Guide)
NOMADasaurus
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June 14, 2025
From the highlights of the Antarctic Peninsula to the nearby islands and passages to visit on the way, here are our top places to visit in Antarctica! Antarctica, the southernmost continent, is easily one of our favorite destinations on Earth....
British Overseas Territories: how you can visit or even live in one of these tax-free havens
Devon Live
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June 17, 2025
From the financial hub of the Cayman Islands to the rugged natural beauty of South Georgia, British Overseas Territories (BOTs) might ring a bell - but do you truly grasp what they are? Are these "British" locales simply tax havens for the...
How British Overseas Territories work - and how you can visit or live in one of them
Gloucestershire Live
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June 17, 2025
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), from the financial powerhouse of the Cayman Islands to the untamed beauty of South Georgia, are often recognised but not fully understood. Are these "British" spots merely havens for the rich to avoid...
In Pictures: Thousands turn out for Father's Day event at Southend Airport Vulcan
Echo News
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Operating out of Southend Airport, The Vulcan Restoration Trust runs tours and demos throughout the year to showcase the city’s beloved Vulcan XL426 jet. Packed - Thousands turned out for the Vulcan's Father's Day event (Image: VRT) With the...
Pubs giant in plan to convert city centre landmark into hotel
The Herald (Scotland)
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June 16, 2025
Regeneration specialist Artisan Real Estate has submitted a planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council to transform the sandstone office building on the edge of the New Town into a 102-bedroom hotel. The current occupiers of Albany...
Military helicopter circling over Oxfordshire villages
The Herald Series
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June 17, 2025
The famous helicopter was spotted flying from Basingstoke in Hampshire north up to Oxfordshire, circling around the Wantage and Grove area. According to FlightRadar, it was flying around 2,700 ft above the ground and could be heard by residents....
Our Changing World: Getting ready for H5N1 bird flu
RNZ
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June 16, 2025
New Zealand, Australia and Oceania are the last places in the world where H5N1 bird flu has not yet been detected. Photo: Jenny Edwards Five years after Covid-19 reached New Zealand shores, we are bracing for the arrival of another deadly virus: a...