Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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Dozens of dead wild animals dumped outside Hampshire shop
Police are investigating a series of gruesome wildlife killings in Hampshire after about 50 hares, a kestrel and a barn owl were dumped outside a village shop. Staff were “distraught” after discovering the animals’ bodies early last Friday morning at the Broughton Community Shop. Blood had been smeared on the shop windows and the two...
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Beautiful UK market town that’s one of the best for independent shopping
A beautiful little market town that’s one of the best places in the UK to pick up your shopping in independent stores is also one of the best locations to live. Pretty Petworth, in West Sussex, came sixth in the ranking based on the variety of business types it boasts, its number of visitors, and shop...
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Kim Jong-un daughter called a ‘top leader’ boosting succession status
North Korea has described Kim Jong-un’s teenage daughter as a top leader for the first time in a move that bolsters her status as the dictator’s successor. She was described as a “great person of guidance”, a term usually reserved for senior leaders, in an official report of a visit to a greenhouse farm. “The...
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Canada’s top court criticised after referring to female rape victim as ‘person with a vagina’
The case involved Christopher James Kruk, a 41-year-old from Maple Ridge, a city in British Columbia, who was convicted of sexual assault in March 2020. The woman testified at the trial that she woke up in Kruk’s home in May 2017 to find him having sex with her and attempted, unsuccessfully, to push him off....
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Carlos Alcaraz: Spaniard says Jannik Sinner is best tennis player in world right now
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner meet for a spot in the BNP Paribas Open final at Indian Wells on Saturday with the Spaniard calling the newest Grand Slam champion the best in the business right now. Alcaraz may have struggled to find any consistently since winning first title since Wimbledon last July but he looked...
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Cheltenham Festival 2024 LIVE: Results, tips, odds and racecard on Gold Cup Day
Harry Redknapp’s ecstatic response to winning horse at Cheltenham races Cheltenham Festival concludes on Day 4 after a thrilling opening day to ‘the greatest show on turf’ was followed by more Irish dominance on Day 2 before a British revival sparked by the Skelton brothers yesterday. The opening two days saw plenty of success for...
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Cheltenham Festival tips: Experts on best bets and horses to watch in the Gold Cup
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Galopin Des Champs is set to start Friday’s Gold Cup as the favourite to win Cheltenham Festival’s showpiece race. Trained by Willie Mullins and ridden...
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These Are The Best UK Fashion Rental Sites
The first UK fashion rental service to have an app, and the only purely peer-to-peer platform, By Rotation is facilitating the sharing of people’s personal wardrobes. The platform also has a resale functionality. So if you’ve loved a borrowed item so much that you’re dying to have it rest in your wardrobe forever, there might...
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Horse Racing Tips for Saturday March 16
It’s been a profitable week for our flagship racing column at Cheltenham and Matt Brocklebank now provides his selections for Uttoxeter and Kempton on Saturday. The Value Bet is designed to generate long-term profit by searching for overpriced horses in the feature weekend races and at the big Festivals in the UK and Ireland. Value...
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Challenges facing EV charging infrastructure
Charging At Home discusses the issues facing EV charging infrastructure and supply chains in the UK and the steps that must be taken to overcome them. If the UK wants to successfully transition from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, then a comprehensive and reliable charging infrastructure is paramount. Many people rely on public EV...
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UK landmark named attraction with biggest price hike – ‘it’s worrying’
The cost of a day out in the UK has “risen by astronomical amounts” according to new research by the team at Which?. The consumer experts looked at the cost of attractions compared to when the magazine first launched 50 years ago. In 1974, Britons could enjoy a visit to the Tower of London for...