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‘It’s been a horrendous weekend’: Locals rage as travellers defy council orders to push on with setting up illegal camp site over the bank holiday
Residents in Rochford, Essex, have reacted with fury after a group of travellers continued unauthorised work on greenbelt land near Greensward Lane throughout the Bank Holiday weekend, defying a council stop notice. The group arrived on the privately-owned site on Friday, shortly after the local council closed for the long weekend, and began digging up…
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Scaring monkeys? Detecting bedbugs? Meet the elite working dogs – in pictures
A new photography book, *Working Dogs: Through the Lens of Love and Duty* by John Fabiano, published by Smith Street Books, showcases dogs performing specialised roles around the world, from herding livestock to rescuing avalanche victims. The Guardian gallery features a selection of these images alongside Fabiano’s first-hand accounts of the months he spent travelling…
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Nepal flood leaves over 900 dead and thousands missing
A Welsh woman with family ties to Nepal says she has “lost hope” of finding a relative missing since a catastrophic flash flood struck the country the previous week, as the confirmed death toll passed 900 with thousands more still unaccounted for. Jyoti Upadhyay, who has lived in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, for five years, said she…
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Record £4.6bn air tax bill and Norwich bench row overshadowed by Nepal flood toll passing 900
HMRC data shows holidaymakers paid a record £4.6bn in Air Passenger Duty as Norwich Greens strip park bench armrests; overseas, Nepal-Tibet flood deaths top 900 with thousands missing, a Bali restaurant fire sends diners fleeing, and BT eyes a £2bn copper cable windfall.
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That’s one way to spend a bank holiday Monday! Huge crowds gather for the World Gravy Wrestling Championships
Huge crowds turned out at Bacup cricket club in Lancashire on the August bank holiday Monday for the World Gravy Wrestling Championships, an event that has grown into a quirky fixture of the British summer since it began in 2007. Contestants, many in elaborate fancy dress, took part in two-minute wrestling bouts in a ring…
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Arteta joins elite 250 club – but where does he rank?
Mikel Arteta’s 1-0 win over Aston Villa marked his 250th Premier League game in charge of Arsenal, making him just the second person after Mark Hughes to have both played and managed at least 250 top-flight matches. It also placed him among a select group of 10 managers to have overseen 250 Premier League games…
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Ella Langley secures second-longest Billboard Hot 100 reign
Ella Langley’s country hit “Choosin’ Texas” has become the second longest-running Number One single in Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 20 consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. It overtook the previous joint record-holders, songs by Shaboozey and Lil Nas X, and stands as the longest reign at the summit by a female country…
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‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’ Returns — and Reunions Don’t Last Long
The trailer for season two of “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” reveals that the show’s central couples will be separated again as the Jacobite rising of 1715 approaches, continuing the prequel’s pattern of hard-won reunions being quickly undone. The Starz series returns for a 10-episode second season on 18 September, opening by resolving whether Julia,…
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Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Becomes Sole Longest-Leading Non-Holiday Hot 100 Hit With 20th Week at No. 1
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has spent a 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the sole longest-leading non-holiday song in the chart’s 68-year history. The track, which first topped the chart in February, is only the second song ever to lead for at least 20 weeks, with Mariah Carey’s “All…