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In 1991, the Government provided Manchester with a £30m pot of cash to revitalise its ailing housing stock, and it was ...

For nearly a year, the “Eddie line” led by brothers Edmund and Edward Haziri ran drugs up to Swadlincote, north-west Leicestershire and east Staffordshire. The brothers were ultimately both jailed for ...

They say third time's a charm, but for Bernard Ekbery, it took 26 attempts. The Green Party member has stood repeatedly as a candidate across south Manchester in the local elections since 1990. In his ...

Cinema Novo was Brazil’s New Wave, a revolutionary body of films that reinvented Brazilian moviemaking via revolt, politics and radical style – with an impact that was felt around the world.

Slums now occupy nearly 24% of Mumbai’s land and house more than half of its population, according to findings by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Mumbai real estate update: Slums now occupy ...

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The overall scheme has been backed by £20million in government and council funding.

17:01, Thu, May 14, 2026 Updated: 17:03, Thu, May 14, 2026 State pensioners born before June 28, 1960, will be in line for an automatic payment of £200 on average from the DWP this year. The ...

These wonderful photos are sure to evoke memories for a generation of people who called Hunslet home in the mid 1960s.

A trove of snapshots from a 1960s diving expedition reveals stunning glimpses of Jamaica's vibrant ecosystems of the past. This is transforming our vision of what coral reefs can be. In 1966, marine ...