History credits the Victorians for their grand — and enduring — schemes but we need our eyes on the future to emulate them ...
Pauline Collins, who has died aged 85, spent her early acting career in solid, unspectacular roles, often opposite her ...
Once the epitome of glamour, Venezuela is in a state of perpetual crisis. Now there is talk of a US invasion. Why?
Each summer, the thousand or so families living in a floodplain informal settlement on the edge of Kathmandu brace themselves ...
By contrast, the chancellor of the exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, suggested to Thatcher that the ‘option of managed decline’ ...
In the late 1800s, Wellington employed an Inspector of Nuisances in order to investigate the many difficulties of the rapidly ...
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Our hard times never end - Birmingham's deprivation still defines too many lives
Birmingham’s three story ‘back-to-back’ housing, the remainder of which are maintained on Hurst Street by the National Trust and can be visited, were extremely cramped and access to running water and ...
A train operator has unveiled the first of its modern trains which will replace carriages that are nearly 50 years old. Chiltern Railways described the showcase of a Mark 5A train at London’s ...
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went. By Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Sirens ...
A train operator has unveiled the first of its modern trains which will replace carriages that are nearly 50 years old. Chiltern Railways described the showcase of a Mark 5A train at London’s ...
The first batch of tickets for London's NYE fireworks goes on sale on 17 October. Image: Kevin Hackert via Unsplash The first batch of tickets for London's New Year's Eve fireworks will go on sale on ...
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