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National Trust Images/PAThe tree stump on Hadrian’s Wall has been surrounded by a fence to protect itThe stump of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree is showing “encouraging” signs with a thick ring of new shoots growing around it, three years on from its illegal felling.The landmark on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland was targeted on 28 September 2023 by Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, who travelled during a storm from their homes in Cumbria to cut it down.Their actions sparked widespread outrage and the pair were later jailed for criminal damage to the Victorian-planted tree and Roman wall.Site owners the National…
Getty ImagesTaylor Swift took home the video of the year award as she became the most successful artist in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.The singer went into the night tied with Beyoncé on 30 wins, and went on to score the night’s top award for the visuals for her track The Fate of Ophelia, taken from her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl.The original Queen of Pop, Madonna, won artist of the year, best dance and best collaboration alongside Sabrina Carpenter for their dancefloor-filler Bring Your Love, which was the lead single from Madonna’s…
Getty ImagesOrangemen tried a number of times throughout Sunday and overnight to walk down Garvaghy RoadThe police prevented an early morning attempt by the Orange Order to make a controversial parade down a road which had previously been blocked by protesters.A group of men tried to march from Drumcree Church down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown in the early hours of Monday but a line of police Land Rovers stood in the way.They had been unable to make the permitted parade on Sunday morning because protesters had gathered on the Garvaghy Road. The stand-off continued throughout Sunday, with the…
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NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTukaram Mundhe has led a series of enforcement drives since taking charge in MayAmong the thousands of civil servants who keep India’s vast government machinery running, a small number become unlikely public figures every few years.Tukaram Mundhe, 51, is one of them.The commissioner of Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration, he has led a series of enforcement drives since taking charge in May. His teams have inspected restaurants and other food businesses, uncovering pest infestations, poor hygiene and expired food.He has also highlighted large gaps between what hospitals pay for common medical supplies and what patients are charged.Mundhe…
Watch: Hundreds block Orange Order march in PortadownHundreds of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, County Armagh on Sunday, preventing a contentious Orange Order march from taking place.The Drumcree parade, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland’s history, was due to go ahead for the first time in 30 years after a series of legal challenges.Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, who is also vice-president of Sinn Féin, joined the protesters, as members of the Order and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians gathered about a mile away, waiting for the road to clear.Most…
Taylor Swift and Charli XCX among stars to light up VMAs red carpetCelebrities posed for the cameras ahead of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.55 mins agoUS & Canada
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BBCThe empty building that used to be the home of Marks & Spencer in Aberdeen is one of the first things you see when you arrive off the train and come into the city centre. The sign has gone, though the shape of the lettering can still be made out; the windows are blacked out and the doors boarded up.This is my hometown. As a teenager, I spent hours on Union Street, its main thoroughfare, nicknamed the Granite Mile after the local silver-grey stone. It was the place to try on all the latest fashions from the likes of Clockhouse…