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Rental hotspots: These areas have seen monthly costs rise 40% in four years

Renters have endured a tough time in recent years, paying ever-higher prices as they compete for a declining number of available homes. Going up: Cities such as Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow have seen above-average rent rises over the past four years, as well as areas such as Dorset and Somerset Some cities have seen rents increase by 40 per cent …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The true horror story of Until I Kill You: How Delia Balmer survived ordeal at the hands of 'scalp hunter' axe murderer John Sweeney...who 'chopped model to bits and fed her to the fishes'

Daily Mail

ITV's new crime drama Until I Kill You has captured the attention of viewers with its chilling tale of one woman's horrifying ordeal at the hands of her boyfriend. But it is perhaps even more terrifying because it is based on the true story of agency nurse Delia Balmer's near fatal relationship with axe murderer John Sweeney. Delia Balmer who …

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1 year, 6 months ago

’Souvlaki’: the shoegaze genre’s dreamy apotheosis

Live Mint

The music press can be a cruel, fickle beast, building you up as the next big thing one day and tearing you down the next. Slowdive’s 1991 full-length debut, Just For A Day, received unexpectedly middling reviews, with Melody Maker’s Paul Lester calling it a “major f*cking letdown”. The band’s members were barely out of school and baffled by the …

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2 years, 3 months ago

'Defund the Police' campaign is to blame for nationwide crime spree, retired police chief warns

Daily Mail

The Defund the Police campaign is to blame for crime levels spiking, putting people off becoming cops and leaving forces burned out, retired police chiefs have warned. Retired police chief Jeff Rasche said when officers are spread thin, there are longer response times, and when they having to work overtime, there is less time for much-needed training. Meanwhile Retired Fort …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Lamont orders flags to half-staff for Newtown fire chief

Associated Press

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont ordered U.S. and state flags lowered to half-staff Monday in honor of a Newtown fire chief who died after returning home from a call after having held the post for more than four decades. William Halstead, 73, joined the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co. on his 16th birthday in 1965 and …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Dirck Halstead: War zone photographer who ventured into danger

The Independent

Dirck Halstead, a photojournalist who chronicled the first and final stages of the Vietnam war and whose presidential images included the departure of Richard Nixon from the White House and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, has died aged 85. “It was a calling from when he was a teenager,” Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Centre for American …

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3 years ago

Trump supporter arrested after allegedly casting multiple ballots in Florida

Raw Story

A registered Republican and apparent supporter of former president Donald Trump has been arrested and charged with casting more than one ballot in an election. On Jan. 19, one day before President Joe Biden's inauguration, Halstead posted a meme featuring a "Trump 2020: Keep America Great" flag and the words, "You don't have the balls to share because you're afraid …

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3 years, 10 months ago

New York and California saw an exodus in 2020. Here’s where people are moving to

CNN

When Mark Jenkins and Lori Crowell rang in 2020, they had no idea they’d be moving to another state before the end of the year. “New York and California had much higher outbound activity,” said Barry Schellenberg, Atlas Van Lines president. “I’m seeing a lot of people from California move to Tennessee because they’re attracted to our lifestyle,” said Jeff …

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