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In 2024, Lancashire friends outgrew a small gaming shed and built a £2,000-plus replacement from scratch with an 18-foot table and a memorial to a friend; two years later, it won Britain’s Shed of the Year
The shed features an 18-foot gaming table, storage for equipment and miniatures, and a tea-making station. A garden shed built...
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Britain built a 70-foot water tower disguised as a house in 1923; its 50,000-gallon tank was damaged by a wartime shell before the landmark became a holiday home | World News
Representative Image of Thorpeness’s whimsical house-shaped water tower surrounded by trees in Suffolk ( AI Generrated Image) In the English...
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A pilot project backed by Elton John’s foundation helped expand ‘opt-out HIV’ testing from two London hospitals to 89 emergency departments across England | World News
A pilot project supported by the Elton John AIDS Foundation has helped transform how HIV testing is offered in England,...
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A 1930s Patek Philippe watch found in a Cornwall house clearance sold for nearly 12 times its lower estimate | World News
Image Credit: Hansons Auctioneers A vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch discovered during a house clearance in Camborne, Cornwall, has sold for...
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Terror Plot at UK Airbase ‘Almost Certainly’ Directed by Iran, British PM Says
Last month’s suspected terror plot at RAF Fairford, an airbase shared with the United States in England, was likely coordinated...
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A London family kept a dirt-covered dish under a sofa for decades; rare Chinese imperial porcelain is estimated at £30,000 | World News
Representative Image of an ornate Chinese porcelain dish with dragon designs and a yellow glaze found beneath a dusty sofa...
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British prop maker spends £9,000 building a backyard spaceship with a bar, seating that doubles as a bed and a screen showing distant planets | World News
A British prop maker has turned a corner of his backyard into a science-fiction hideaway, complete with a bar, curved...
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Meet Harrison Nott, 16, from Essex, England, who skipped college after his GCSEs to grow the towel business he started in his bedroom in 2023, now generating over £750,000 in annual revenue
Meet Harrison Nott, the teenage entrepreneur behind CoolTowel. (Photo: Instagram) A 16-year-old entrepreneur from Essex, UK, has chosen not to...
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Annabel Croft’s daughter Lily Coleman marries Felix McCorquodale, an insurance executive and relative of Princess Diana, in London; bride stuns in two wedding dresses
Lily Coleman and Felix McCorquodale tie the knot in London. (Photo: Instagram) Former tennis star and television presenter Annabel Croft...
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In 2025, Ed Sheeran launched a foundation to widen access to music education; it says its support for 18 schools and grassroots organisations is reaching 12,000 young people across the UK
The foundation’s ambitions go beyond helping children find an interest in music. It also aims to develop practical skills and...
