110 years after Augusto Pinochet’s birth, Chile has just elected a new far-right President, José Antonio Kast, who has praised the dictator’s legacy. At the same time, a new book exposes the brutal and tender realities of…
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Making Mary Poppins by Todd James Pierce review – the musical brothers behind the movie magic | Film books
Like many kids of the VHS generation, I must have watched my taped-off-the-telly copy of Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964) well over 100 times. I probably knew every frame as well as Walt Disney himself, who invested 20 years in bringing it to the…
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TheRunningManZ streams for 16 hours in memory of his dad
“My dad had dementia… he was the inspiration for these streams, but because I stream to an audience five days a week, people know me, they know my background, they know my reasons for doing it and I do this stream once per year,” he told BBC…
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TheRunningManZ streams for 16 hours in memory of his dad
Jamie Niblock/BBCTheRunningManZ was raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of his dad One of the UK’s top videogame streamers has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity in memory of his dad.
TheRunningManZ, whose first…
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New market made from containers ‘is a vibrant part of Norwich’
Kiera Morel, owner of Crafty Llama, a previously online-only knitting and crochet retailer, said this was the first opportunity to open a physical store for her company.
“These are really affordable spaces that I think give small businesses a…
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Girl ‘so excited’ to perform The Snowman song with Aled Jones
A 13-year-old girl who won a competition to perform a duet with Aled Jones says it was an experience she will never forget.
Lorretta, who lives near Warminster in Wiltshire, was one of two children chosen from more than 100 people to sing Walking…
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Stoke town hall listing upgraded to second-highest category
A spokesperson for Historic England said “the quality of materials and elegance of design” inside the town hall contributed to “the more than special interest” status needed to achieve the upgrade.
“The extensive use of local ceramic tile work…
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The Glasgow singer following in the footsteps of Lewis Capaldi and Paolo Nutini
Jonathan GeddesGlasgow and west reporter
APB PRShay O’Dowd is set to play the biggest gig of his career just before Christmas When Shay O’Dowd was young, he dreamed of success on the football pitch.
But the Glasgow native is now being tipped to…
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A 45% school bus fare hike is too much, says Coventry dad
BBCA popular school bus route between Coventry and Rugby has been taken over by a new operator – a move which parent Ambi Ambituuni says will hit him in the pocket. A dad-of-two wants a bus operator to reconsider its charges for a popular school…
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Bone marrow transplant Durham siblings have Christmas together
After the first transplant, Mr Buttley, now 41, returned to his job as a bank manager and felt well for a long time.
Then, last year, the transplant began to fail. He developed sepsis and ended up in intensive care, in urgent need of another…
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