Iconic Manchester building nearly became a Wetherspoons but ended up a pile of bricks
For some historic buildings, it's seen as a last chance saloon to be repurposed to ensure that they will survive for future generations.
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Raging Scottish refs set for SFA 'crisis talks' over Rangers row as whistlers rally round Willie Collum
Raging Scottish referees are set to meet with the SFA on Saturday, January 13 in crunch talks to voice their concerns over the handling of the Rangers and Willie Collum row.
Rishi Sunak booed as he leaves Greater Manchester café
Rishi Sunak was booed by members of the public as he left a cafe in Stockport this morning. The Prime Minister was meeting party members and local activists at La Dolce Vita Restaurant in Marple during a visit to the North West.
Rangers are 'deflecting' with SFA VAR wars as pundit shifts focus to Philippe Clement's shortcomings
Deflection is Rangers' true motivation for stoking the VAR wars with the SFA.
Top remaining MLB free agents by position: Team predictions - ESPN
What do we need to spice up the rest of this offseason? More out-of-nowhere transactions like the Chris Sale-for-Vaughn Grissom trade between the Red Sox and Braves. So maybe we can hope for Blake Snell to the Pittsburgh Pirates or Jordan Montgomery signing with the Cincinnati Reds or Julio Rodriguez going to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a blockbuster deal. (Just kidding, Mariners fans.)
Iran: At least 103 killed in blasts at ceremony for slain general Qassim Soleimani
Explosions at an event honouring a prominent Iranian general slain in a US airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 103 people and wounded more than 200 others, state-run media in Iran reported on Wednesday.
The hunt for collaborators in Ukraine: Suspects face trial in liberated areas
Most either deny any wrongdoing, or say that they only helped the Russian occupiers under duress – a credible claim in many cases, considering the violence of the invaders. Yet thousands are under suspicion and hundreds on trial in the relatively small parts of Ukraine that have already been retaken. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from one of those areas, the Kharkiv region.
Ukraine's EU bid: 'What we've achieved in a year is unthinkable by normal standards'
Remembering the shocking first few hours and days after February 24, 2022, Chentsov says: "From the rational point of view nobody expected that the Kremlin could go so far. Yes, we've been at war with Russia for the last nine years – at that point it was eight years – so we knew pretty well what Russia is capable of. But a year later I think we better understand why it happened, and the main reason is the degradation of the Russian state, of the Russian system; a lack of democratic control. And the result is one person taking a really crazy decision, and holding his own country and a neighbouring country hostage."