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It is the subject of such fascination that it has even turned into an unlikely tourist attraction in recent years, with guided tours held beneath its bridges. But this is what it is like for residents living beneath it

The English Blackball Pool Federation (EBPF) banned players who were not born as biologically female from its women's competitions in August 2023.

The rural village of Monk Sherborne, Hampshire lies along St James's Way, the English part of the Camino Way, a path which leads to Santiago de Compostela in Spain and has been used for 1,000 years.

Sailing around the Greek islands with his family last month, the Prince and Princess of Wales's eldest son George, 12, apparently fancied something off menu.

Customers have been raving about the services on offer

Tommy Robinson, 42, allegedly assaulted a man at St Pancras station in London last week - with viral footage showing the apparent victim lying unresponsive on the floor.

It's exactly the kind of thing that all-controlling fashion boss Miranda Priestly would never have allowed to happen.

"Did Craigslist drive the downfall of print classifieds?" That's the question asked in a new article from the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies: "I've always wondered about that," Newmark said in a Zoom interview July 1. "I think it had an effect." But portraying him and the list as torpedoing an otherwise great business model is way overblown, he still believes. Citing an influential essay by Thomas Baekdal, Newmark contends that the root of newspapers' trouble was the loss of readers. "TV hit hard. ... (And) l'm like the folks on 'CSI,' I follow the evidence. That goes back at least to the '60s." Bad in itself, the loss also took away newspapers' dominant share of local audiences and ability to charge premium classified ad rates. The slide in circulation looks even worse, Baekdal pointed out, when compared to continued increases in the number of households over the years. Still, Craigslist came to symbolize the shift. Dozens of other vertical digital sites cropped up, before and after, all offering a deadly competitive pairing of an effective and much cheaper service than newspaper classifieds. Even if Craigslist was just one of many, though, it was arguably Newmark who put a face on the massive disruption... By the early 2000s, newspaper executives had a dawning awareness of the business challenge from Craigslist and similar sites. They took minimal action to meet it... The biggest response was that three big companies — Knight-Ridder, Tribune and Gannett — bought a copycat of Monster called CareerBuilder... By the time newspapers acted, online classifieds had a full head of steam... By 2010, 70% of the newspaper industry's print classified business was gone. Reliable statistics are no longer kept, but the trend continued over the last 15 years... Newspapers continue to do well only with paid obituaries and legal notices, though the latter is now also under threat by digital startups. The article cites a 2019 analysis from Peter Zollman, whose AIM Group consultancy has followed the classified business for 25 years. "Craigslist has often been blamed for killing newspapers, but that's a gross canard. It just isn't true." American newspapers stumbled while several well-managed counterparts in places like Scandinavia found ways to prosper, he argued.

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The murder investigation was launched after the man in his 50s was found dead on the canal footpath near the River Nene, Northampton, on Friday.

There are many wonderful walking routes in Essex, but this one shows off incredible scenery

The attacks are the latest trading of blows between Russia and Ukraine as each nation looks to focus on targeting the other's infrastructure.

Plus: why takedowns aren't in threat-intel analysts' best interest

interview  It started out small: One US financial services company wanted to stop unknown crooks from spoofing their trading app, tricking customers into giving the digital thieves their login credentials and account information, thus allowing them to drain their accounts.…

Love Island fans have accused the show of being a 'fix' after the dumped islanders were given a say on who remains in the villa. An unexpected couple will be asked to leave the villa on Sunday.

Residents of Melbury Abbas in Dorset claim the tree-covered slope has only been weakened by the amount of large lorries that thunder past it.

EXCLUSIVE: Klevis Hoxhosmani, 37, and his 42-year-old sibling, Artur, were arrested by Albania's organised crime squad.

WORLD OF RUGBY: Where do the Lions go from here? Home, in the first instance, to disperse and recharge, but then the hierarchy must review this Australia tour in forensic detail.

Want to swerve the overcrowded holiday hotspots? Travel expert Nick Redman, who has journeyed all over Europe, suggests the stylish alternatives to know

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A gang of masked thugs raid a DPD vain in broad daylight as the driver parks up to deliver packages in east London.

The man was serving a nine year sentence