The stage show ‘Follow the Signs’ has been nominated for a Scope Award Chris Fonseca grew up believing he was ‘deaf first, and then Black’, and his outlook on life has inspired him to write a stage show about his experiences. When he was two, Chris contracted meningitis, which led to him losing his hearing. Life after that became ‘just about being deaf’, but in his teenage years, music and…
This home has been absolutely drenched (Picture: PA) A major burst water main has sent thousands of gallons of water flying 100ft into the air. The huge jet of water was shooting from a pipe in Matson, Gloucester, after the water pipe burst earlier today. One nearby house was completely battered by the huge stream of water – let’s hope their windows were closed – while nearby Sneedhams Road was…
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The school has been evacuated (Picture: Daniel Jae Webb/SWNS) A school has been evacuatedafter receiving a ‘bomb threat’. Lydiard Park Academy in Swindon was evacuated at about 9am and Wiltshire Police have told parents to stay away from the school. The area was cordoned off the school grounds searched for a ‘suspicious package’. A letter sent to parents and seen by the Swindon Advertiser said: ‘I am writing to inform…
The UK has fallen 22 places in the last 10 years (Picture: ILGA-Europe) The UK has become less friendly towards LGBTQ+ people for the 10th year in a row, a new map has revealed. Every year, ILGA-Europe, an international human rights group, ranks 49 countries on their legal and policy practices for LGBTQ+ people. The UK was at the top of the ranking, called the Rainbow Map and Index, from…
Oil, diesel and waste has been spilled onto the major motorway (Picture: Highways England) Part of the M25 has been closed after a waste lorry crashed into another HGV and overturned in the middle of the road. Oil, diesel and waste have been spilled onto the major motorway, forcing the anticlockwise carriageway to close between junction five and six. It shut around 3.45am and is expected to remain closed for…
This wouldn’t look too bad in your bank account, would it? (Picture: Getty Images) If you’ve bought a National Lottery EuroMillions ticket, now is the time to check it – then double, triple-check it. The winning EuroMillions and National Lottery Thunderball numbers were revealed yesterday, with £113,923,081 up for grabs. An extra £500,000 was there for the taking from the Thunderball. To win the EuroMillions jackpot, players needed to match five main numbers…
Metro assistant editor (news) Rory McKeown; Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London; Metro editor-in-chief Deborah Arthurs; and Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries at the launch (Picture: Belinda Jiao) Top musicians joined Metro and Sir Sadiq Khan in central London yesterday for the launch of the Grassroots Music Tube Map. The eye-catching artwork celebrates the artists and venues that have made the capital one of the world’s best…
While living with these appalling issues, tenants have also been slapped with rent increases (Picture: Carla Denyer) Damp, mould, rot; filthy brown wastewater coming up through the bath plughole so fast that you have to stay up through the night to bail it out with a bucket before it floods your whole flat. These are the conditions that tenants at Queen’s Court in Bristol have been living in for years,…
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