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Before Spotify or YouTube, ravers would head to independent record stores or buy live tapes of the shows through mail order services - many of which where DIY operations.

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Rolls-Royce, for one, has called its start to 2025 “strong”

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Clover CEO Michael Doolin.

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

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The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

Lewine Mair pictured receiving the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from PGA of America president Don Rea jnr. Also pictured are Mair's Global Golf Post colleagues John Hopkins and Ron Green jnr as well as Jim Nugent, the digital publication's publisher

Edinburgh-based golf writer honoured alongside Scheffler at Masters

Easter activities.

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Eric Idle to tour the United Kingdom with new show in 2025

Rangers forward Vaclav Cerny has had an excellent season at Ibrox. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Forgotten Rangers man in Ibrox admission as £5.5m truth bomb landed

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

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The sun sets over Camber Sands.

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Robert Begbie, chief executive of NatWest’s commercial and institutional franchise, pictured in the Edinburgh accelerator hub.

NatWest to support 10,000 more entrepreneurs as accelerator network expands

Ozzy Osbourne speaks onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 19, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ozzy Osbourne could ‘fly’ over the crowd at final performance

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Sabrina Carpenter’s first English date on the Short n’ Sweet tour took place in Birmingham overnight.

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Scenes from Crufts 2024, including the jumping round of the Small/Medium Championships

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Steven Fletcher celebrates after scoring against Huddersfield Town. Cr: Getty Images

Scotland man embroiled in late drama as Gers duo's unbeaten ended

Last year's Crufts Best in Show winner Viking the Australian Shepherd.

Crufts 2025: Why is it called Crufts, history, Best in Show prize

Elmbank York, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

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Krispy Kreme and happn create 'Doughnuts & Dates' spots

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Ron Bird co-founded the Guarana street drumming band

Scotsman Obituaries: Ron Bird, community activist and literacy worker

It comes after Bristolians were ranked as the most romantic in the UK

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Police used a chainsaw to raid a drug house where they arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of having a zombie knife.

Cops break into 'drug den' with chainsaw and make zombie knife arrest

Natural regeneration at the site where Muckrach woodland creation is underway

A tangled tale of one of Scotland's largest woodland schemes

The Natural History Museum’s Dinosaurs Live! is among the shows with January sale discounts

Full list of every theatre in the UK with huge January sale savings

Festive ornaments hang down from a stall at a Christmas market

Edinburgh crowned the UK’s most festive city

A dozen people have been jailed for over 100 years after one of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which made £1.2 million a year was smashed by police.

Drugs gang gets smashed: Moment cops bust county lines criminals

Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.

Watch: UK's busiest and most expensive Christmas markets ranked

The Woof Truck - 'rusty old bike' (inset) and what it looks like now.

Video: I upcycled a rusty old bike to become a mobile dog treat vendor

'Sticky Bandits' gang who named themselves after the Home Alone crooks - stole £2.6 million worth of machines and metals - mostly targeting businesses while they were closed over the festive period.

Caught On Camera: ‘Sticky Bandits’ burglars leave 'Merry Xmas' tag

Sam Fender tickets on sale time, early access and prices confirmed

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James Hipkiss, owner of Fancy Fries

Fancy Fries expands to Scotland with £100,000 franchise opportunity

Musician Liam Payne performs at the "One Direction iHeartRadio Album Release Party".

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Fly to Guernsey: Aurigny releases further Summer 2025 routes

Replica of John Cadbury’s shop in Birmingham’s Bull Street at Cadbury World

Watch: We take a tour of Cadbury World featuring Beanmobile ride

Homebase, which has several stores in the Midlands including Kings Heath and Selly Oak, is set for administration, according to reports.

Homebase collapse - full list of sites at risk of closure

Spa at Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly among top deals

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Some dogs don't mind the noise of fireworks - but for others it can be a traumatic experience.

Watch: RSPCA give advice on keeping pets safe during fireworks
Watch as the public give their view of firework season, with one man likening them to “armaments” - as the RSPCA give advice on keeping pets safe during firewor...

CCTV shows Abdul Wahab carry out the hammer attack Stratford Road, Sparkhill, at around 2pm on February 21 2024.

CCTV shows thug smash man's skull with hammer in savage revenge attack

HP Sauce is named after the Houses of Parliament and displays a picture of the London landmark on its label.

Brown sauce or ketchup? There's no debate and one brand comes out on top

1,000 children aged six to 16 revealed Brighton is best for trick or treating

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I visited Halkidiki to see why it is one of Greece's 'unsung heroes'.

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Stephen Cuddy with the mini canal lock he built to house a narrowboat turned into a swimming pool.

Watch: Man spent £30k building ‘world's shortest canal’ in his garden

The public on when to put the heating on.

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Liz Truss during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

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The large blaze at a Birmingham grocery shop, Alum Rock Road, Saltley.

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

Tourists race to get sunbeds after queuing for pool to open.

Watch: Tourists race to get sunbeds after queuing for pool to open

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Ysanne Churchman and co-star Norman Painting recording The Archers in 1954 (Picture: Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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