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Fire crews raced out to a Wigan park after a blaze broke out from a building at the site.

American gun manufacturer has come under fire for creating a rifle designed and marketed for children and inspired by the lethal semi-automatic AR-15.A gun-making company in Illinois created a child-sized assault rifle called JR-15 which is similar to the adult AR-15.The weapon intended to be sold to children is 20% smaller than the AR-15 with it weighing 2.3 pounds and being sold for $389 (£291).In a statement last November, The Illinois manufacturer WEE1 Tactical said: "The JR-15 is the first in a line of shooting platforms that will safely help adults introduce children to the shooting sports."They added that the smaller sized militant rifle "operates just like Mom and Dad's gun".The JR-15 was reportedly launched earlier this month at an annual trade show sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.Following the launch, the manufacturing company and its associates have received backlash by anti-gun and protection groups that have referenced the country's mass school shootings.A chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance said in a statement: "The callousness of the National Shooting Sports Foundation to promote a children's version of the same type of assault rifle, that was used in a horrific mass shooting of 20 first graders and six educators in our shared community is just the latest proof that the organisation."The gun manufacturers it represents, will do anything in pursuit of continued profits."The statement referred to a school shooting tragedy in 2012 which saw an attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut where 20 students and six teachers were killed.Newton Action Alliance is a gun violence prevention organisation and highlighted that AR-15 have been used in some of the US's most lethal

Ariana Grande broke down in tears on The Voice on Tuesday when it was revealed that her team members Jim and Sasha Allen were in danger of going home.After it was announced that the duo was in the bottom two they took the stage and performed I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz to win the last chance save of the night.Ariana said she was shocked to see them in this position because they were two brilliant men.

A Lanarkshire recycling firm has handed staff a cash boost by signing up to the Government's Living Wage scheme.

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Lynette Dawson, the mother of two who vanished from Sydney’s Northern Beaches in January 1982, was the subject of a popular podcast, which has been removed from download due to the impending court proceedings.

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family has been left with "only the clothes on our backs" after a devastating fire at their home.Jessica Howston and her three children had to escape out of a window after the blaze took hold of their home.The February 25 inferno broke out on the ground floor of the Newtown house in Reading, Berks.They lost all their possessions in the blaze which the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service believe was caused by an electrical fault.The family have now had to move out of the home and are likely to be away for at least six months after the devastating incident.Jessica told BerkshireLive: "It was just terrifying.

For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereA 'dilapidated' pub is due to be demolished to make way for a block of flats.The former Bowling Green Hotel in Ormskirk Road, which went up for sale in 2016, is set to be knocked down for a three-storey block to be built in its place.The boarded up building on the corner of Stanley Street in Newtown, Wigan, is two storeys in height and located next to residential properties on both sides.Planning permission has been granted for the vacant building to be demolished and 10 one-bedroom apartments to be built in its place.It comes after planning permission was granted to turn the former pub building into a house with alterations to the rear nearly four years

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Australian films that deal with homosexuality have been few and far between over the years, but there are three that come to mind which enjoyed success at the all-important box office. The Sum Of Us which starred Russell Crowe was an instant hit when released into cinemas in 1994 and the sexual content in Ana Kokkinos’ feature Head On raised eyebrows in 1998. The emotionally charged Holding The Man brought the true-life story of a gay relationship between two men to the screen, the tragic conclusion leaving audiences teary.Now award-winning indie drama Sequin In A Blue Room joins the ranks, screening exclusively at Newtown Dendy Cinema.This is the controversial ad coming of age story of Sequin, a 16-year-old gay man whose insatiable sex

Wayne Connolly, the celebrated Australian producer, engineer and artist who has collected eight ARIA Awards -- and counting -- for his work, has launched his first label, Scenic Drive.

Ashford International Film Studios, a proposed £250 million ($305 million) new production facility outside of London, has received planning permission from its local authority. The decision — which was made in a virtual council meeting Wednesday evening — means the development can now go ahead on the former site of Kent's Newtown Railway Works by U.K.

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Up to 10 consecutive days of sunshine and highs matching Malta and Greece are on the cards for the UK - as the deadly coronavirus spread forces Brits to remain at home.

The Creative District Improvement Company has teamed up with property developers Quinn Estates to invest £250 million ($292 million) in Ashford International Studios, a new film and TV studios in Ashford, South-East England, which they say will create 3,000 jobs. The 15-acre site was formerly a locomotive manufacturing plant until the early 1980s.

Homes and businesses are at risk of flooding again with more heavy rain on the way just weeks after Storm Dennis devastated parts of Britain.

St Jude's Catholic Primary School in Wigan has sent a message to parents warning them that a woman knocking on doors and asking for money is not acting as a representative of the school.

A cluster of “gaybourhoods” in Sydney’s inner south has suffered financially due to the coronavirus crisis. This however was no news to the owner of Corkscrew Darlinghurst, Justin Goldsmith, who said his business had been hit hard as his regular clientele – also residents of the suburbs worst hit – had less disposable income.A new financial impact index shows Alexandria felt the economic downturn as a result of the international pandemic more than any other city suburb, followed by neighbouring Erskineville and Surry Hills. The nearby postcode of Newtown also ranked among the 10 worst affected, all of which were identified in the country’s most popular areas for gay men and lesbians. Mr Goldsmith said being in the heart of the action on