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Petrol station becomes Airbnb at night
The owner of a Californian petrol station has listed the premises on Airbnb, offering patrons the opportunity to "fulfil any childhood dream of sleeping at a gas station". By day, Sanborn and Market Gas is a convenience store, but by night, it's a place to sleep - for $50 (£34). Check in is at 10pm, when the store closes, but guests need to be out for the 5am opening the following day.
Bouncy castle flies away
A family in Niagara Falls, New York, has filmed a bouncy castle, hired for a child's birthday party, being picked up and carried off by the wind. No one was using the castle when it took off and collided with power lines, causing a shower of sparks. There were no reports of injuries.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"content_original","fid":"96365","attributes":{"class":"media-image"}}]]
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Political cartoons for November 16Cartoons Sunday's political cartoons include presidential pardons, the Lincoln penny, and more
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Asylum hotels: everything you need to knowThe Explainer Using hotels to house asylum seekers has proved extremely unpopular. Why, and what can the government do about it?
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Home Office worker accused of spiking mistress’s drink with abortion drugSpeed Read Darren Burke had failed to convince his girlfriend to terminate pregnancy
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In hock to Moscow: exploring Germany’s woeful energy policySpeed Read Don’t expect Berlin to wean itself off Russian gas any time soon
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Were Covid restrictions dropped too soon?Speed Read ‘Living with Covid’ is already proving problematic – just look at the travel chaos this week
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Inclusive Britain: a new strategy for tackling racism in the UKSpeed Read Government has revealed action plan setting out 74 steps that ministers will take
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Sandy Hook families vs. Remington: a small victory over the gunmakersSpeed Read Last week the families settled a lawsuit for $73m against the manufacturer
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Farmers vs. walkers: the battle over ‘Britain’s green and pleasant land’Speed Read Updated Countryside Code tells farmers: ‘be nice, say hello, share the space’
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Motherhood: why are we putting it off?Speed Read Stats show around 50% of women in England and Wales now don’t have children by 30
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Anti-Semitism in America: a case of double standards?Speed Read Officials were strikingly reluctant to link Texas synagogue attack to anti-Semitism
