With unfinished cars left to rust on the production line (top right) and paperwork (bottom right) lying scattered in the empty shell of the factory, these eerie photographs show a famous MG Rover plant where time has stalled. Production at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham was massively scaled back after MG Rover collapsed in 2005 - meaning that the factory has been almost entirely unused over the past decade. The owners of MG Motor confirmed last week that the West Midlands factory has completely stopped assembling cars after almost a century of on-off production. Haunting images show how the derelict site has been deserted, with body shells of the Rover 75 left abandoned and personal items gathering dust in the empty offices. The images are a sharp contrast to the bustling pictures from the factory's hey-day in 1979 (inset) when the plant employed 25,000 workers.
Decision on Sam Allardyce's future is likely TONIGHT after Wembley crisis talks: England manager could even QUIT after just 67 days in job over undercover sting on 'bypassing transfer rules'
The England manager's career was thrown into jeopardy last night after footage emerged of the 61-year-old apparently dishing out controversial tips to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters who were posing as businessmen from a Far East firm (right). Yesterday, as the bombshell claims emerged, new FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn hauled Allardyce to a meeting where he was grilled about the allegations. This morning, the 61-year-old - who was hired for the top job just two months ago - was seen leaving his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester (left), to make his way to Wembley for a crunch meeting. FA bosses are now said to be close to deciding whether his position is untenable but are believed to have major concerns about him continuing in the role. They told the Mail that they wanted the 'full facts' before making a 'judgement' and are understood to have organised this morning's meeting to hear his version of events.
- The car factory where time has stalled: Haunting photographs reveal how the famous Longbridge MG Rover plant has lain untouched and abandoned since it closed more than a decade ago
- Anyone need a new manager? Sam Allardyce seen texting as he leaves Wembley after being FORCED TO QUIT £3m-a-year England job that lasted just 67 days following undercover newspaper sting
- That's not going to help him in the dressing room: How Allardyce mocked his predecessor 'Woy', said he should 'f***ing tell Gary Neville to sit down and shut up' and can't even get his star striker's name right
- Terrifying video shows gang smash their 4x4 into car before launching baseball bat assault on occupants in attack which left one man dead
- School ditches ALL homework - because headmistress says teachers don't have time to mark and prepare lessons
- We NEED to win elections, Jeremy! Corbyn sits grim-faced as Tom Watson demands respect for Tony Blair and lashes out critics of capitalism in tub-thumping conference speech
- Pensioner, 78, is arrested for murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl more than 50 years ago after police released picture of duffel coat-wearing suspect
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- How happy is YOUR town? Interactive map shows the happiest places to live in Britain (but look away now if you live in Corby)
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- 'Cowardly and inhumane' former soldier who shared six bottles of wine in a pub before he killed a father-of-two in a hit-and-run crash is jailed
- First shipment of American shale gas arrives in Britain to open 'virtual pipeline' despite fierce protests from environmentalists
- She's going up a size! Bra tycoon Mone plans to expand £1.5m 'dream' mansion with an extra wing for her father - just months after buying out her ex
- Refugee who fled war-torn Eritrea for Swansea has begged for a new council flat to get away from his nightmare neighbours after he was burgled
- The lady in red: Kate stuns in dazzling £1,000 Preen dress at historic ceremony of reconciliation with Canadian First Nations
- Anyone need a new manager? Sam Allardyce seen texting as he leaves Wembley after being FORCED TO QUIT £3m-a-year England job that lasted just 67 days following undercover newspaper sting
- How happy is YOUR town? Interactive map shows the happiest places to live in Britain (but look away now if you live in Corby)
- Ready for the safari! Kate pairs a £400 Holland & Holland shooting jacket with her well-worn hunting boots as she and Wills meet First Nation people and are taken into Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
- 'Thank you for being my friend': Celebrities from Joanna Lumley to Alesha Dixon hear Sir Terry Wogan's radio sign-off at thanksgiving service following his death in January aged 77
- A knock on the door... and six years of lies crumbled in an instant: Canoe wife Anne Darwin reveals how she was forced to faced the loved ones she'd cruelly deceived after John made one last bid to save his skin
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- 'No amount will ever compensate the victims': Survivors of Smiler rollercoaster crash hit out after judge fines Alton Towers bosses £5m - only just over 1% of firm's £385million annual turnover
- The car factory where time has stalled: Haunting photographs reveal how the famous Longbridge MG Rover plant has lain untouched and abandoned since it closed more than a decade ago
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How happy is YOUR town? Interactive map shows the happiest places to live in Britain (but look away now if you live in Corby)
New figures from the Office for National Statistics have laid bare the parts of the country which are the happiest, most miserable, anxious and have the highest and lowest levels of life satisfaction. The Outer Hebrides came top of the happiness rankings, scoring 8.24 out of 10. While East Northamptonshire was bottom, scoring a lowly 7.01. Elsewhere the most anxious place was Hammersmith & Fulham in London and Corby residents reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction. The grim - or encouraging - details can even be checked out using a special interactive map.
She's going up a size! Bra tycoon Mone plans to expand £1.5m 'dream' mansion with an extra wing for her father - just months after buying out her ex
The Tory peer is to add a new open-plan courtyard with an extravagant glass ceiling and luxurious kitchen (pictured, plans, inset) to the side of the gated house in Scotland (main). Baroness Mone will also create a self-contained annex for her disabled father, convert the bar and cinema room into a self-contained annex for her teenage daughter, and extend the main house to the rear. She planned the extension after buying her ex-husband Michael (pictured together, right) out.
'No amount will ever compensate the victims': Survivors of Smiler rollercoaster crash hit out after judge fines Alton Towers bosses £5m - only just over 1% of firm's £385million annual turnover
Judge Michael Chambers QC called the accident a 'catastrophic failure' and a 'shambles' which could have been avoided. Two teenagers - Vicky Balch (left) and Leah Washington (third from the left)- each lost a leg in the collision in June last year. Miss Washington's boyfriend, Joe Pugh (second from left), was also injured. The court heard of a catalogue of errors by the theme park's managers in the build-up to the accident. Nicholas Varney, the chief executive of Merlin Entertainments who took home a £733,000 pay packet in the same year as the Smiler crash, also attended court (right).
'Thank you for being my friend': Celebrities from Joanna Lumley to Alesha Dixon hear Sir Terry Wogan's radio sign-off at thanksgiving service following his death in January aged 77
Claudia Winkleman, Dermot O'Leary and Fearne Cotton were among the stars at Westminster Abbey today as the showbusiness world paid tribute to Sir Terry Wogan in a thanksgiving service. The likes of Alesha Dixon, Gaby Roslin, Esther Rantzen and Jimmy Carr also gathered for the event in London that comes 50 years after the Limerick-born broadcaster's first BBC radio broadcast. Sir Terry, known for his velvety voice on radio and television, gave enjoyment to audiences over six decades, but died aged 77 after a battle with cancer. Lady Susan Hussey, the Queen 's Lady-in-Waiting, represented her at the service. Pictured arriving at Westminster Abbey today (from left) are: Chris Evans, his wife Natasha Shishmanian, Alesha Dixon, Dermot O'Leary, Claudia Winkleman, Fearne Cotton and Sara Cox.
The lady in red: Kate stuns in dazzling £1,000 Preen dress at historic ceremony of reconciliation with Canadian First Nations
- Kate's on safari! Duchess pairs a £400 Holland & Holland shooting jacket with her well-worn hunting boots as she and Wills are taken into Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
- These boots were made for keeping! Kate wears the same trusty £475 knee-highs she's had for at least 12 years
After a dress down day in the rain forest, Kate was the epitome of glamour at a reception for political and civic leaders from across British Columbia at Government House in Victoria. She and William mingled with 200 guests in the ballroom of the grand house, the monarch's official residence in the province of British Columbia. But before the reception they joined around 25 people, including First Nations representatives, in the drawing room for a ceremony designed to heal the wounds of conflict between indigenous people and the government.
Ben Needham police discover pieces of light coloured fabric during dig to find body of toddler who was wearing a white T-shirt when he went missing
Officers say they have discovered 'items of fabric' in the olive grove they are searching on the island of Kos, Greece, 25 years after the British toddler went missing. Ben, who went missing in July 1991, was wearing a white buttoned T-shirt with a green motif and brown leather sanders with a buckle when he vanished. He was not wearing any shorts as he had wet them earlier in the day and his grandmother had hung them on a tree to dry. Detective Inspector Jon Cousins, who is leading the new search, said the pieces of fabric were of 'slight interest'.
Labour in La-La-Land: Socialism is back crows McDonnell as he pledges to borrow £500bn, state benefits for ALL as party plunges into fresh round of infighting and incompetence
Just two days after re-electing Jeremy Corbyn as leader, the party's credibility was shredded again. It wheeled out a series of hard-Left 1970s policies at the party conference that enraged even its union paymasters. Delegates were told of an outright ban on fracking, which would risk thousands of jobs, a £10-an-hour minimum wage and a plan to put every adult on state benefits. In an extraordinary incident, senior frontbencher Clive Lewis punched a wall in a row with Mr Corbyn's aides over Trident. And the leader's key allies caused uproar by playing down the party's anti-Semitism crisis and by calling Brexit voters racists.
Stock markets in turmoil over fears for Germany's top bank: Billions wiped off the FTSE 100 after Merkel rules out rescue at Deutsche
A knock on the door... and six years of lies crumbled in an instant: Canoe wife Anne Darwin reveals how she was forced to faced the loved ones she'd cruelly deceived after John made one last bid to save his skin
She shocked the world by helping her husband John Darwin (pictured leaving Hartlepool Magistrates court, bottom right) fake his death in a canoe in order to cash in his life insurance. Now, in an extraordinary new book, Anne Darwin (shown flying back to the UK, main, and under arrest in Manchester, top right) is revealing all. Yesterday, she told how her escape to Panama turned to disaster. Today, she tells how she and her husband made a last-ditch attempt to save their skin - and the awful consequences for their children.
How having a miserable husband (or wife) is bad for your health
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That's rich, Amal! How Mrs Clooney's worn £34,000 of clothes in 14 days while grandstanding as a champion of the downtrodden
Amal Clooney, 38, has spent the past fortnight parading her wardrobe by wearing a different designer label each day - and her collection of clothes is worth an eye-watering £34,403. On September 12, she wore a navy and maroon suit (left) by Sonia Rykiel (jacket, £1,080, skirt, £786). On September 16, the lawyer (second left) stood out in a sea of black suits in this £1,100 cream wool silk Gucci dress, paired with a £1,255 D&G; red leather Anna bag. On September 20, she attended a UN discussion including husband George, involving their charity, the Clooney Foundation For Justice and wore a Jackie O-style tea dress (centre left). On September 21, she wore a £1,470 Gucci dress (centre right). On September 22, she donned this asymmetric scarlet wrap dress, £595 by New York designer Proenza Schouler (second right). On September 25, Amal stepped out in this floral print black and beige dress, £2,696 by Michael Kors (right).
'Have a good day': Police officer shows incredible restraint as aggressive driver who blocked traffic with a U-turn on a busy road attacks HIM calling him a 'p****' while filming the confrontation
The clip shows the Fiat 500 driver complaining about being pulled over for the dangerous manoeuvre in a London road.While the officer was checking his details the driver, who is called Hussan, has been Googling the Highway Code and starts to claim he was unfairly stopped. As the officer hands him back his licence he says: 'Basically, I've just looked up the Highway Code, and I don't know if you maybe want to look it up yourself, but it is actually not illegal or an offence to do a U-Turn on a main road in the UK unless its stated or there is any signage.' But the unimpressed police officer is very short with the young driver.
'We're seeing more of him than ever!' Angry Corrie fans blast bosses as shamed star Marc Anwar appears on soap AFTER being sacked for racist rant
Viewers have expressed outrage that disgraced Corrie actor Marc Anwar, who was sacked for making racist comments, still appeared on the soap tonight. The 45-year-old, who called Indians 'b******' and 'p*** drinking c****' in a Twitter rant on Friday, was back onscreen playing love cheat Sharif Nazir on Monday evening's episode. Furious fans of the ITV soap branded the decision 'really painful watching', while one viewer even called it 'the Sharif show' as they criticised the amount of screen time Marc was given.
Family transform their suburban semi into a 1940s timewarp, following a Blitz diet and wearing only vintage clothes (but they do have a flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi)
Kitten Von Mew and husband Richard, from Stratford-upon-Avon, are besotted with the roaring Forties and have transformed their family home into a tribute to the period. They try and follow a wartime diet, with spam a firm favourite, and wear vintage clothes. (Pictured from left: Kitten Von Mew applying lipstick, with husband Richard and daughter Betsy. Inset, outside their family home)
An enormous pair of golden buttocks, £20,000 in small change, a toy train set and a suit made out of bricks: Yes, it's Turner Prize time again!
The winner of the controversial prize will be announced in December. Work by the four shortlisted artists competing for the £25,000 award is on show at Tate Britain. They include Anthea Hamilton's giant sculpture of a backside (main image). Her work also consists of a 'brick suit' (middle right) - a fabric suit which camouflages with the wall behind. Michael Dean's work includes a sculpture consisting of £20,435.99 (top right), while a model of a train entitled The New Media Express in a Temporary Siding 2016 (bottom right) has been installed by artist Josephine Pryde. Helen Marten is the other nominee.
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