A favourite book of my childhood was Our Island Story, H E Marshall’s magisterial (and chronological) account of this country’s history. Twenty years ago, this newspaper and the think tank Civitas collaborated on a venture to supply thousands of these books to primary schools across the land. Readers contributed more than £25,000 and free copies were...
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At least 12 migrants killed after channel crossing disaster
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video At least 12 people have died and two are missing after a boat carrying migrants was ‘ripped apart’ while crossing the English Channel to Britain. The boat carrying 65 people sank near Cap Gris-Nez, a cape off...
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Incoherence over arms exports to Israel leaves UK on shaky middle ground
David Lammy’s announcement of a suspension on 30 arms export licences to Israel finally returns some credibility to the UK’s arms control rules, but its obvious incoherence may leave the Labour government in a position that is unsustainable. The UK government’s own guidance has long been clear. Britain’s position is that it will “not issue...
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Czech street named after British man who saved Jewish children from Nazis
At the age of seven, Alexandra Pfeifer was taken by her father and two brothers to Prague railway station, and told she was going on holiday. “I didn’t know where or why I was going. I didn’t know there was a place called England. I waved to my brothers out of the window when the...
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UK’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel is ‘shameful’: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (Sept 3) reacted to the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to suspend some arms sales to his country. In a post on social media platform X, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the UK’s decision was shameful. “Instead of standing with Israel, a fellow democracy defending itself against barbarism, Britain’s...
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Tourists going to Benidorm next year face £168 fines as resort to enforce change
UK tourists face big fines next year if they break new laws designed to crack down on pollution in Benidorm. Local officials in the popular holiday resort are set to launch a Low Emission Zone (ZBE) in January 2025, as they look to comply with EU directives. In an attempt to help the public familiarise...
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Doom mod with demonic Margaret Thatcher removed because of ‘real-world politics’
Take on a spider cyborg Margaret Thatcher in Thatcher’s Techbase (Github) Thatcher’s Techbase has been taken down from Bethesda’s mod browser after one month, but can still play it on PC. There are countless modifications for video games out there, ranging from small ones that add new minor features to huge ones that are new...
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UK defends partial Israel arm sales ban
The UK has defended its decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the decision “shameful”, saying on social media that it “will only embolden Hamas”. But Husam Zomlot, the Palestinians’ top envoy to the UK, called the partial ban an “important first step” to the UK’s fulfilment...
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Israel-Hamas war: Labour accused of ‘appeasing’ pro-Palestinian base after Israel arms ban
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Downing Street insists UK remains ‘staunch ally’ of Israel after Netanyahu brands arms sales decision as ‘shameful’ – UK politics live
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says UK decision to suspend some arms sales to his country ‘shameful’ Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli PM, has posted a thread on social media describing the British government’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel as “shameful”. Days after Hamas executed six Israeli hostages, the UK government suspended thirty arms...
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Netanyahu condemns ‘shameful’ UK suspension of some Israel arms sales
Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the UK government’s decision to suspend some arms export licences to Israel, describing it as a shameful decision that would embolden a genocidal Hamas. The Israeli prime minister said his country was at war to also protect British hostages and vowed the UK measures would not prevent it from winning the...
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Government secures record pipeline of clean cheap energy projects
After disappointing results in 2023, new results move Britain forward with mission to become clean energy superpower new wind and solar farms to support mission to bring bills down and boost economic growth offshore wind revitalised in the UK, righting the wrongs of previous auction round Millions of homes and businesses across Britain will be...