The Australian men’s track cycling team made history against reigning Olympic champions Italy in the heats of the men’s team pursuit after shattering the world record at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday. Competing at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome, the four-man pursuit team of Kelland O’Brien, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy and Oliver Bleddyn clocked 3:40.730...
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Israel-Hamas war latest: British troops on standby to evacuate citizens from Lebanon
Israel-Hamas war latest: British troops on standby to evacuate citizens from Lebanon Jump to content
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UK hits out at Elon Musk’s combative X posts, @Two Tier Keir hashtag; says ‘act responsibly….no way acceptable’ | Today News
The Keir Starmer-led British government on Tuesday called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the Tesla CEO used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts about the protests that have been plaguing UK. “Civil war is inevitable,” Elon Musk had posted on X. His consequent posts further questioned the current...
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UK should double public investment to boost long-run growth: Think tank
Asked if Labour had a chance of meeting this goal, NIESR Deputy Director Stephen Millard said no | Photo: Pexels 3 min read Last Updated : Aug 07 2024 | 8:51 AM IST Britain needs to spend an extra 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) a year on public investment to boost productivity and long-run...
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GB take silver as Netherlands win team sprint in world record time
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe, and Hamish Turnbull won Olympic men’s team sprint silver for Great Britain as pre-race favourites the Netherlands broke the world record...
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Great Britain needed world-class Dutch to ‘mess up’ to win Olympic gold
Britain celebrated silver in the men’s team sprint for a second successive Olympics as they were forced to admit the world record-breaking Netherlands squad remain in a league of their own. In a repeat of the Tokyo final three years ago, Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull were beaten by Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland...
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UK riots: People who are racist to NHS staff ‘can and should’ be refused care, health secretary says
People who are racist to NHS staff “can and should” be turned away, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting condemned “mindless thuggery” seen across Britain in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings over the past week. As far-right violence spread between towns and cities, Filipino nurses were attacked on Friday night as they travelled...
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Musk says U.K. civil war ‘inevitable.’ The British beg to differ.
Violence broke out in several towns and cities across the country after three young girls were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party in the seaside town of Southport in northwest England last week. Amid false rumors that the suspect was a Muslim asylum seeker, mobs have since attacked hotels housing asylum seekers,...
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Elon Musk asks ‘UK or USSR’ and shares ‘video of man arrested for Facebook’
Elon Musk lashed out again on X asking “Is this Britain or the Soviet Union?” and sharing a video purporting to show a man getting arrested for making “offensive” Facebook comments. Sharing the video, Musk wrote: “Arrested for making comments on Facebook! Is this Britain or the Soviet Union?” To check if the law that...
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Where are the brave inciters of Britain’s race riots? From Tommy to Elon, they’re far, far away | Marina Hyde
“My kids are crying. We come here so I could spend some quality time with them. Now they are scared people are coming here to get them.” Thus bleated Tommy Robinson from the five-star Ayia Napa all-inclusive hotel from which he is currently influencing sustained violent disorder on Britain’s streets. And yet, multiple paparazzi photos...
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Australia issues urgent warning to citizens travelling to the UK
Australia is among a list of nations that has alerted residents living or travelling to the UK following days of far-right violent riots. The nation warned its citizens of the risk to their safety if they were planning on travelling to Great Britain. Yesterday evening, the United Arab Emirates also issued a warning alongside Nigeria,...
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Panic as seven countries issue UK travel warnings after days of violent riots
Several countries have issued safety warnings to their citizens in the UK – and updated their advice about travelling to Britain after days of anti-immigration protests and violent riots. Violence has broken out in multiple towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland following the killing of three young girls at a dance class in...