At a time when the world has not been so dangerous since the height of the Cold War, it is vital that defence, and the imperative of equipping our military and security forces for the challenges that lie ahead, takes centre stage in the forthcoming general election. The world has arguably not found itself in...
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British children among world’s worst for exercise and healthy eating
Children in England and Wales are among the most inactive in the world, according to the World Health Organisation. In a study covering 44 countries, England, Wales and Scotland perform poorly on markers such as brisk walking, while some pupils miss breakfast, as experts warned day-to-day exercise was “largely disappearing from young people’s lives”. While...
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U.K. to hold long-awaited election on July 4 | CBC News
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set July 4 as the date for a national election that will determine who governs the U.K., as his divided and demoralized Conservative Party looks likely to lose power after 14 years. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Sunak said in an announcement that took many people who expected...
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Meet the rail-mad millionaire with Britain’s only privately owned train
British businessman Jeremy Hosking is one such man. His train, The Chairman’s Set, is comprised of repurposed former Caledonian Sleeper coaches – in classic 1950s British Rail “blood and custard” livery – and is, officially, Britain’s only privately owned train (the Royal Family have one, of course, but as theirs is owned by DB Cargo,...
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UK court permits WikiLeaks founder to appeal extradition to US | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
A court in Britain has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal an extradition order to the United States on espionage charges. This means that he will not be sent to the US any time soon. US authorities have charged Assange, who founded the whistle-blowing website, over the release of a huge trove of...
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UK owes Caribbean nations £205bn in reparations, says Cambridge academic
Britain owes Caribbean nations more than £200 billion in slavery reparations, a leading academic has claimed. Rev Dr Michael Banner, the Dean of Trinity College Cambridge, said the UK was once “the leading slaving nation in the world”, and that the modern-day descendants of slaves deserved compensation. In a new book, Britain’s Slavery Debt, the...
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Number of working-age males saying they ‘don’t want a job’ has soared by 600,000 since Covid to 3.1MILLION
Concerns about Britain’s inactivity crisis were underlined today with figures showing a spike in the number of men who do not want a job. Stark details in the latest official statistics revealed that 3.165million males aged between 16 and 64 indicated they are out of the workforce by choice. That is up from 2.5million before...
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Watch: British Army leaves US troops trailing in river crossing race
In front of Army chiefs, hundreds of vehicles crossed the rigs and two other crossings yesterday as the culmination of Exercise Immediate Response, part of the wider Steadfast Defender operation, a Nato war game and the largest deployment to Europe in 40 years. The two-week exercise involving British, Polish and US armies included nearly 2,400...
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Is this the end of the great British staycation? Package holiday trips boom as Brits turn their backs on wince-inducing prices at home to enjoy bargain sun abroad
Britons hoping to beat the cost-of-living crisis can head abroad for a much cheaper holiday this summer as demand for foreign trips surges, MailOnline can reveal today. Seven-day trips for a couple to Turkey, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus are all being offered for less than £750 including flights in the first week of June....
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Wealth of Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty leaps to £651m – Rich List
The personal fortune of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty surged by more than £120 million over the past year. The latest annual Sunday Times Rich List revealed their wealth grew substantially despite the wider UK billionaire boom coming “to an end” in the face of tough economic conditions. Mr Sunak...
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NHS bosses destroy careers of whistleblowers who stand up to protect patients’ lives
No action taken Forty of the medics said the result of their whistleblowing was that their employer took no positive action to address patient safety concerns; 36 said patients were still at risk in their place of work; 19 said trusts covered up the problem and 10 said they denied there was a problem. Nine...
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Hampton Beach Casino redevelopment: New concert venue, 500-room hotel, convention center
HAMPTON — A future facelift of the Hampton Beach Casino could include a 500-room hotel, a new parking garage and nearly double the concert capacity of its historic ballroom. The owners of the Casino say the historic building built in 1899 is becoming harder to maintain as years go by. They say their new project,...