The paperwork involved was jaw-dropping. Ringbinders, described in lawyer-speak as “bundles”, ran to hundreds of pages. It is referred to throughout: “Please look at the email which you sent to the applicant on July 12. You’ll find this on page 300. Have you got it?” Within moments I understood why, even for the most scrupulous...
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UK general election live: Polls open in historic vote as Britain has its say on Starmer and Sunak
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General election 2024 polls: Latest UK tracker
A month of frenzied campaigning has passed since Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on a July general election, with tomorrow’s vote looming, time has all but run out for his party to engineer a desperately needed reversal in fortune if they are to remain in power. Labour has been comfortably ahead in the polls...
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Summer travel chaos as Gatwick contends with passenger diversions and looming strikes
Disruption this summer is also expected as a result of the threat of delays and cancellations amid a shortage of air traffic control (ATC) staff. Ryanair has already scrapped dozens of flights after a shortfall in controllers at a major Dutch ATC centre left planes out of position and unable to perform morning departures. Meanwhile,...
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South Korea is running out of children – and Britain could be next
For South Korea’s kindergarten teachers, the national dearth of children due is already painfully evident and impacting their career prospects. The country’s record-low birth rates are projected to cause the closure of roughly one-third of daycare centres and kindergartens by 2028, a report by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education warned in January....
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James Cleverly eyes up bespoke sports car and visits pub on Tory campaign trail
James Cleverly suggested he was interested in buying a bespoke sportscar as he visited a manufacturer in Nottinghamshire. “Mrs Cleverly doesn’t need to know”, the Home Secretary joked when he asked Richard Hall, the managing director of Great British Sports Cars, how much one of the company’s cars would cost. The Nottinghamshire-based sports car company...
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Avanti West Coast says fleet overhaul means ‘much-improved travel experience’
Britain’s biggest train fleet refurbishment will give passengers “a much-improved travel experience”, according to Avanti West Coast. The operator said the 56th and final modernised Pendolino train has returned to service. The £117 million refurbishment project was carried out by manufacturer Alstom at its plant in Widnes, Cheshire. This has involved the installation of 25,000...
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Minehunting exercise in Scottish waters is of vital importance – Ukrainian navy
The importance of a training operation in Scotland to help Ukraine and its allies find and dispose of mines in the Black Sea “cannot be underestimated”, a senior Ukrainian navy officer has said. Final preparations are underway ahead of the launch of Exercise Sea Breeze 2024, which this year aims to help Ukraine and its...
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D-Day veteran ‘would not fight for Britain as it is today’ – it’s ‘unrecognisable’
A D-Day veteran who wears nine medals including the rare Atlantic Star has said he “would not fight for the country as it is today”. Les Underwood, a Royal Navy gunner who was one of 160,000 men tasked with launching the liberation of Europe in June 1944, said he was now scared of being “stabbed...
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Labour pledge to ‘relight fire of regions’ with 10-year R&D budgets
Labour has suggested it could put in place long-term budgets for organisations which have helped trace the ancestry of dogs to ancient wolves, developed the DragonFire laser weapon, and started work on a lung cancer vaccine. The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner promised to “relight the fire of our regions” with 10-year budgets for research...
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Galloway launches Workers Party manifesto, warns of ‘Armageddon’
George Galloway launched his party’s vision for Britain promising a brighter future while warning the world is edging closer to nuclear “Armageddon”. Mr Galloway, leader of the Workers Party of Great Britain, presented his 34-page manifesto supported by a smattering of supporters and some of the 154 candidates standing for Westminster representing his party. Described...
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Rewilding sites have seen 400% increase in jobs since 2008, research finds
Rewilding in Scotland has created a more than 400% increase in jobs, research has found amid calls for it to continue. Research by Rewilding Britain shows 35 jobs have been created at one site alone in the Highlands since 2008. The research found there has been a 412% increase in jobs at 13 major rewilding...