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Voices: The Asian Rich List shows why Britain’s economy needs more immigrant success stories
The Independent
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September 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Iconic UK lifting bridge only built 13 years ago for £37m & ‘plagued with problems’ closes AGAIN after ‘creaking sounds’
The Scottish Sun
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September 9, 2025
AN ICONIC UK lifting bridge built only 13 years ago and plagued with problems since has closed again after "creaking sounds" were heard. It's now expected to stay closed to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists until the end of next month while...
I ditched the UK and moved my family to Dubai because it's not safe - the police don't do anything and you can get stabbed for no reason
Daily Mail
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September 9, 2025
A millionaire YouTube star has revealed he moved his family out of the UK and to Dubai this year over safety fears - saying he can now drive his Mercedes and wear his luxury watches 'without being stabbed'. Dan Cheung, a verified Forex trader who...
University Of Cambridge’s Estates Division Signs Cleaning Contract With Excellerate Services UK & Ireland
Facilities Management UK
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September 9, 2025
Excellerate Services UK & Ireland has commenced delivery of a major multi‑site cleaning and hygiene services contract with the University of Cambridge’s Estates Division. The partnership, which began on 1st September 2025, covers an initial...
Donald Trump's plans to visit London during UK state visit and why drones will police the skies
MyLondon
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September 9, 2025
Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK later this month will see a major policing operation led by drones from the airspace over Windsor, police have said. King Charles is to host the US president and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, at Windsor...
Tens of thousands of babies to be studied in UK and parents will be sent letters
Wales Online
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September 9, 2025
Families from across the UK who have a baby next year could be invited to join Generation New Era. The new research project will be the first long-term tracking study in a quarter of a century and will involve up to 30,000 babies. Researchers hope...
British player Jack Draper out for rest of season with arm injury
The Independent
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September 8, 2025
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Brendon McCullum explains why criticism of England’s ‘Bazball’ style of cricket has been ‘disrespectful’
The Independent
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September 9, 2025
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UK Age Verification Data Confirms What Critics Always Predicted: Mass Migration To Sketchier Sites
Techdirt
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September 8, 2025
from the who-could-have-predicted-it? dept New data from the UK’s age verification rollout provides hard evidence of what internet governance experts have been warning about for years: these laws don’t protect children—they systematically drive...
Nigeria is vulnerable to children related climate risks – FCDO
Realnews Magazine
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September 9, 2025
Environment THE Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) of the UK government, says Nigeria is vulnerable to a variety of climate hazards relating to child health and education development. Mrs Cynthia Rowe, Director of Development, FCDO,...
Stag do British pair arrested for unruly behaviour on flight to Alicante
Spanish News Today
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Date Published: 09/09/2025 Other passengers cheered as Guardia Civil officers hauled the offenders off the plane Another flight to Alicante airport was marred by disruptive British passengers, in this case two men who were dragged off the plane...
Muhammad most popular boy’s name in UK for second year
Press TV
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Muhammad has, once again, topped the list of names for newborn boys in the UK. Members of the British Muslim community say they are thrilled. Honestly, as a Muslim, I'm so proud. Muhammad's name is the number one, not just in the UK but in the...
Nurse's UK-first heart transplant legacy honoured at care home
The Hunts Post
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Angela Owen-Smith OBE and Sonja Allerton are now celebrated at The Chase care home in Huntingdon, which is where they both live. Angela, a doctor of acute medicine, began her career in rural Malaysia before returning to the UK. She later founded...
Poll: Nearly half of Brits believe Israel treats Palestinians like Nazis treated Jews
5Pillars
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September 9, 2025
Amid the backdrop of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, a new poll has revealed that 45% of the British public believe Israel treats Palestinians like the Nazis treated the Jews. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the pro-Israel Campaign Against...
Jigawa receives climate-resilient schools, health centres from UNICEF, FCDO
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 9, 2025
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have officially handed over upgraded climate-resilient health and educational facilities to the Jigawa State government. The...
Lucky Swallows Take Flight Online: New Website Launches for Recycled Ocean Plastic Design Brand
Wellbeing Magazine
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September 9, 2025
After winning hearts at the Cherry Picked Pop Up in Glasgow’s Saints of Ingram at the weekend, Lucky Swallows — the striking wall-mounted birds made from recycled ocean plastic — have officially launched online at luckyswallows.com. The brand is...
Heathrow Terminal 4 – what led to the evacuation of part of the UK’s busiest airport?
The Independent
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September 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Will NHS league tables be introduced in Scotland to see where yours ranks?
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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September 9, 2025
The NHS is a much valued health care system that provides excellent care to thousands. Many Brits, however, will have complaints about the way the NHS is run as well as issues including hospital ward and GP surgery closures. The UK public might...
UK-based One Air introduces scheduled freighter service
Yahoo Finance
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British all-cargo startup One Air is celebrating its first scheduled freighter service with Thursday’s arrival of a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft at East Midlands Airport, in central England, loaded with freight from Hong Kong. The...
She started with recycled toilet paper. Now she’s taking on luxury fashion
South China Morning Post
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September 9, 2025
It’s the turn of the millennium and a 20-something Canadian named Kresse Wesling sits and waits patiently in The Peninsula Hong Kong. Opposite her, the hotel’s purchasing manager is painstakingly ripping sheets from a roll of toilet paper to check...