13 h. ago I grew up in Belgium and this is my most controversial opinion about British people

Lime bikes aren't the problem. The fact that most Brits don't know how to ride them is.

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17 h. ago Nightlife at British holiday hotspot looks 'dead' as tourists brand it 'ghost town'

A video has gone viral on social media that shows a woman walking through the streets of a British holiday hotspot with the bars 'all shut' - and people have since shared their thoughts

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3 d. ago Labour industrial strategy's £275m skills boost 'backs young people in the whole country'

The long-awaited strategy will include a £275million boost to skills training for the one in seven young people out of work and education - backing British talent instead of importing workers from overseas

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4 d. ago Brits pinpoint the exact temperature where the heat becomes unbearable

A new study has found the exact temperature where British people feel most comfortable, with the research also revealing the average time it takes for the effects to wear off

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4 d. ago British superyacht Bayesian resurfaces for 1st time since August sinking ahead of recovery

The British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August killing seven people has resurfaced for the first time

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4 d. ago Health officials issue warnings as UK bakes in the first heat wave of 2025

British health officials are warning people across the country to take precautions when out in the sun as the U.K. has its first heat wave of the year

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6 d. ago Dramatic moment six Brits arrested at gunpoint at luxury Thailand villa over 'boiler room' scam

A total of 13 people, including six British citizens, were arrested while at a luxury Thailand mansion, after they were alleged to be associated with a scam known as 'boiler room'

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8 d. ago All British people in Israel told to 'register' to get information on leaving country

Tensions are high between Israel and Iran

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1 week ago Everything known so far about Air India crash British victims as tributes pour in

Of the 242 people on board, 53 were British nationals

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1 week ago The questions behind the Air India plane crash: What caused it and what happens next?

British man sole survivor from Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people

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1 week ago What was proposed as a basic taste by a chemist in 1908? The Saturday quiz

From Euphoria and Tattoo to Miniminter, KSI and Zeraa, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What was proposed as a basic taste by chemist Kikunae Ikeda in 1908?2 At the centre of the Milky Way, what is Sagittarius A*?3 Which Booker prize-winning novel has no named characters?4 Miniminter, KSI and Zerkaa are members of which collective?5 The helots were people subjugated by which city-state?6 Which official censored British theatre until 1968?7 Which sculpture stands by the A1 in Gateshead?8 San Miguel beer and Tanduay, the world’s bestselling rum, come from where?What links:9 Laputa; Nublar; Saint Marie; Skull; Sodor; Utopia?10 Castellaneta; Kavner; Cartwright; Smith?11 Frederick of Utrecht, 838; Thomas Becket, 1170; Óscar Romero, 1980?12 Chairman of ways and means; first deputy; second deputy?13 Dubris; Londinium; Verulamium; Venonis; Viroconium?14 Euphoria and Tattoo; What’s Another Year and Hold Me Now?15 1858 medical textbook; Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo? Continue read...

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1 week ago Air India crash: British survivor recounts watching people 'dying in front of my eyes'

All, but one of the 242 people on the London-bound Air India flight died when the plane crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off on Thursday.

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1 week ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor describes Air India crash

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselageAir India crash – latest updatesThe British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people “dying in front of my eyes”.Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he thought he was dead when the plane crashed into a building, before realising he was alive and escaping the wreckage. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British people left baffled by 'UK themed snack box' sold to Americans filled with 'products they've never seen' for an extortionate price

British foodies are reeling over a UK-themed snack box from a US company claiming they have never seen any of the treats on English supermarket shelves.

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1 week ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor of Air India flight 171 on his escape – latest updates

Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivorRescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly crashThe Air India flight 171 crash – a visual guideHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How the devastating Air India to London plane crash unfolded and what could have caused it

British man sole survivor from Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people

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1 week ago How the devastating Air India to London plane crash unfolded and who was on board

The plane had been flying to London Gatwick when it crashed in Gujarat with 242 people on board, including dozens of British citizens

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1 week ago British victims feared dead as more than 240 people killed in Air India plane crash

Only known survivor, a British man, jumped out of emergency exit, police say

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1 week ago Keir Starmer devastated after Air India flight crashes with 53 British nationals onboard

Sir Keir Starmer said he is “devastated" following the deadly Air India crash which claimed the lives of almost 300 people, including 52 British nationals.

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1 week ago Air India confirms 241 people onboard were killed in flight AI171 crash, with British man the sole survivor – latest updates

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh is only person of 242 onboard to survive crash, with further deaths on the groundWhat we know so far about the Air India flight 171 crashHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading...

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