8 h. ago Killer Albanian mafia kingpin 'is free to walk the streets of Britain' after claiming he'd be murdered in his home country

Mafia kingpin, Maksim Cela, 59, was detained in the UK just days after serving half of a 25-year life sentence for murder and terrorism in Albania, The Sun reports.

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16 h. ago Stirling woman diagnosed with breast cancer after first scan to walk for charity

She will take on the charity walk through the streets of Edinburgh for a breast cancer cause after her shock diagnosis.

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44 h. ago JD Vance claims he was not referring to Britain or France in jibe about European troops – UK politics live

US vice president says he ‘didn’t even mention’ UK or France in jab about ‘20,000 troops from random country’ protecting UkraineMichelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s first minister, has described a decision to build thousands of lightweight missiles for Ukraine in a Belfast factory as “incredulous”.The Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland, who is also boycotting the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the White House, said the money should be invested in infrastructure and peace.I find it really incredulous that at a time when public services are being cut left, right and centre.At a time when we have endured 14 years of austerity ... I think at a time like that, rather than buying weapons of war, I would rather see the money invested in public services. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Iraq veteran MP condemns JD Vance over claim Britain ‘hasn’t fought a war in 40 years’

Keir Starmer hit back as vice president accused of ‘erasing experience’ of UK armed forces personnel who served alongside US in Iraq and Afghanistan

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5 d. ago The mystery behind Britain's worst ever Tube crash: Fifty years after Moorgate disaster claimed 43 lives, questions remain over why driver did not stop

Shortly before 9am exactly 50 years ago, a speeding Northern Line train ploughed into the thick concrete wall that marked the end of the track at Moorgate station.

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7 d. ago Inside Manchester's new migrant camp set up just yards away from dismantled tent city that was torn down after plaguing city centre for months

Dozens of mostly African men, who have been living in tents for up to a year while claiming asylum in Britain, were finally evicted by bailiffs on Monday morning.

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1 week ago Is this REALLY the UK's most romantic town? Residents of faded seaside community once ranked among the worst resorts in Britain refuse to believe it has become the new hot spot for lovers

It was ranked one of England's worst seaside resorts in Britain in 2023 but its new claim to fame is that the most top-of-the-range bouquets are bought here.

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1 week ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer faces criticism from Labour MPs over his opposition to Palestinians claiming asylum in Britain

More than a dozen serving Labour MPs and peers have told the Prime Minister to explain why he has vowed to close a 'loophole' that allowed a family in war-torn Gaza to settle in the UK.

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2 w. ago Gabby Petito documentary reveals tragic final words from mum to Brian Laundrie before murder

Netflix has released a three-part documentary titled American Murder: Gabby Petito, which delves into the tragic 2021 story of a woman who was murdered by her own fiance while on a cross-country trip

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2 w. ago Geraint Thomas to retire from cycling at end of season: ‘It’s not been a bad run, eh?’

2018 Tour de France winner also won two Olympic goldsTour of Britain in September will be Welshman’s last raceThe double Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling this year. The 38-year-old announced on Monday morning he will be bringing the curtain down on a successful 19-year professional career, with British Cycling saying September’s Tour of Britain will be his final race.Thomas claimed Olympic team pursuit gold on the track at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 before going on to win the Tour de France in 2018, becoming the third Briton and only Welshman to win road cycling’s biggest race. Continue reading...

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