78 m. 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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88 m. ago Hunt for Staffie after boy, three, left needing surgery on his face

Police say the dog was running free with no sign of an owner

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1 hour ago M4 closed in both directions after human remains found on the carriageway

A stretch of the M4 near the River Severn was closed for several hours until early Sunday morning.

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1 hour ago Police hunting van driver after girl, three, died in tram crash

Police said the driver of the van fled the scene

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2 h. ago Pregnant woman shows how baby bump dramatically changes in size from morning to evening

Jenny Zhou was 13 weeks pregnant when she took to TikTok to share the difference in bump size between morning and night - and people were left baffled

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3 h. ago Why Conservatives must revive Thatcherism in face of threats from Putin and Reform

The UK needs to create a strong economy – a task way beyond the quick-fix charlatans of the policy-less Reform UK party – in order to increase defence spending

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3 h. ago Your rights if you get a private parking ticket as new rules introduced

Consumer rights expert Martyn James has explained what you need to know about changes that have been introduced for private parking firms

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3 h. ago 'I won £7m on EuroMillions – but then everything went horribly wrong'

Luís Lopes thought his life had changed when he won £8million on EuroMillions but, 15 years later, he's penniless and facing a crippling debt

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3 h. ago 'Human remains' found on M4 and M48 was that of man in his 40s, police say as they launch probe

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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3 h. ago Police issue update after human remains found on M4 and M48 motorways

The human remains were found on a stretch of the M4 near Bristol, with the body believed to be that of a man in his 40s, police said. The man's family have been informed

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3 h. ago Decision to release man accused of axe murder and eating victim’s brain branded ‘outrageous’ by lawmakers

Tyree Smith told his cousin that he ate part of his alleged victim’s brain and an eyeball

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3 h. ago M4 and M48 human remains: Police reveal body found was that of man in his 40s

The body was found between junction 20 at the Almondsbury Interchange with the M5 and junction 21, near Awkley, in south Gloucestershire - the M4 and M48 were originally closed but they have now reopened

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4 h. ago Drivers warned to make one change or risk hefty fine from DVLA

The driving experts have said never to skip this step

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4 h. ago Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

An Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon

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4 h. ago German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings

Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroadsGerman voters go to the polls today but it is a different world from when the campaign began only a few weeks ago.Nearly 60 million ­people are choosing a government that will have to grapple with the breakdown of the transatlantic alliance under Donald Trump and new threats to European security just as the country’s vaunted economic model is hitting the skids. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door?

Numbers of animals once hunted as vermin are rising across the continent. But scientists worry about how we are going to get along with these predatorsEurope’s carnivores have had a remarkable change in fortune. After tens of thousands of years of persecution that wiped out sabretooth tigers, hyenas and cave lions, there has been a recent rebound in the continent’s surviving predators.Across mainland Europe, bear, wolf, lynx and wolverine numbers have risen dramatically as conservation measures introduced several decades ago have begun to make an impact. There are now about 20,500 brown bears in Europe, a rise of 17% since 2016, while there are 9,400 Eurasian lynx, a 12% increase. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Arsenal news: Gunners confirm transfer as Mikel Arteta escapes another injury worry

Arsenal were defeated by West Ham at the Emirates on Saturday after they failed to find the net but escaped more bad news on the injury front and confirmed a transfer in a busy weekend

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4 h. ago Owners of these 20 cat and dog breeds warned they go missing the most

A law that took effect last summer requires all cats to be microchipped, even those that primarily live indoors

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4 h. ago Man lost his entire career because of what police found on his phone

Police found almost 800 child abuse pictures and films

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5 h. ago Eating your main meal at lunchtime could manage common health condition

Dr Reshma Rakshit says changing your meal times around could help with symptoms of common conditions that affect one in four adults in the UK - and it's as simple as swapping two meals

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