11 h. ago Council 'overwhelmed' by arrival of hundreds of Chagos Islanders calls for help after hundreds arrived before Starmer signed his sell

Hillingdon council have urged the Government to 'do the right thing' as they say a continued influx of Chagos Islanders after Britain agreed to hand over the former territory to Mauritius.

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12 h. ago Overwhelmed council calls for help after hundreds of Chagos Islanders turn up on its doorstep

Hillingdon council have urged the Government to 'do the right thing' as they say a continued influx of Chagos Islanders after Britain agreed to hand over the former territory to Mauritius.

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3 w. ago Hundreds in Greater Manchester call for 'urgent' action on E

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3 w. ago Fact check: China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal

Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.

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3 w. ago Israel and Iran broaden strikes during third day of escalating war

Trump calls for end to conflict and warns Tehran against striking US targets in the regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael and Iran have broadened their strikes against each other on the third day of an escalating war that has killed and injured hundreds of people, as Donald Trump called for an end to the conflict and warned Tehran against striking US targets in the region.G7 leaders flying to Canada for a summit that starts on Monday are likely to try to use their time with the US president to urge him to keep the US out of the conflict and use his influence with Israel to broker a ceasefire. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Download rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpit ‘collisions’ cause accidental 999 calls

Police received nearly 700 false emergency alerts from Leicestershire heavy metal event last yearWhen hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts

Police received nearly 700 false ‘collision’ 999 calls from Leicestershire heavy metal event in 2023When hundreds of 999 calls came in from fans at the Download festival two years ago, the emergency services must have thought a disaster was unfolding at the three-day heavy metal gig in Leicestershire.In fact, the calls were made automatically from smartwatches and other devices worn by fans because “the tech assumed that people in moshpits had been in a collision”, according to Leicestershire police. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Dad strikes’ in London and Edinburgh demand better paternity leave

Hundreds of fathers protest with children to call for two weeks’ statutory paternity leave to be increasedHundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world’s first dad strike.They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity leave system in Europe. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago DAN HODGES: Rachel Reeves has opted to spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave in the Chagos Islands. It's now a matter of 'when' not 'if' she comes back to pick our pockets with tax rises

After the statement Rachel Reeves just delivered to unveil the Government's Spending Review, it appears she is actually cosplaying at being the new Liz Truss, says DAN HODGES.

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4 w. ago Mauritius 'will use cash from Labour's Chagos Islands deal to scrap income tax for 81% of its population and help pay off its national debt'

The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the stretegically-important Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

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4 w. ago UK should renegotiate Chagos Islands deal to allow islanders to return, UN argues

Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for a joint UK-US base

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last month UN experts urge UK to negotiate new Chagos deal that allows islanders to return

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

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