20 h. ago Fury as Reform councillor shares Hitler 'small boats' meme during VE Day commemorations

Joel Tetlow, who was elected to Lancashire County Council last week, shared an image linking Nazi attempts to invade Britain in 1940 to present-day migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.

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38 h. ago Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma | Chietigj Bajpaee

A military attack on the same day as a trade deal with the UK reveals a nation keen to strut the world stage, but hampered by regional enmity and historyConcluding a “landmark” trade agreement with the UK and launching military operations against Pakistan on the same day: it is fair to say that, for India, the future and the past have collided this week. The agreement with Britain, which has been three years in the making, is one of several India is negotiating, including with the US and EU. It illustrates its appeal as a rising global power – the world’s most populous country and its fastest-growing major economy, which is also the fifth (and on course to be third) largest overall. In contrast, the military operations targeting Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir demonstrate how India continues to be bogged down by instabilities in its neighbourhood and held hostage to its history.India’s military actions are in response to a terrorist attack last month in which 26 tourists ...

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43 h. ago The week Britain burned with wildfires roaring across UK as experts issue dire warning

Wildfires are normally something associated with Southern Europe, the Western US or Australia, not places like Devon, Northern Irland, the Highlands and Bournemouth

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56 h. ago Wildfires burn thousands of acres on tribal lands in North Dakota

Thousands of acres of tribal lands in North Dakota have burned in the last several days due to wildfires amid dry and breezy conditions

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7 d. ago Headteachers warn of biggest crisis facing UK schools as kids badly let down

The National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) has issued a dire warning over the SEND crisis facing schools, with a shortage of specialist teaching

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9 d. ago UK heatwave to grind to halt next week with '72 hours of snow' battering Britain

UK weather will see a 72-hour snow blitz batter the country after a mini-heatwave this week, with snow maps showing up to 2cm of the white stuff settling in parts of England and Scotland

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1 week ago The hottest April for seven years: Temperatures set to hit 29C by Thursday as Britain enjoys first taste of summer as warm air moves up from Europe

Britain is set for an early summer's day this week as temperatures could hit 29C by Thursday, bringing high UV and pollen levels across the country.

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1 week ago UK breaks worrying wildfire record: 113 sq miles of land has already been burnt this year

The amount of UK land burnt by wildfires has already smashed the all-time record, just four months into the year.

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1 week ago UK weather map: Where mini heatwave will scorch Britain next week

56,000 people taking part in London Marathon will have to endure temperatures of 22C along the 26.2 mile course

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1 week ago Britain's Got Talent star Eden Choi's secret famous past and award wins revealed

Eden Choi is a magician taking part in Britain's Got Talent's first live semi-final this week, but he has millions of online followers and has multiple awards to his name

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2 w. ago Wildfire burns thousands of acres in a rural, rugged area of Nebraska

A wildfire burning in a rugged, wooded area of Nebraska grew to more than 6,600 acres but hundreds of firefighters have managed to contain the blaze

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2 w. ago Typhoid fever: Deadly Victorian disease becoming antibiotic resistant as dire warning issued

Typhoid fever is a particularly unpleasant bacterial infection that can spread throughout the body and, according to the NHS, the highly contagious disease be can be fatal

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2 w. ago Huge New Jersey wildfire continues to burn but evacuation orders lifted

The blaze covered more than 8,500 acres, with 3,000 residents forced to evacuate their homes and 25,000 without power

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2 w. ago New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without powerA fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant.Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, according to the local Lakewood Scoop newspaper. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New Jersey wildfire: Residents evacuated as huge blaze tears through community 'like a war zone'

Shocking photographs capture flames roar from buildings in Barnegat Township, New Jersey, where wildfires have burned throughout Tuesday - and authorities are concerned

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer sent strong warning on what his child poverty legacy will be

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been warned he must make cutting levels of child poverty a personal priority or risk leaving a dire Labour legacy on the issue

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2 w. ago Britain’s Got Talent's Amanda Holden says 'I'm in a lot of trouble' after 'rule

The Golden Buzzer was pressed again in the final week of auditions at Britain's Got Talent

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent act compared to former winners as viewers point out 'they did it first'

The final week of Britain's Got Talent auditions aired on Saturday, April 19

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2 w. ago Members of burned LA church bear a cross through their devastated neighborhood to mark Good Friday

The Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades burned down in wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles in January

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2 w. ago Disengaging from China on business would be ‘foolish’, Rachel Reeves says

Chancellor supports economic ties with Beijing as she prepares to fly to US next week for trade deal talksRachel Reeves has dismissed the idea of economically disengaging from China, amid concerns the US may put pressure on the UK to limit its deals with Beijing.The chancellor, who will discuss a trade deal with the US on a trip to Washington next week, said it would be “very foolish” for Britain to have less involvement with Xi Jinping’s administration. Continue reading...

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