6 d. ago Gary Neville admits being 'worse for wear' after David Beckham's 50th birthday celebrations

Beckham threw four days of celebrations to mark his 50th birthday, which included an intimate dinner party at swanky central London restaurant Core on Saturday, with Neville among the attendees.

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7 d. ago The truth about the number of Indian workers in Britain amid fury over 'two

A total of 81,463 work-related visas were issued to Indians in 2024, meaning they accounted for 22 per cent of all those issued.

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3 w. ago Spat at, skint and splattered with sludge: the fearless artistic life of Gustaf Broms

In 1993, the Swedish artist had reached a dead end – so he burned all his work. Seeing the ashes inspired him to embark on an epic journey through the Indian wilderness, a Swedish cave – and now BritainDrive north of Stockholm for an hour or so and, buried within woodland near the village of Vendel, you will come across the 200-year-old house where Gustaf Broms lives. There are no shops or even neighbours here – just trees, wild animals and a man making beguiling performance art videos. You shouldn’t, however, assume that Broms feels isolated.“I don’t see it like that,” he says through a beaming smile. In the early 1990s, the Swedish artist moved to Kumaon in northern India, right near the border with western Nepal and Tibet. Compared with that, this place couldn’t be more accessible. “It’s easy enough to get on a bike if I need something,” he shrugs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Crowdfunding campaign launched to save beloved south London theatre

Cryer Arts has built a strong local following

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3 w. ago Veeraswamy: Petition launched to save Britain’s oldest Indian restaurant in central London

The Crown Estate says it needs to reclaim space used by the restaurant for a ‘comprehensive refurbishment’ of Victory House

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3 w. ago British seaside town launches £30m bid to save beach that could be lost forever

Blackpool council plans to place five new rock groynes on Anchorsholme Beach to protect against the threat of coastal erosion.

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3 w. ago Fundraiser launched to save Renfrewshire attraction from closure

Lamont Farm Project revealed on Monday that an “all-time low” for donations has left it close to collapse

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4 w. ago Visas not an issue in UK trade talks, insists India's top diplomat in London amid Trump tariff chaos

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

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4 w. ago We don't want more visas, says India's top diplomat in London on trade deal with UK amid Trump tariff chaos

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

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last month Britain's oldest Indian restaurant may have to shut in central London lease row

The Crown Estate says it needs to reclaim space used by Veeraswamy for nearly a century to carry out a ‘comprehensive refurbishment’ of Victory House

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last month Britain's oldest Indian restaurant may have to shut its doors for good after lease row

Veeraswamy, hailed as the oldest Indian restaurant in the UK, has served up its acclaimed curries just steps from Piccadilly Circus since 1926.

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