51 h. ago Over 100 of Britain's biggest athletes send powerful letter to Keir Starmer: 'Not a risk'

In a powerful open letter to the Prime Minister, Olympic champions, global medallists and rising stars have called on the government to back the bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships at the London Stadium with £45million of funding

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67 h. ago Criminals access HMRC records of 100,000 taxpayers in £47million raid that saw scammers 'masquerading' as Brits to extract rebates from government

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed today that it had locked down tens of thousands of accounts - some real and some fake - used in the scam.

Economics

3 d. ago Revealed: How Prince Harry's latest court battle over security cost British taxpayers £100,000

Prince Harry's latest battle with the Home Office over police bodyguards cost British taxpayers £100,000 - after he told the BBC: 'I wish someone had told me beforehand' there was 'no way to win'

Economics

3 d. ago Writer Bernardine Evaristo receives lifetime accolade for a career of breaking boundaries

British writer Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo has won the 100,000-pound Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award

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4 d. ago Big Star: The Nick Skelton Story review – story of showjumping’s comeback king spares the horses

Documentary charting the British Olympian’s career including his return from breaking his neck is for equestrian fans only due to tight-lipped interviewsIt’s one hell of a comeback. In 2000, champion showjumper Nick Skelton broke his neck in a bad fall; two years later, he was back on a horse and out of retirement. He went on to win Olympic gold twice, first in London in 2012, then aged 58 at Rio in 2016 (with a replacement hip), becoming the oldest British winner of an individual Olympic gold medal in more than 100 years. Skelton (and his horse Big Star) finally retired in 2017; his story is told in this solid but largely unrevealing documentary, flawed by tight-lipped interviews, no one rocking the boat.Skelton was born in Warwickshire, the son of a chemist. He rode his first pony aged 18 months (“we did everything together”) and after parting ways with school at 15, he went to work for tough guy horse owner and trainer Ted Edgar (“a bastard” according to one friend). Talented and...

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4 d. ago Growing threats, new weapons, more troops: key points of UK’s defence review

The government says the UK must be ready to ‘fight and win’ a full-scale war. Here is a summary of its recommendationsKeir Starmer vows to make Britain ‘battle-ready’ as he unveils defence spending plansA vision of what war between the UK and another state such as Russia would look like is sketched out briefly but starkly on a page of the strategic defence review.Such a conflict could involve attacks on the armed forces in the UK and overseas, air and missile attacks on critical infrastructure, and sabotage and efforts to manipulate information and undermine social cohesion. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Defence review to say UK must be ready to fight a war in Europe or Atlantic

Review will call for ‘war-fighting readiness’ to deal with new threats, though army will not grow before next electionAnalysis: Labour pushes ‘military Keynesianism’ to win support for defence spendingBritain needs to be ready to fight a war in Europe or the Atlantic, a strategic defence review will conclude, though it is not expected to promise immediate increases in the size of the armed forces to deal with the threat.The 130-page document will call for a move to “war-fighting readiness” to deter Russian aggression in Europe and increases in stockpiles of arms and support equipment, some of which may only last days in a crisis. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Murdered by natives? What happened to real Indiana Jones who vanished hunting 'lost city'

It's 100 years to the day since Brit explorer Percy Fawcett, dubbed a real life Indiana Jones, vanished into thin air while searching for a lost city similar to the mythical El Dorado

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1 week ago Brit is arrested with a suitcase 'stuffed with £100,000 of cannabis' travelling from Bangkok to UK

A British man has been busted trying to smuggle a suitcase stuffed with cannabis from Bangkok to Newcastle as cops crack down on a fast-developing drug route from the Thai capital.

Economics

1 week ago New calls to end frozen State Pension policy for over 100,000 Brits living in Canada

Campaigners are urging Prime Minister Carney to raise the issue of State Pension uprating at the state opening of the Canadian Parliament.

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1 week ago Families win fight to stop travellers building a pitch on a Welsh beauty spot after over 300 objections fly in

Proposals had been submitted for a static caravan, one touring caravan as well as utility and ecological enhancements at Froghall Yard, in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.

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1 week ago Brits spend 'nightmare' 100 days in violent African prison with rats and cockroaches

Two British men survived a 'nightmare' 100 days in a violent West African prison swarmed with rats and diseases after being arrested while on a four-day work trip

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1 week ago Families of those killed in 1994 Chinook helicopter crash call for sealed documents to be released

Bereaved families renew call for inquiry and demand access to documents that have been sealed away until 2094Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of life, have demanded the release of documents sealed for 100 years.RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland, when it crashed in foggy weather on 2 June 1994. All the passengers – made up of personnel from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British army – were killed, along with the helicopter’s four crew members. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Families of 1994 Chinook crash victims call for sealed documents to be released

Bereaved families renew call for inquiry and demand access to documents that have been sealed away until 2094Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of life, have demanded the release of documents sealed for 100 years.RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland, when it crashed in foggy weather on 2 June 1994. All the passengers – made up of personnel from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British army – were killed, along with the helicopter’s four crew members. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Inside the tiny island nearly 100 miles from the UK where no one pays income or inheritance tax... and you don't need a CV to get a job

A tiny island nearly 100 miles from Britain with only three pubs, a population of less than a thousand and a ban on cars does not sound like the obvious location for the latest Gen Z revolution.

Economics

2 w. ago Britons face 100% tax on Spanish holiday homes under new housing crackdown

The Spanish government has proposed a new bill that would see non-EU residents charged double for properties

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2 w. ago Spain pushes ahead with plan to hit Brits with 100% holiday home tax

Spain's government is going ahead with a controversial plan to slam Brits with a 100% tax on holiday homes in order to tackle a growing housing crisis. 

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2 w. ago Britain's '100 per cent best amateur' moves on to radar for prestigious golf event

GB&I captain opens up on one Scot who is turning pro but two others who are in contention to face Americans

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2 w. ago Fisher vs Allen 2 LIVE: Boxing result, fight stream, latest updates and reaction after stoppage win

British heavyweight rivals contested an epic London rematch which ended in a fifth round stoppage

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3 w. ago ‘Fight back and don’t let them win’: actor Pedro Pascal decries Trump’s attacks on artists

Comments at Cannes come after US president’s social media posts against Bruce Springsteen and Taylor SwiftPedro Pascal has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s attacks against artists, as the director of a conspiracy theory satire starring the actor said he feared the political messages of films could be weaponised by US border guards.“Fuck the people that try to make you scared,” the Game of Thrones and The Last of Us actor said at a press conference at the Cannes film festival, promoting Ari Aster’s new film Eddington. “And fight back. And don’t let them win.” Continue reading...

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