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UK opposition hails Scottish by-election win
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday welcomed a big local election win in Scotland as a sign its electoral fortunes were changing head of a UK general election.
UK Labour Party seeks to maintain poll lead
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's Labour opposition gathers this weekend for its annual conference, with the centre-left party currently on course to return to power in a general election expected next year.
High-speed rail row derails UK Tory conference
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» MANCHESTER, England - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday dodged questions over the future of the UK's second high-speed train line, as the issue overshadowed his Conservative party's annual conference.
UK minister questions relevance of UN refugee convention
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» LONDON - UK interior minister Suella Braverman is preparing to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech on Tuesday at a think-tank in Washington.
Charles hails 'indispensable' France-UK relationship
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» PARIS - King Charles III on Thursday pledged to do everything he could to strengthen the relationship between France and Britain, suggesting the "indispensable" partners could also team up to jointly tackle the climate emergency.
UK rejoins key European science programme
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» LONDON - Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research programme after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
Chronic illness in UK up sharply since pandemic
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» LONDON: The number of people not working in the UK due to chronic illnesses has soared since the pandemic, putting pressure on the British economy, analysts said on Tuesday.
Gotta Save the Castle? Start a Podcast
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/07/2023
» Last month, Emma, Duchess of Rutland, sat in her drawing room and weighed the pros and cons of living over the shop. Specifically, Belvoir Castle, a stately and splendid pile perched on a wooded hilltop in the English countryside with more than 356 rooms and soaring neo-Gothic towers and turrets. It has been the site of the family seat since the 16th century.
UK anti-migration plan to become law
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's controversial plan to deter migrants without papers from landing on British shores is poised to become law, prompting criticism from the United Nations.
BBC defends refusal to name presenter linked to scandal
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: BBC chief Tim Davie on Tuesday insisted on allowing a high-profile presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit images to remain anonymous, despite mounting calls for his identity to be revealed.