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    King determined to attend Trooping the Colour

    King Charles III is determined to attend his second Trooping the Colour - the ceremony that marks the monarch's official birthday. Last year Trooping the Colour was on the 17th June and the King attended the event on horseback as his mother did for most of her reign. However, this year's...
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    Obama has private meeting with British PM

    Former US President Barack Obama today had a private meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street. It is not known what the politicians of the two allied nations discussed. The woman in yellow is the US ambassador to Britain Jane Hartley.
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    Musk laughs at British liberal who was mugged

    Elon Musk laughed at British liberal Matthew Stadlen who once claimed he feels safe in London and would never be mugged - before he was mugged. Stadlen then claimed he was mugged by a white man, when it actually appears to have been a black man.
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    William and Harry avoid each other at Diana's Memorial

    It was clear to see that the future King and his younger brother no longer see eye to eye at last night's memorial event to their mother Princess Diana. It's believed the last time the two brothers were in the same room was during their father's Coronation last year...
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    Britain has more giant redwoods than the US

    A study has found that the UK has more giant redwoods than their native USA. Introduced 200 years ago into Britain the world's largest tree is under threat in the USA but is thriving in Britain's cooler climate. There are 80,000 of the trees in California but half a million of them in Britain.
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    British aircraft carrier leads flotilla of 15 ships in NATO show of strength

    Huge Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has led a flotilla of 15 NATO ships in a show of strength against Russia. NATO has recently grown in size and strength with Finland joining in 2022 and Sweden joining just days ago. The organisation has shown off its impressive firepower to...
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    The mysteries of tennis

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    Sweden joins NATO

    Sweden became the 32nd member state of NATO on 7th March. Sweden is the fifth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine, France and Spain - almost twice the size of the UK - yet it has a population of just 10 million and a small military. However it does bring valuable assets to the...
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    Former Tory MP defects to Reform UK after comments against London Mayor

    Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, has defected to Richard Tice's right-wing Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) after he was suspended from the Tory Party for accusing London's Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan of handing over the capital to Islamists. In the 1980s Anderson was a member of the Labour...
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    King's Commonwealth Day Address

    King Charles III speaks of the shared values of the Commonwealth family of nations during his address on Commonwealth Day. The Commonwealth has an area of 11.6 million square miles and a population of 2.4 billion. The Commonwealth turns 75 on 28th April - the same age as its Head, King Charles...
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    Duke of Kent marks 200 years of RNLI

    Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent - Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin - has marked the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Prince Edward, 88, is the RNLI's president. Formed on 4th March 1824, the RNLI has a fleet of 444 lifeboats tasked with saving the lives of...
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    Hundreds evacuated as WWII bomb is disposed of

    Hundreds of residents in the Devon city of Plymouth were evacuated as an unexploded German World War II bomb was transported to the sea to be disposed of. All hail the brave army lad who drove the truck with the bomb onboard. World War II may have ended 79 years ago yet it still poses a threat...
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    Woman saved after being lifted by shop shutters

    CCTV footage shows the moment an elderly lady was left dangling upside down after her coat got caught in the security shutters outside a convenience store. But as the electric metal shutters were opened the back of her black jacket got snagged in it. She was marooned hanging for an agonising...
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death (1946) British airman Peter Carter jumps out of his damaged plane without a parachute and instead of dying as he should have done he miraculously lands on a beach. Because of this he must appeal his case for the right to live in front of a celestial jury in the Other...