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    King makes 80th anniversary D-Day speech

    Introduced by British acting royalty Dame Helen Mirren, King Charles III makes his speech in Normandy on the north coast of France alongside the Queen. King Charles III is the first British Head of State to be born after World War II. Watching on were the Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Rishi...
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    Farage runs for PM as he takes over Reform UK

    In momentous news in Britain, Brexit frontman Nigel Farage today surprisingly took over from Richard Tice as the leader of Reform UK in Britain's General Election campaign. The British General Election will be held on Thursday 4th July and Trump's friend Farage - who has spent a few years out...
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    Serial child killer loses appeal against 14 whole life tariffs

    Serial child killer Lucy Letby today lost her appeal against her whole life tariffs. Former nurse Letby, 34, was sentenced to not one but FOURTEEN whole life tariffs in August 2023 for murdering 7 babies and attempting to murder six others. One whole life tariff means spending the rest of your...
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    Quadruple amputee British MP makes emotional return to Commons

    Quadruple amputee Craig Mackinlay today made an emotional return to the House of Commons. The Tory MP for South Thanet, 57, said "this is an emotional day for me" as he thanked Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He received a rare Commons standing ovation...
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    UK General Election to be on 4th July

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has today announced that the next UK General Election will take place on Thursday 4th July. Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party are the favourites to win, although many are also predicting a Hung Parliament as in 1910, 1929, 1974, 2010 and 2017...
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    One dead and thirty injured by plane turbulence

    One man is dead and thirty are injured as a plane travelling from London to Singapore suffered severe turbulence. The deceased is British man Geoff Kitchen, 73.
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    King Charles III takes on 300 new patronages

    King Charles III has taken on 300 new charity affiliations since he ascended the Throne on 8th September 2022. However, 200 organisations have lost their royal associations since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It is now for King Charles III and Queen Camilla to decide which of Queen...
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    Lois Perry becomes new leader of UKIP

    "Capitulating to Communist bullies!" Lois Perry has become the new leader of UKIP. UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) is the right-wing British political party which was once lead by Nigel Farage and was victorious in getting Britain out of the EU. After successfully delivering Brexit...
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    Slovakian PM in serious condition after being shot

    The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot multiple times. A 71-year-old has been arrested for attempted assassination.
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    King hands Colonel-in-Chief of Army Air Corps role to Prince William

    King Charles III has decided to resign from his post of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps and give his son Prince William, the Prince of Wales, the role. It was one of the rare occasions in history in which the monarch and the Prince of Wales undertook an engagement together. Formed in...
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    Brexit blamed for shit musicals

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    Active Sun produces more widespread auroras

    Auroras have been seen in more widespread locations across the planet over the last few days. The BBC has received photographs of the lights from across the UK. The phenomenon, known as Aurora Borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and Aurora Australis in the Southern Hemisphere, is produced by...
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    Switzerland wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest

    Switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time in Malmö, Sweden. The winning song is "The Code" by Nemo which got 591 points. Croatia, France, Ukraine and Israel finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. It is the third time Switzerland has won the competition having...
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    Confusion after EU politician releases dove in Parliament

    Confusion reigned after a Slovakia MEP released a dove in the EU Parliament...
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    Prince William poses for selfies with public on Cornish beach

    Prince William, 42, has posed for selfies with the public. The nation's next King proved popular with people on Fistral Beach in Cornwall - down in the far South West of the country - on a sweltering day during the Prince of Wales's two day visit. The Prince visited an RNLI visitors' centre...
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    Jubilant King makes surprise visit to army training base

    King Charles III joked he was glad to have been let out of his cage as he made a surprise army visit. The British military's Commander-in-Chief, 75, who is currently enjoying a high popularity rating, visited the Royal School of Military Engineering in Surrey as he returns to full time work for...
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    John Swinney becomes Scottish First Minister

    John Swinney has become SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister after the previous incumbent Humza Yousaf resigned over a scandal. Swinney is the 8th person to be Scottish First Minister since Scotland acquired its devolved parliament in 1999. The role is similar to that of a US state governor...
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    King refuses to meet Harry during Prince's UK visit

    King Charles III is back to work after his cancer diagnosis, today meeting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka at Buckingham Palace for talks Prince Harry is visiting Britain to mark 10 years of his Invictus Games. The fifth in line to the Throne wanted to meet his father the King during his...
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    Gun salutes mark first anniversary of Coronation

    Gun salutes by the British Army in London's Green Park and Tower Wharf marked the first anniversary of the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla...