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    John Prescott, former British Deputy PM, is laid to rest

    John Prescott, the Welshman who was the British Deputy Prime Minister in Labour PM Tony Blair's administration between 1997 and 2007, had his funeral today. Burly Prescott, who was the MP for Kingston upon Hull East, is famous for punching a protester in the face who threw an egg at him during...
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    Figure Skating

    Probably wouldn't have saved them in that plane crash. Also, what the fuck happened there? Seems like some sort of fuck up in what is supposed to be the world's richest and most powerful country. Maybe the President was right in his comments today. America's worst plane crash since 2001.
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    Athena Mozzi is newest member of British Royal Family

    The King's niece Princess Beatrice, 36, and her husband Edoardo Mozzi, 41, have welcomed their second child Athena Mozzi to the world. Upon her birth, King Charles III's great-niece and Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's great-granddaughter Athena became the 11th in line to the Throne...
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    British singer Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78

    Marianne Faithfull: 29th December 1946 – 30th January 2025 Marianne Faithfull - "As Tears Go By" (1964) Aged just 17, Faithfull had a No5 UK hit with this "As Tears Go By": The Rolling Stones (1965)
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    British singer Marianne Faithfull dies aged 78

    British singer Marianne Faithfull, known for her sexual antics with The Rolling Stones, died today aged 78. Faithfull is famous for her 1964 song "As Tears Go By", covered by The Rolling Stones in 1965.
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    Charles III is first British monarch to visit Auschwitz

    The King: "It's a time we remember all those on whom the Nazis inflicted their violence and hatred"
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    Charles III is first British monarch to visit Auschwitz

    It's horrifying just what humans can do against their fellow species.
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    Charles III is first British monarch to visit Auschwitz

    The King seemed rather emotional as he was taken on a tour of the former Nazi extermination camp before he laid a wreath in respect to mark the camp's liberation by the Soviets in 1945. He's the first British Head of State to visit the former German death camp. My parents and my sister took a...
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    Charles III is first British monarch to visit Auschwitz

    An emotional King Charles III yesterday became the first British monarch to visit Auschwitz. The British Head of State was seen wiping away tears as he was taken on a tour of the camp where the Germans murdered over 1 million people during World War II. The King, 76, visited the horrific...
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    Omagh bombing inquiry to begin with statement from victims' families

    The Troubles was basically a British civil war between those who wanted Northern Ireland to be unified with the Republic of Ireland (Republicans) and those who wanted it to remain part of the UK (Loyalists). It lasted 1968 to 1998. Now an inquiry is underway concerning the 1998 Omagh Bombing...
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    JK Rowling supports Trump's Executive Order on Two Sexes

    What I find funny is that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have attacked Rowling for her normal, mainstream, views when it comes to transgenderism. Those two seem to forget that were it not for Rowling they would probably be nobodies today.
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    UK population to reach 72.5 million by 2032

    I don't know. But this was France in Euro 2024. It's not all immigration. The British seem to be reproducing at a faster rate than many other European countries, too.
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    UK population to reach 72.5 million by 2032

    Apart from all those people from shitty countries who don't want to stay in France so cross over the Channel and arrive on our shores on dinghies every year.
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    UK population to reach 72.5 million by 2032

    During the Napoleonic Wars France's population was twice that of Britain's - 30 million compared to 15 million (yet the British still defeated them). And now we've just overtaken our neighbours. Talk about the tables turning.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Nice music to chill to after work. I'm a team leader and look after a load of numpties, so I need a lot of destressing after we finish at 8pm.
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    UK population to reach 72.5 million by 2032

    The UK population, one of the largest and fastest growing populations in Europe, is set to reach 72.5 million by 2032 due in large part to immigration. By comparison, the population of France will be 69.5 million and Italy's will be 58 million, down from the 59 million it is now. The UK became...
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    Two children dead and six injured after being stabbed in Southport

    Yeah, like when the riots took place around the country over the murders the likes of Sky News and BBC News kept calling the rioters "Far Right" rather than ordinary people concerned that cowardly Islamists are attacking little girls and the mainstream media say they aren't Islamists but...
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    JK Rowling supports Trump's Executive Order on Two Sexes

    JK Rowling, the British author famous for writing the Harry Potter novels which have been turned into one of the most successful movie series in history, has once again got the Left enraged by saying she supports US President Trump's commonsense Executive Order that there are only two sexes...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Bury Tomorrow - "Let Go" (2025) Hailing from the city of Southampton, Hampshire, on the South Coast, the metalcore band who sound seriously pissed off release their new album "Will You Still Haunt Me, With That Same Patience" on 16th May. This is the new single.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Architects - "Blackhole" (2025) The new single from the Brighton, East Sussex, metalcore band. Their new album "The Sky, The Earth & All Between" is released 28th February