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    Duchess of Edinburgh meets Ukrainian President and wife

    The Duchess of Edinburgh has visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Sophie, who is the wife of the King's youngest sibling Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, met the Ukrainian President at his Mariinskyi Palace. The King's...
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    King gets back to public duties after cancer diagnosis

    The King appeared to be in great spirits today as he was presented with flowers during his first public engagement since his cancer diagnosis. The King, 75, and Queen, 76, visited the Macmillan Cancer Centre in Fitzrovia in the London Borough of Camden and they were each given flowers by two...
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    One dead and four injured in London machete attack

    One person has been killed and 4 others have been injured after a man wielding a machete went on the rampage in Hainault, north east London. The attack occurred just after 7am and the fatality is a 14 year old boy. London's Metropolitan Police tasered and arrested a 36 year old man in Hainault...
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    King gets back to public duties after cancer diagnosis

    King Charles III has today carried out his first public engagement since his cancer diagnosis. King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London. The British Head of State and his wife were shown the world leading cancer treatment...
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    King to return to public duties

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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Cardigans - "Sick & Tired" (1994) In 1994, the Swedish band The Cardigans released "Emmerdale", an album named after the British soap opera. Here's a hit from the album...
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    I tell you what, though: That young soldier did his country proud. He didn't put a foot wrong. Unlike many of our politicians he just made a statement to his country and said it how it is with no sides taken. And he's probably young enough to be my son.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Adam and the Ants - "Stand and Deliver" (1981) The London New Wave band had their first UK No1 with this song. "Stand and deliver your money or your life!" was what British highwaymen used to say to their victims in the late 1700s and early 1800s...
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    So are the Household Cavalry. They are the King's bodyguard and those horses are the Household Cavalry's horses. The Household Cavalry are the guys who stand guard outside Buckingham Palace. All the tourists think they are a laugh but they are British soldiers armed to kill anyone threatening...
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    St George's Day Vs Palestinian protesters

    Alright then. I will.
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    No, they aren't. Both the RCMP and the Household Cavalry serve His Majesty proudly. Unforseen events like loud noises sometimes cannot be predicted.
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    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    Yeah. And the family was so ashamed of it that they changed their name to Windsor in 1917 during World War I.
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    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    Scholz's grandfather was an officer in the SS...
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    Britain to increase defence spending

    I've already got one. In fact, I had one that was damaged in storms in early 2022 so I had it replaced, costing me a few bob, and of course it's been damaged by storms. But it's not within a fence. It's between the garage and the front of the house.
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    St George's Day Vs Palestinian protesters

    London's Metropolitan Police are so thick that they let us film them at pro-Palestine demos and at yesterday's St George's Day celebrations and therefore let us show to the world how they police each one. Here are the results. Thank God for GB News because you wouldn't get this from the BBC...
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Army retrieves bloodied horse after five of them ran amok in Whitehall, Victoria, Limehouse and Shadwell in the centre of the capital... British Army updates the nation after horses and people were injured after five horses got loose in London...
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    Britain and Germany hold talks in Berlin

    The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have today held discussions with each other in Berlin. The two allies met to discuss defence and security ties. Just yesterday, Britain announced it will increase its defence spending and is the world's second-biggest...
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    Britain to increase defence spending

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that Britain will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP before 2030 as war rages in eastern Europe and war brews in the Middle East. Sunak - speaking in Warsaw as he met the Polish President - says the increase in British defence will make...
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    Four injured as horses run amok in London

    Oi. You're the colonials, not us.