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    Britain announces construction of AI fighter jet Tempest

    Britain has announced the starting of construction of its new sixth-generation AI fighter jet the Tempest. Italy and Japan are partnering with Britain in the project. British military giant BAE Systems has announced it's starting construction. The RAF is expecting at least 80 of the...
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    At least four people killed after trying to reach UK

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday announced that British Border Force officials will be based in Albania and the formation of a "Small Boats Operational Command" to prevent illegal immigration to Britain
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    At least four people killed after trying to reach UK

    Your point may be in jest, but it does seem they would rather live in Britain than in the EU. Hundreds of them cross from France to Britain everyday in dinghies. It seems Britain is the Promised Land, not France or the EU. 24 hours ago these people were being fished out of the Channel from...
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    At least four people killed after trying to reach UK

    I've often wondered that myself. Why are there huge refugee camps on the north coast of France - like Sangatte - where the refugees gather to come to Britain? Why do the poor huddled masses prefer to live in Britain than France, even risking their lives to get from the latter to the former...
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    The King unveils plaque to his mother at Parliament

    King Charles III today visited Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament to unveil a plaque which marks the place of the Lying-in-State of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. Westminster Hall, built in 1097 by King William II, is the only part of the Houses of Parliament that wasn't completely...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    The Kunts - "Fuck the Tories" Wow. What a years it's been in Britain: our longest-reigning monarch (70 years and 214 days) dying and a new monarch installed during the tenure of our shortest-serving Prime Minister (45 days). Two monarchs and three PMs in the same year. Punk band The Kunts are...
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    At least four people killed after trying to reach UK

    A fisherman whose crew saved 31 people stranded in the English Channel said he was woken in the early hours of the morning when migrants surrounded his boat - the Arcturus - "screaming for help". The Americans have to deal with migrants from Mexico. The British have to deal with migrants from...
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    Man sentenced to minimum of 38 years for murdering lawyer

    He would have got 43 years had he not admitted to it. So she gave him a bit of a leeway, chopping five years off. Still, I wouldn't like to be him tonight. Murder sentences in England & Wales are severe. If you deliberately kill a human here then you'll likely never see the light of day again.
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    At least four people killed after trying to reach UK

    Home Secretary Suella Braverman says that "these are the days that we dread" after the deaths of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel from France to England. A major search and rescue operation involving helicopters and the RNLI was launched at 3.05am on Wednesday after authorities...
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    Man sentenced to minimum of 38 years for murdering lawyer

    Serial offender Jordan McSweeney has been sentenced to a MINIMUM of 38 years for sexually assaulting and murdering 35-year-old aspiring lawyer Zara Aleena in Ilford, London. McSweeney will not be considered for parole until 2060, so could die in prison. The sentencing was one of the first to...
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    Lord Frost destroys Harry and Meghan over anti-Brexit comments

    'In the end, she’ll dump him': Prince Harry is 'being used' by Meghan to 'make her rich' Harry's father the King and his uncle Prince Andrew famously got divorced. He may end up the same way. Sky News Australia speaks to GB News presenter and former Brexit leader Nigel Farage, who slams Harry...
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    2022 World Cup

    Saturday 3rd/4th Place Play-off Croatia Vs Morocco Sunday Final Argentina Vs France Either Argentina or France will win the World Cup for a third time on Sunday. Argentina won it in 1978 and 1986 and France won it in 1998 and 2018. If France win, they'll be the first country to retain...
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    2022 World Cup

    Semi-Final France 2-0 Morocco
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    Lord Frost destroys Harry and Meghan over anti-Brexit comments

    Former Brexit minister Lord Frost destroys Harry and Meghan after their anti-Brexit comments
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    2022 World Cup

    Semi-Final Argentina 3-0 Croatia Argentina will play France or Morocco in the Final
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    The Stranglers drummer Jet Black dies

    Moon's last words were "If you don't like it, you can fuck off!" Moon watched a 1971 British horror movie - The Abominable Dr Phibes - about a man who becomes a serial killer as he murders the medical team responsible for his wife's death. He then told his Swedish girlfriend Annette Walter-Lax...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Here's the full version of Sir Cliff Richard's new song "Heart of Christmas", which could be the 2022 UK Christmas No1...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Erasure - "Witch In The Ditch" (1988)
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    First coins with the King's head enter circulation

    Royal Mint begins circulating 9.6 million Charles coins | The Royal Mint begins circulating the first coins with the head of the new monarch King Charles III. A total of 4.9 million 50 pence coins will enter circulation across 9,452 Post Office branches throughout December with the remaining...
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    One dead and a dozen missing in Jersey fire

    Jersey explosion: Seven victims named by police Top row, left to right: Derek and Sylvia Ellis, Romeu and Louise de Almeida. Bottom row, left to right: Raymond Brown, Billy Marsden and Peter Bowler Seven of the nine people feared dead or missing after an explosion that destroyed a block of...