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    The King announces return of Big Help Out

    A day after leaving hospital following successful prostate surgery the King has today announced that the Big Help Out will return later this year after the success of the inaugural one during the Coronation celebrations last year. The Big Help Out in the wake of the Coronation in May 2023...
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    Females take part in Up Helly Aa for first time

    Up Helly Aa is one of many quaint traditions held throughout Britain throughout each year. Up Helly Aa is held every year at the end of January in the main Shetland town of Lerwick up in the far north of the country to mark the end of Yule. Shetland was part of Norway until 1472 when Scotland...
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    Chinese commies tell London pianist to stop filming in public

    A London YouTuber with lots of subscribers plays piano in various locations around different locations and uploads the videos of him doing so onto his highly popular channel. But a few days ago he had a run in with a group of Chinese commies who told him he mustn't film in public because it's...
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    Judge sentences triple killer to "indefinite" incarceration in hospital

    A judge has today sentenced Valdo Calocane to incarceration in a high-security hospital for murdering Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates last year in Nottingham. The judge did not state how long Calocane, 32, will spend in the secure mental unit but said it will likely be for...
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    Prince Edward meets 192-year-old tortoise

    Prince Edward, the King's brother, has met a circa 192-year-old tortoise during his visit to the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena. The tortoise, named Jonathan, was born circa 1832 during the reign of King William IV. Saint Helena is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena...
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    Footage shows undercover London police catching watch thieves

    New footage shows undercover Metropolitan Police officers, posing as members of the public, in the centre of the big city nabbing crooks who have stolen expensive designer watches...
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    The King to follow Princess of Wales in hospital for surgery

    Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is currently in a private hospital in London recovering from “planned abdominal surgery”. Kensington Palace said that Princess Catherine would remain in hospital for up to two weeks, and then recover at home. The King will receive hospital treatment on an...
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    Official portrait of the King for public buildings is revealed

    After seven decades of seeing the famous portrait of Elizabeth II hanging in public buildings, the new official portrait photograph of King Charles III has been unveiled that will hang in public buildings in the years to come. The portrait is intended for display in public buildings, such as...
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    Queen died in her sleep at 3:10pm

    It has been more than a year since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and more details about her final moments and starting to emerge. The Daily Mail has seen new documents which tell that story, with one memo saying what she simply "slipped away" without any pain. King Charles III had been...
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    Royal Navy's HMS Diamond shoots down Houthi drones over Red Sea

    British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed that Royal Navy Sheffield-class destroyer HMS Diamond shot down Houthi drones over the Red Sea. The Houthis attacked the Royal Navy destroyer with attack drones but HMS Diamond, one of the world's most powerful destroyers equipped with the...
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    German football legend Beckenbauer, loser in 1966, dies aged 78

    German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78. Beckenbauer was part of the West Germany team which lost against England in the 1966 World Cup Final but also part of the West Germany team which won the 1974 World Cup. He was part of the West Germany team that won Euro '72. He was...
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    American-British actor David Soul dies aged 80

    American-British actor David Soul has died in London at the age of 80. Soul was most famous for playing Hutch in Starsky and Hutch. Born in Chicago in 1943 he became British in 2004.
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    Record darts audience sees 16 year old prodigy lose to World No1 in Final

    Last night 16 year old Luke Littler lost 4-7 against Luke Humphries in an all-English World Darts Championship Final. The 16 year old has caught the nation's attention after reaching the Final despite starting the tournament ranked No164 in the world. A world record 5 million people for a...
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    Five dead after planes collide at Tokyo Airport

    Five people have died after a passenger plane collided with a plane providing aid to the victims of Japan's earthquake at Tokyo Airport. All 379 passengers on the airliner survived and the five fatalities were from the coastguard plane. The passenger plane, MA722, burst into flames as it...
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    Queen Camilla invites blind girl to tea

    Queen Camilla has invited a blind girl to have tea with her in the resplendent surroundings of Windsor Castle...
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    Happy 2024!

    Happy New Year to Canadian Content members. Here in the UK we are behind most of Europe and most of the continent has already seen in 2024 but there's less than an hour to go. London is going to put on Europe's biggest New Year fireworks display, with 12,000 fireworks.
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    Denmark's Queen Margrethe II abdicates

    Denmark's Queen has unexpectedly announced her abdication in her traditional New Year's Eve speech. Margrethe II will formally step down from the throne on 14th January. That will be exactly 52 years to the day of her ascension to the throne in 1972. The 83-year-old monarch will be succeeded...
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    Meteor flashes across UK night sky

    People across the UK have reported seeing a meteor flying through the night sky. Residents living in London, Birmingham, Reading, Norfolk and Shrewsbury reported seeing what many believed to be a shooting star, at around 2am on Saturday (30 December). Many people took to X, formerly Twitter...
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    Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio

    Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio Sunday 31st December 2023 BBC News By Noor Nanji, Culture reporter They are the UK's most famous chimes, and one of the most recognisable sounds around the world. Exactly a century ago, Big Ben's bongs were broadcast live to the...