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  1. Blackleaf

    Obama has private meeting with British PM

    I hope not. The first two were horrific events but a third one between three nuclear powers - Britain and the US Vs Russia - doesn't bear thinking about. Each of Britain's 250 or so nukes is six times more powerful than those America dropped on Japan in 1945.
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    Obama has private meeting with British PM

    Former US President Barack Obama today had a private meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street. It is not known what the politicians of the two allied nations discussed. The woman in yellow is the US ambassador to Britain Jane Hartley.
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    Musk laughs at British liberal who was mugged

    Elon Musk laughed at British liberal Matthew Stadlen who once claimed he feels safe in London and would never be mugged - before he was mugged. Stadlen then claimed he was mugged by a white man, when it actually appears to have been a black man.
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Pet Shop Boys - "Loneliness" (2024) The London electropop veterans' new single Their 15th studio album "Nonetheless" is released on 26th April...
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    William and Harry avoid each other at Diana's Memorial

    It was clear to see that the future King and his younger brother no longer see eye to eye at last night's memorial event to their mother Princess Diana. It's believed the last time the two brothers were in the same room was during their father's Coronation last year...
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    Britain has more giant redwoods than the US

    Well that's because almost nobody wants to live in the north of Canada: It's freezing bloody cold and depressing. As a Brit it boggles my mind that Nunavut is 9 times bigger than my country yet has a population of 39,000, almost the same as that of Salisbury. To you it may seem normal but to a...
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    Britain has more giant redwoods than the US

    The UK may be "crowded" in the sense that it has 277 people per square kilometre officially: However, the UK's 68 million people live on just 9% of its land. 91% of the UK is empty of people: Countryside and wilderness. So, contrary to the belief of Canadians, with a smaller population and a...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Judas Priest - "Gates of Hell" (2024)
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Graham Coxon - "Freakin Out" (2024) While other members of London Nineties Britpop giants Blur are out doing other things - lead singer Damon Albarn is still making music with Gorillaz and drummer Dave Rowntree is the Labour candidate for the Mid Sussex constituency in the upcoming UK General...
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    Britain has more giant redwoods than the US

    A study has found that the UK has more giant redwoods than their native USA. Introduced 200 years ago into Britain the world's largest tree is under threat in the USA but is thriving in Britain's cooler climate. There are 80,000 of the trees in California but half a million of them in Britain.
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    British aircraft carrier leads flotilla of 15 ships in NATO show of strength

    Huge Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has led a flotilla of 15 NATO ships in a show of strength against Russia. NATO has recently grown in size and strength with Finland joining in 2022 and Sweden joining just days ago. The organisation has shown off its impressive firepower to...
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    The mysteries of tennis

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    Sweden joins NATO

    Sweden became the 32nd member state of NATO on 7th March. Sweden is the fifth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine, France and Spain - almost twice the size of the UK - yet it has a population of just 10 million and a small military. However it does bring valuable assets to the...
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    Former Tory MP defects to Reform UK after comments against London Mayor

    Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, has defected to Richard Tice's right-wing Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) after he was suspended from the Tory Party for accusing London's Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan of handing over the capital to Islamists. In the 1980s Anderson was a member of the Labour...
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    King's Commonwealth Day Address

    King Charles III speaks of the shared values of the Commonwealth family of nations during his address on Commonwealth Day. The Commonwealth has an area of 11.6 million square miles and a population of 2.4 billion. The Commonwealth turns 75 on 28th April - the same age as its Head, King Charles...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    Judas Priest - "Invincible Shield" (2024) The Birmingham heavy metallers are back with a new album
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    Woman saved after being lifted by shop shutters

    And what Welsh humour do you know?
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    Hundreds evacuated as WWII bomb is disposed of

    The locals have a Plymouth Argyle. They're currently 16th in the Championship. So 8 places off the bottom of the second tier.