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    Chelsea are World Champions after beating PSG to win Club World Cup

    Club World Cup Final Chelsea 3-0 Paris Saint-Germain Meadowlands Sports Complex, New Jersey London club Chelsea are the Club World Champions after an easy victory over European Champions Paris Saint-Germain. In the first ever all-European Club World Cup Final, the winners of last season's...
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    Passenger plane crashes at London Southend Airport

    A small passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff at London Southend Airport in Essex today. The plane crashed just after takeoff and exploded in a huge fireball. The number of fatalities is still unknown. The incident happened around 4pm.
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    Oasis kickoff their worldwide reunion tour

    As British rock giants Black Sabbath gave a farewell concert, fellow British rock giants Oasis have reformed and have started their global reunion tour. Newly reformed Manchester rock giants Oasis - headed by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher - played the opening night of their global reunion...
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    PM and London Mayor lay wreaths to mark 20th anniversary of 7/7

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan today laid wreaths at the 7/7 memorial in London to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist suicide attacks in the capital which killed 52 people. 52,000 white petals fell in St Paul's Cathedral - 1000 for each victim - as the names...
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    Liverpool and Portugal striker Jota killed in car crash

    Liverpool and Portugal striker Diogo Jota has today been killed in a car crash in Spain. The tragedy occurred two months after Liverpool won the Premier League, one month after Portugal beat Spain to win the Nations League and ten days since he got married.
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    Tory leader Badenoch leaves Chancellor in tears after devastating attack on Government

    It's almost one year exactly since the Labour Party swept to power in Britain for the first time in 15 years after they won the General Election in a landslide on 4th July 2024. Last week in the Commons during Prime Minister's Questions, Tory leader and Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch...
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    Prince Edward explores Prince Edward's Island

    Prince Edward has visited Abegweit First Nation as part of his week-long tour of Canada. The Duke of Edinburgh joined a drum circle and met with indigenous families. He also met Canadian cadets on his trip to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The King's youngest sibling last visited the...
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    Two seriously injured after car crashes into fountain at Piccadilly Circus

    Two people have been left seriously injured after a car smashed into a fountain in central London's Piccadilly Circus. The road junction has been famous the world over for its neon lights advertisements for around 120 years. The capital's Metropolitan Police are investigating how the crash...
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    King orders the scrapping of the Royal Train

    The British Royal Train is being scrapped leaving the Royal Family without a dedicated set of railway carriages for the first time since the mid-nineteenth century. It is being decommissioned after King Charles III concluded the train was too expensive to run and it was being infrequently used...
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    United States bans rap band after anti-British tirade

    The United States has banned British rap band Bob Vylan after they made anti-British and anti-Israeli comments at last weekend's Glastonbury Festival. The band features Bobby Vylan on vocals and guitar and Bobbie Vylan on drums. The US has revoked the visas of the duo after their tirade...
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    92-year-old man found guilty of murdering woman born 133 years ago

    92-year-old Ryland Headley was convicted today at Bristol Crown Court of killing 75-year-old mother of two Louisa Dunne at her home back in June 1967. Matching palm prints taken at the scene almost 60 years ago led a jury to find Headley guilty on both charges. It's thought to be the UK's...
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    Black Sabbath prepare for farewell rehearsal show

    Black Sabbath - Villa Park, Birmingham, 5th July 2025 Ozzy Osbourne all giddy at Black Sabbath rehearsals ahead of epic farewell show Nearly two decades after last performing together, the members of Black Sabbath have reunited ahead of their final ever show. Formed in Birmingham in 1968 by...
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    King awards knighthoods to Beckham and Southgate

    King Charles III makes Beckham and Southgate knights King Charles III has bestowed knighthoods upon David Beckham and Gareth Southgate. Beckham - who played for Manchester United, LA Galaxy and Real Madrid and 115 times for England - was given the award for his services to football and for...
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    British aircraft carrier Prince of Wales arrives in Singapore

    The huge 65,000 tonne British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales arrived at Marina Bay Cruise Centre, Singapore on 23rd June. Carrying 24 aircraft - although she is capable of carrying over 70 F35Bs - and making her first port visit in Asia, she will host members of the public, hold a defence...
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    Man sentenced to minimum of 40 years for almost decapitating schoolboy

    Spanish-Brazilian man sentenced to a minimum of 40 years without parole for almost decapitating a schoolboy with a sword in Hainault, London Judge tells Marcus Monzo he may never be released from prison A killer who murdered a 14-year-old boy with a samurai sword as he walked to school was...
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    New MI6 chief's grandfather was a Nazi

    Although I think it goes without saying that just because your grandfather was a scumbag doesn't mean you are... MI6 has cast distance between its new chief and her grandfather, who was this week revealed to have been a Nazi spy known as "the butcher". Blaise Metreweli was announced as the...
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    RAF to become nuclear-weapon capable again

    The British Government today announced that Britain is to get back the capability of dropping nuclear bombs from the air. Britain is to buy 12 F-35 stealth jets from the USA for the RAF, each capable of firing nuclear weapons. It will be the first time since 1998 that Britain will have the...
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    Britain and Ukraine announce industrial military agreement

    100-year allies Britain and Ukraine announce military co-production agreement Allies Britain and Ukraine today announced an industrial military co-production agreement. The agreement was today announced by British PM Starmer as he stood alongside Ukrainian President Zelensky in the Downing...
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    Bears raid honey store on Devon after escaping enclosure

    Two bears who sparked the evacuation of a wildlife park involving trained firearms staff and police had headed straight for the honey store, the park has said. Wildwood Devon, a conservation charity near Exeter, said European brown bears Mish and Lucy made their way to the food store after...
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    British scientists race to build the country's new nuclear warheads by 2030

    Britain wants to increase her stockpile of nuclear weapons and to replace her current stock with more advanced ones by 2030. Here are the scientists who are tasked with making Britain's new nuclear weapons. They were met by British Defence Secretary John Healey. Nuclear powers like Great...