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Law on working on a bank holiday as August bank holiday approaches
Birmingham Live
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August 24, 2025
The late August bank holiday is just around the corner, and with that many are looking forward to a rest and hopefully some summer sunshine. However, for those who are scheduled to work on the bank holiday, knowing what your rights are is often a...
UK facial recognition roll-out sparks rights group alarm over privacy
The Sun Daily
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August 24, 2025
LONDON: The United Kingdom has become the only European nation to deploy real-time facial recognition technology on a massive scale across public spaces and retail environments. Outside supermarkets and within festival crowds, millions of people...
British police extend to Thailand their drugs warning campaign
Pattaya Mail
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August 24, 2025
British police are specifically targeting Thailand for drug mule crime. (Photo courtesy of National Crime Agency). The UK Border Agency is expanding Operation Karetu beyond the Mediterranean where numerous British youngsters have been exploited...
UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time facial-recognition systems in the UK -- the only European country to deploy the technology on a large scale. At London's Notting Hill Carnival,...
UK embraces AI-powered facial recognition as critics warn of ‘mass surveillance’
Malay Mail
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August 24, 2025
LONDON, Aug 24 — Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time facial-recognition systems in the UK—the only European country to deploy the technology on a large scale. At London’s Notting...
British foreign secretary lands in hot water after fishing trip with JD Vance
Fox News
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Vice President JD Vance struck a consolatory tone on Friday after touching down in London when he told reporters the U.S. and UK may disagree on strategy when it comes to ending the war in Gaza, but they "share" the same goal. NEWYou can now...
Britain must clamp down on the global trade in stolen goods
The Times
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Some 70,000 phones were stolen in London last year METROPOLITAN POLICE/PA Though Britain’s official productivity figures may offer little for its neighbours to envy, in recent years the UK has become a world leader, and net exporter, in one growth...
UK remains Western Islamic finance hub despite limited local uptake
bizbahrain
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August 23, 2025
The UK will continue as the leading Western hub for Islamic finance, supported by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) serving as a key listing venue for global US dollar sukuk, and the use of English law in governing most international sukuk, Fitch...
Illegal immigrant who came to UK on dinghy caught manning £300k cannabis farm
Birmingham Live
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August 24, 2025
An illegal immigrant who was caught manning a huge £300k cannabis factory after sneaking into the UK on dinghy has been locked up. Albanian national Ali Koka slipped into Britain unlawfully with hopes of a 'better life' but was busted by police...
Wetherspoons making change to 'all' food and drink across UK pubs
Birmingham Live
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August 24, 2025
JD Wetherspoon has announced a big change to "all" food and drink for 24 hours in September. On Thursday 18 September, Wetherspoon’s pubs are to cut the price of all food and drinks by 7.5 per cent. The move from the pub giant, which has...
We must not allow US-style toxic gun culture in Scotland
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 24, 2025
We must not allow a toxic gun culture America has the highest firearm ownership in the world, a huge gun culture and one of the worst shooting death tolls. The UK by contrast has some of the strictest gun legislation in the world and shootings are...
‘Orwellian dystopian state’: UK Police arrests man for ‘the most ridiculous thing’
Sky News Australia
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August 24, 2025
Sky News host Rowan Dean has slammed the United Kingdom after a man was arrested for saying “we love bacon” at a protest. “It’s terrifying, but it’s all political. It’s Orwellian,” he said. “Britain has turned into this weird, kind of Orwellian...
Criminals funnelling dirty money into UK pushing up London property prices
Daily Mail
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August 24, 2025
By CALUM MUIRHEAD, CHIEF CITY REPORTER Published: 20:43 EDT, 23 August 2025 | Updated: 20:45 EDT, 23 August 2025 Criminals funnelling dirty money into UK property are pushing up the price of an average house in London by £11,000, the Mail on...
Back home and missing Britain, the Albanians ‘paid £1,200 to leave’
The Times
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A young failed asylum seeker in a blue hoodie sat down and declared in a heavy London accent: “Bro, now England is shit.”We were in a square in the mountainous north of Albania, one of Europe’s poorest corners. In recent years the area has been...
Netflix's Hostage: The Perfect Thriller For Diplomat Fans
Screen Rant
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August 24, 2025
If you've been looking for something to watch while you wait for The Diplomat to return, look no further than Hostage. Netflix has found great success with the political thriller genre, and The Diplomat has stood as the streaming service's...
Revealed: The KGB plot to poison loch with radioactive waste... then blame it on American nuclear subs CND peaceniks were campaigning to ban from Britain
Daily Mail
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August 23, 2025
The KGB secretly plotted to attack the UK at the height of the Cold War by polluting Scotland’s coastline with radioactive waste, it was revealed this weekend. Masterminded by a Soviet spy based in London, the plan involved dumping nuclear waste...
world Criminals face pub and football match bans under new UK plans
Asiaone
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August 24, 2025
LONDON - Convicted criminals could face being banned from going to the pub, music concerts and sports events such as football matches under new plans by the British government as it seeks ways to address the country's overflowing prison crisis....
Your Voice, Your Stories: Ace's Law, Chef Mimah, Pickleball Patriarch
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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August 24, 2025
BALTIMORE — This week's lookback highlights a lot of the stories you clicked on. We start off with Jack Watson telling the heartbreaking story of a mother who fought to get a law passed in her late son's name. In 2024, Brittany Bledsoe, a...
PM should fire Rachel Reeves, as almost half of UK voters don’t think she's 'up to job'
Daily Express
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August 24, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer should fire Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as almost half of UK voters don’t think she is “up to the job.”The damning finding came to light in a recent poll of British voters, which saw 43 per cent of people believe that the Chancellor...
‘A dangerous moment’: the emboldening of Britain’s far right
The Guardian
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August 24, 2025
The Bell hotel in Epping has seen a lot since it was built in the 16th century as a coaching inn, serving travellers passing through the historic Essex market town and on to London, 15 miles to the south-west. This has long been a place that...