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North Yorkshire firm shows commitment to armed forces
The Press
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The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly. It focuses on helping members of the Armed Forces community have the same access to...
Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...
‘War Thunder’ continues to live up to its reputation for OPSEC violations
Task & Purpose
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June 24, 2025
Attention “War Thunder” video gamers: Why do you do this to me? For the past few weeks, the news cycle has — to borrow a term from “Spaceballs” — gone to plaid, and now someone has yet again posted restricted information about military hardware on...
Chewing gum to be removed from some streets of BCP
Daily Echo
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This is thanks to funding from the Chewing Gum Task Force. BCP Council is one of 52 councils across the country to have received a grant from the task force, now in its fourth year. The funds are to help clean gum off pavements. The grants provide...
Nessun Dorma podcast: a 1980s and 1990s football odyssey
The Guardian
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June 24, 2025
The European Championships of 1980 and 2000 were only 20 years apart. They also belonged, both literally and figuratively, to different millennia. Euro 80 was a violent mess of negativity, apathy and hooliganism, Euro 2000 a joyous, sunkissed...
Flag to fly for Armed Forces Day celebrations in Staffordshire
Express & Star
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June 23, 2025
Leading the nation’s commemorations is the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire who will be marking the event with a special remembrance service and a host of fun family activities across two days. Vice-Chairman of Staffordshire...
How to steal a radar from Hitler with 100 paratroopers and a lot of luck
El País
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June 22, 2025
Things weren’t going well. The Germans were advancing on all fronts, and Britain — stubbornly hunkered down on its island and behind its fleet — could do nothing but wait for the tide of the war to turn, which was bound to happen eventually....
Prof. Michael Clarke on Putin’s Endgame: Break NATO, Dominate Europe, Cement His Legacy
Georgia Today
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June 22, 2025
Interview by Vazha Tavberidze Peace through fear, because we have shown that fear works, — that was how Dmitry Medvedev recently summed up Russia’s foreign policy. And while Western leaders often brush off Medvedev’s tirades as the drunken...
The Papers: 'Iran vows revenge' and 'Stick it up your bunker'
BBC
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June 22, 2025
ShareSave The Financial Times sums up the story dominating Monday's front pages: "Trump declares victory with massive air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities." The paper carries the US administration's position that it is "not at war with Iran"...
Deterrence requires discipline
The Critic
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June 22, 2025
To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history, and its predicament. Today, Israel’s Prime Minister...
Iconic former ITV presenter left 'traumatised' after being assaulted and robbed
The Docklands & East London Advertiser
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The 74-year-old former ITV News at Ten anchor revealed how she fought back during the terrifying incident last week. Scott said she was leaving a branch of Waterstones in central London when she was struck on the back of her knee, leaving her...
What are British Overseas Territories? Are they tax free? Can I visit or even live in one?
Daily Express
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June 17, 2025
From the financial powerhouse of the Cayman Islands to the windswept wildlife sanctuary of South Georgia, you might have heard of British Overseas Territories (BOTs) - but how much do you really know about them? Are these "British" places truly...
ITV legend brutally attacked and robbed by gang in London as she's left 'traumatised'
Daily Star
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June 22, 2025
TV legend Selina Scott said she was viciously attacked and mugged by a gang in broad daylight. The former ITN News at Ten anchor, 74, has revealed she was the victim of a vicious assault on Piccadilly in Central London last week. Scott said she's...
Former ITV presenter Selina Scott viciously attacked by gang in broad daylight
Metro
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June 22, 2025
The former ITV News at Ten anchor was targeted near a Waterstones bookshop in Piccadilly (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) Broadcaster Selina Scott has been left ‘shattered and traumatised’ after being attacked by a gang in London last week. The former...
The MENA region: a Geopolitical Fault Line and Strategic Pivot in a Shifting Global Order
Morocco World News
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June 21, 2025
The MENA region is no longer simply the scene of rivalries between superpowers, it has become the field of a more complex battle, where global strategies – from Washington to Moscow, via Beijing – intersect with regional ambitions carried by...
UN calls for Argentina-UK to resume Malvinas sovereignty talks
Buenos Aires Herald
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June 19, 2025
The United Nation’s Special Committee on Decolonization adopted a new resolution on Wednesday calling Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume talks over the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands in order to find a peaceful solution “as...
In Pictures: Winners revealed at 2025 Scottish Home Awards
Scottish Construction Now
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The winners of the 2025 Scottish Home Awards have been officially announced following a spectacular awards evening held in Glasgow last night. Over 600 guests gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton to mark the 18th annual ceremony, proudly sponsored...
The North Wales estate where '99.9% of people would give you their last £1 if they could'
NorthWalesLive
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June 21, 2025
Wrexham is a county of contrasts with some of the most affluent areas in Wales, including Marford and Hoseley and Rossett. These two areas rank 1908 and 1805, respectively out of 1909 areas on the Wales Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD). These...
Mark Knopfler, 40 years after Dire Straits’ groundbreaking album: ‘I’m not good enough to improvise like a jazz musician’
El País
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June 21, 2025
Mark Knopfler wrote the lyrics for Money for Nothing half-hidden behind a stack of microwave ovens, sitting next to the window of an appliance store. He wanted to capture the bizarre scene he was witnessing: a delivery boy, taking a break — and...
World's 'safest countries' in case of nuclear war as Iran-Israeli conflict deepens
Irish Star
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June 20, 2025
04:44 ET, 20 Jun 2025 With whispers of another global conflict stirring, people worldwide are scouring for sanctuaries amidst Russia's continual nuclear saber-rattling towards Western nations, simmering strife in the Middle East, and suggestions...