Charles and Camilla grant nearly 400 royal warrants in new list - including Queen's Mayfair hairstylist and two iconic food companies

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 07:05 UTC

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Almost 400 companies are included in the latest batch of Royal Warrants of Appointment representing a range of different industries across the UK. and beyond.

The Guardian view on Elon Musk and UK politics: interference in plain sight | Editorial

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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American tech billionaires are no more entitled to meddle in British democracy than other foreign oligarchs

Under most circumstances, a British politician seeking cash from a foreign oligarch would ma…

Starmer must protect elections from foreign interference, says watchdog

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Exclusive: Electoral Commission wants law changed amid concern over Elon Musk’s plan to donate to Reform UK

Keir Starmer must strengthen the rules around political donations to protect the electoral s…

Romanian crime tourists swiped £63k of jewellery in shoplifting spree after being allowed into Britain despite Europe-wide rampage

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Two Romanian crime tourists who committed a spate of jewellery heists across Europe have been jailed by Norwich Crown Court for 27 months each after being caught in the UK.

The UK's house price rises and falls: Interactive tool reveals value of properties in YOUR area - with homes in historic English towns and cities soaring - while Londoners suffer six-figure plunges

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Picturesque locations from Tunbridge Wells to Windsor and St Albans to Cambridge were among the best ten performing areas for house prices up to this October, according to the Purplebricks study.

Full list of Shoe Zone stores at risk of closing as the Labour government's budget forces the retailer operating 297 shops to shut down UK locations

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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Popular footwear retailer Shoe Zoe has announced that it will shut down 297 of its stores across the UK in a further blow to the High Street. The retailer has blamed the Labour government's budget.

Turkish heroin gang boss who is one of Britain's biggest drug dealers wins right to remain in the UK on human rights grounds after he was jailed for 16 years

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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A Turkish drug baron who was jailed for 16 years for a major plot to supply heroin across the UK has been allowed to remain in the UK on human rights grounds.

Chagos deal remains on track, says UK minister

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

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The Conservatives say it compromises UK security, while Nigel Farage says it has caused "deep disquiet" in Donald Trump's team.

Farage’s photo with Musk and Nick Candy defines his Trump tribute act era

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 14:59 UTC

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Eight years after an awkward ‘bad boys of Brexit’ snap at Trump Tower’s lift, Reform’s leader is a Mar-a-Lago insider

As a photo it is visually striking and politically resonant: Nigel Farage, the man…

A first-class farce: With stamps now costing £1.65 each, we sent 100 cards to test the Christmas post

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 14:59 UTC

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We sent 100 cards using first-class stamps, which means that those sent to addresses in the UK should have arrived the next working day.