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Tag: UK

3Sep By AdminsNo Comments

Burnham pledges to restore hope as he makes his House of Commons debut as UK leader

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will faced lawmakers in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since becoming UK leader six weeks ago, with wars in Europe and the Middle East weighing on his promise to kick-start the economy and ease the cost of living. On the day Parliament returned from its summer break, Burnham said he would “unlock a feeling of positivity and possibility in every postcode in Britain”. Prime Minister Andy Burnham departs 10 Downing Street to address the House of Commons on September 01, 2026 in London, England Getty Images “We can make this next decade better than the last," he said. “We can lift the prospects of all our people and places. We can put more power into every postcode. We can let Britain believe again. We can bring back...
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25Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Police boat crashes into bridge in central London, sending officers into the Thames

A police boat crashed into Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday, tossing officers into the River Thames and injuring five of the crew, the Metropolitan Police said. Paramedics treated the injured on a black inflatable boat as a police helicopter hovered overhead near the clock tower that houses the bell known as Big Ben. Emergency services attend an incident at Westminster Bridge in London, Friday July 24, 2026, after a police boat crashed into Westminster Bridge David Lynch/PA via AP It wasn’t immediately clear what the boat was doing at the time or how it crashed, though the Met said it would be thoroughly reviewed. Mateo Bilis-Lusevic, a 12-year-old visiting from Chile, said he was on a tour boat with his mother when they saw the crash. “Two boats were r...
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10Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Prince Harry shows no sign of defeat as he carries on with UK visit after court case loss

If Prince Harry was feeling defeated after his High Court loss earlier this week, he showed no signs of it as he stepped out in Birmingham on Thursday (Friday morning AEST). The Duke of Sussex was at his royal best as he met with sick children, their families and nurses at Birmingham Children’s Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of WellChild’s specialist nurse program. Prince Harry - pictured here meeting Wyatt Makwana, 12, who was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and his father Brian Makwana - visited Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Thursday. Getty Images Harry, a patron for the charity, partly funds the program, which is designed to support children with complex medical needs and their families. The father-of-two emulated his late mother, Princes...
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10Jul By AdminsNo Comments

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage quits as MP over financial allegations

UK right-wing populist leader Nigel Farage has announced he will quit as an MP before standing in a byelection, in an attempt to fight off criticism over financial donations from a cryptocurrency billionaire and a convicted fraudster. The Reform UK leader made the announcement at the very end of a 15-minute live broadcast on Tuesday (Wednesday morning AEST) that didn’t have journalists present or allow questions from the media. Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage delivers a statement on his “future in public life” at Millbank Tower on July 7, 2026 in London. Getty Images He repeatedly declared that he’d done nothing wrong, claiming he was “the most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician of modern times”. Farage claimed the voters of his elector...
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29Jun By AdminsNo Comments

Andy Burnham inches closer to power in Britain as Keir Starmer seeks a legacy

Andy Burnham took a step closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest on Wednesday when Cabinet minister Darren Jones, touted as a possible rival, said he would not run. Meanwhile Keir Starmer, seeking to secure a legacy before he leaves office, faced the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament before flying to Berlin to meet European allies for talks on Ukraine and the Middle East. Andy Burnham arrives at Portcullis House in Westminster on Monday. Andrew Matthews/PA via AP Starmer announced his plan to resign on Monday and will be out of office within weeks once the governing Labour Party picks a new leader. Starmer and his government took a roasting from Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, who reeled off a list of a...
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21May By AdminsNo Comments

UK police investigate child sexual abuse allegations linked to Epstein files

British police are investigating two allegations ​of decades-old child sex abuse over information ‌that appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files. One of the ​alleged incidents related to locations in Surrey ⁠and Berkshire in southern England in ​the mid-1990s to 2000, while the other related ​to alleged incidents in the mid-to late 1980s in west Surrey. No arrests have been made. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious child sex trafficker and financier. (Rick Friedman/Corbis News/Getty Images) (Getty images) In a statement, Surrey Police said it took "all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence". The force said in February it was seeking information over an allegat...
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