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Great Britain secures first medal at World Championships

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Musk's X Accuses Britain Of Online Safety 'Overreach'

Elon Musk-owned social network X on Friday accused Britain's government of "overreach" with a new law designed to protect children from harmful online content such as pornography.

International Business Times

Great Britain strike World Championships gold in men’s freestyle relay

The quartet of Duncan Scott, James Guy, Matthew Richards and Jack McMillan secured Great Britain’s first swimming medal in Singapore

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Family of Briton murdered in Jamaica seek answers over UK officials’ ‘indifference’

Delroy Walker’s relatives say they were initially told ‘your brother’s not British, or not British enough’ to receive help

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s tales of wasteland Britain won’t work. There’s a far larger market for hope

Abundance is Rachel Reeves’s summer beach read, and with its optimistic ideas about energy and housing, it shows the left a possible way forward, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s rarest breeding bird successfully nests in UK for first time in six years

Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK for the first time in six years, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has announced.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Brexit schmexit, we're in tariff era now and Britain is finally feeling the benefits

For all the comedy drama of Donald Trump’s Scottish visit, the implications for UK Plc and London as its fulcrum are positive. Or rather, are a lot less negative than the EU-US trade deal, which left the EU Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen looking as if she had swallowed…

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Is this tough US-EU trade deal a triumph for Brexit Britain? Only in leavers’ most delusional fantasies

Yes, Britain secured better terms with the US than most other countries. But compared with the huge loss of European trade, it’s a drop in the ocean, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Voices: Is Britain’s travel infrastructure fit for purpose? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: A major air traffic control failure that grounded flights across the UK has reignited concerns over whether Britain’s travel infrastructure is still fit for purpose

The Independent UK

Which plants to keep – and abandon – as climate change takes its toll

Climate change will bring the United Kingdom warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers

The Independent UK

Drink-drive deaths up 7% in a decade

Department for Transport statistics reveal an estimated 260 people died in drink-drive crashes on Britain’s roads in 2023.

Evening Standard

UK transport secretary demands answers from air traffic control chief after flight disruption

Britain’s transport chief has summoned the head of the country’s air traffic control operator to explain the problem that grounded and diverted dozens of flights

The Independent UK

Critics say Starmer is no Attlee – and they’re right. Labour must look to the future, not the past

All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Britain’s biggest police force to double use of live facial recognition

The Metropolitan Police is also planning to expand its public order crime team amid a rise in protest-related offences in the past two years.

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UK air traffic control operator says 'technical issue' briefly caused flight delays

Britain’s air traffic control operator says a technical issue briefly caused flight delays in Britain before engineers were able to restore the system

The Conversation

Windrush scandal: those left to apply for compensation without legal help missed out on tens of thousands of pounds

The Windrush scandal has been one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Britain, affecting tens of thousands of people. The government set up a scheme in 2019 to award compensation to those who had been wronged by racist immigration legislation over decades, left unable to prove their immigration status.

The Conversation

Kemi Badenoch says she wants to be Britain’s Javier Milei – but is the Argentinian president a model to follow?

When UK Conservative party head Kemi Badenoch recently declared that she aspires to be Britain’s Milei, she aligned herself with one of the world’s most radical and controversial leaders.

The Conversation

As climate change hits, what might the British garden of the future look like?

Hosepipe bans in summer 2025 will mean many gardeners having to choose which of their plants to keep going with the watering can, and which to abandon. Are these temporary restrictions actually a sign we need to rethink British gardens altogether?

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The Independent UK

Out of despair has sprung some unexpected hope for Gaza

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the wake of Britain’s move towards a historic recognition of a state of Palestine, three Middle Eastern powers have united to call for Hamas to disarm and leave the territory, in order to facilitate a ceasefire. It is now for the United States to welcome…

Reason

Britain and France Talk Palestinian Statehood

Plus: Ocasio-Cortez told to pay up, Mao revisionism, and more...

The Conversation

UK and France pledges won’t stop Netanyahu bombing Gaza – but Donald Trump or Israel’s military could

Keir Starmer says unless there’s a ceasefire and a peace process leading to a two-state solution, Britain will recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September. The UK prime minister is following a similar, alebit unconditional, pledge from the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

The Independent UK

Starmer’s Palestine ultimatum is as empty as it is dangerous

COMMENT: Far from a return to a “two state process” as demanded by Starmer, Israel is certain to annex what it wants of the West Bank, pen the remaining Palestinians in and hope that they eventually clear off too, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

Voices: Putting conditions on recognising a Palestinian state is a humiliating joke for my people

COMMENT: When I asked my sister in Gaza what she thought of Keir Starmer’s announcement, she laughed – because it means we only gain statehood if we continue to be killed, says Ahmed Najar

The Guardian - UK

My Beautiful Laundrette review – landmark critique of Thatcher’s Britain with a larky Ealing air

Rerelease of funny-sad tale of a laundry madeover by a young south Asian man and his love interest (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a unique subversion of 1980s UK politics

The Guardian - UK

Shield poorer households from costs of clean energy plans, says Ofgem

As regulator for Great Britain launches review, it warns of upgrade of energy networks creating ‘winners and losers’

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