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Kemi Badenoch pledges to abandon net zero and maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction

Kemi Badenoch said Britain ‘cannot afford not to be doing everything to get hydrocarbons out the ground’ to boost growth

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Badenoch pledges to maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction

Kemi Badenoch said Britain ‘cannot afford not to be doing everything to get hydrocarbons out the ground’ to boost growth

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2025

‘I felt like the walls were closing in. All I could see was Fred West’s face’: how one woman escaped Britain’s worst serial killers

When Kathleen Richards rented a room at 25 Cromwell Street, she quickly realised the couple who owned it had a dark side. But even after their arrest, there was something about her 15 months at the house that she could never tell anyone – until now

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2025

4chan Sues UK Regulator Over Online Safety Law After Trump Administration Pressure Forces UK To Drop Apple Encryption Backdoor

U.S.-based internet forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms are suing Britain's media regulator Ofcom over its enforcement of the Online Safety Act, escalating tensions between American tech groups and European regulators while U.S. officials celebrate a major privacy victory for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).

Benzinga · Aug 29, 2025

Asda boss urges Rachel Reeves to ‘stop taxing everything’

Allan Leighton advises chancellor to not launch new tax raid in upcoming budget but invest in Britain if she wants to grow the economy

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

Britain’s Crackdown on 'Zombie-Style' Knives Shows How Bans Only Hurt the Law-Abiding

Britain’s crackdown on “zombie-style” knives shows how politicians blame objects instead of criminals—and how bans only hurt the law-abiding.

Reason · Aug 28, 2025

Europe Powers Move To Iran Sanctions 'Snapback' Over Nuclear Drive

France, Britain and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over its nuclear programme signed a decade ago.

International Business Times · Aug 28, 2025

Lesotho’s historian ‘Burns’ Machobane told the country’s story – and helped build it after colonialism

Last year Lesotho celebrated 200 years since the founding of the nation by Moeshoeshoe I. This year the small country in southern Africa will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from colonial Britain. As it does so, the number of Basotho people who personally saw colonialism end is…

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2025

Latest Drax inquiry will raise fresh questions about its billions in subsidies

FCA will look at allegation the biomass power station misled investors, and Whitehall, about its wood sourcing

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Liz Truss backs Trump attacks on Fed and says ‘reckoning’ on way for central banks

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister also critical of Bank of England and European Central Bank

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025