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31% of Australians are obese – is Ozempic a healthy solution? A GP considers Johann Hari’s inside take on a ‘mass experiment’

Obesity levels for adults have hit 26% in Britain and 42.5% in the United States, journalist Johann Hari writes in his new book, Magic Pill. In Australia, recent data shows we’re somewhere in the middle: 31%.

The Conversation

UK’s nuclear deterrent key to Starmer’s plans to keep Britain safe

Labour leader Keir Starmer will meet with forces veterans and a group of his party’s candidates when he campaigns in the North West of England on Monday

The Independent UK

UK within British empire is like last person left at a party, says David Olusoga

Historian tells Hay festival audience that Britain needs to ‘liberate itself and have independence day from its own history’

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Jemma Reekie and Laura Muir storm to Diamond League victories in Stockholm

Jemma Reekie continued a fine season for Britain’s women’s 800m runners while her fellow Scot Muir kicked to a convincing 1500m win

The Guardian - UK

‘He didn’t have a contract for me’: the Indian careworkers who paid agents to work in Britain

People paid to obtain visas and sponsorship certificates but arrived to find little or no work, in abuses of care worker visa system

The Guardian - UK

Crime and punishment: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

The coronavirus pandemic had a huge effect on the justice system, but what else can the data show us?

The Guardian - UK

Immigration must be matched with investment in UK infrastructure to ease pressures

Net migration has benefits but has done nothing to address downward trend in per capita GDP

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Bohemian Bristol Central could be the one contest Labour loses on election night. Here’s why

The Greens have their sights set on Britain’s most pro-migrant constituency, where people once rioted over a new Tesco, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Britain going backwards on trans rights, warns first transgender judge

Exclusive: Pioneering lawyer Victoria McCloud says wave of hostility has led to ‘general acceptance that it’s OK to abuse trans people’

The Independent UK

Starmer must introduce wealth tax after Labour wins election, top Blair aide says

Senior adviser who worked for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown says there is an ‘urgent imperative’ for a new government to address wealth inequality in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and the truth about a ‘Canada 1993’ election wipeout

Over 30 years ago in Canada, a ruling Conservative Party was demolished in an election thanks to a party called ‘Reform’. But anyone predicting history will repeat itself in Britain this year is set to be sorely disappointed, writes Jabed Ahmed

The Independent UK

Teacher who spent years taking pictures of schoolgirls' legs and skirts spared jail

Stephen Maloney, 73, taught at one of Britain’s top private schools

Evening Standard

Snouts, muddy puddles and British accents: How Peppa Pig became a global cultural phenomenon—and a $1.7 billion business franchise

The staying power of the animated show about a family of pigs—going 20 years strong—has made it one of Britain’s most significant cultural exports.

Fortune

‘No one wants a Nazi in their family’: a German prisoner of war, a secret affair and the mystery of my dad’s parentage

Thousands of Germans were held in camps in Britain after the war – and local women who ‘fraternised’ with them scandalised the nation. Could one of these illicit relationships explain the puzzle at the heart of my family tree?

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Literary Scottish city dubbed one of the best in Britain for book lovers

A Scottish city has been named one of the best on the British Isles for book lovers by The Telegraph.

The Independent UK

Patrick Vallance becomes the latest public servant who worked with the Tory government to back Labour

Britain’s former chief scientific officer Sir Patrick Vallance backed Labour’s Great British Energy plan today

The Independent UK

Brexit rethink should be ‘front and centre’ of election campaign – poll

Exclusive: A new poll has revealed that voters back Michael Heseltine in demanding Britain’s relationship with the EU should be ‘front and centre’ of the general election campaign

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: This election, Whitby Woman’s choice can change the rest of Britain

You remember Mondeo Man? The typical voter that Sir Tony Blair was keenest to target in 1997. In later elections there was Essex Man, Worcester Woman, Waitrose Woman and finally Workington Man in 2019, who Boris Johnson won over so successfully across the Red Wall.

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The Independent UK

Brexit has reduced Britain to tears, Emmanuel Macron’s protege claims

French prime minister Gabriel Attal, Emmanuel Macron’s protege, said: ’Don’t let’s be like the British, who cried after Brexit.’

Evening Standard

Britain allowing Ukraine to hit Putin army inside Russia with Storm Shadow missiles, says Nato chief

Jens Stoltenberg made the remark as America and Germany joined Britain in letting Kyiv use their weapons to strike inside Russia

International Business Times

Yemen Rebels Threaten 'Escalation' As US, UK Strikes Said To Kill 16

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Friday threatened to escalate attacks on Red Sea shipping after overnight strikes by the United States and Britain killed 16 people, according to rebel media.

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US And Britain Strike Houthi Targets In Yemen

U.S. and Britain conduct military operation targeting Houthi sites in Yemen in response to attacks on ships. Casualties reported, ongoing efforts to safegu...

France 24

Biden says Israel has offered 'comprehensive' new ceasefire deal

US President Joe Biden on Friday called on Hamas militants to agree to a new offer from Israel on releasing hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire, saying it was the best way to begin winding down the deadly conflict. Biden's speech came after the Israeli military said it had…

The Guardian - UK

It’s the Tories who broke Britain, but now they want teenagers to pay for it

Cutting degrees to pay for more apprenticeships is plain barmy – just look at the facts and ask yourself who this is aimed at, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

France 24

US and UK air strikes hit several strategic sites across Yemen

The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three U.S. officials said.

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