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UK defence minister: Sending jets to Ukraine not right approach 'for now'

Britain has not made a "solid decision" not to send its fighter jets to Ukraine but does not think it is the right approach at the moment, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Study finds first solid scientific evidence Vikings brought animals to Britain

The findings indicate Vikings were not only stealing animals when they arrived in Britain, but brought some with them.

The Independent UK

Study: Some Vikings Brought Horses and Dogs To Britain

A recent archaeological study found the first evidence that the Viking Great Army brought horses, hunting dogs, and livestock along on its invasion of Brtain.

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Man who survived UK's worst storm that killed 307 at just 10 'can still hear the wind'

Former Canvey Island Councillor Ray Howard, whose family lived a mile from the seafront, was just 10 when a violent storm tore through Britain in 1953 - but still remembers it vividly

Daily Mirror

How to dislodge the posh clique that rules Britain

Letters: Simon Bull asks for discrimination against the state-educated to be outlawed, and other readers write on Oxbridge and Eton domination

The Guardian - UK

Two more members of the old boys’ club who brought Britain low

Letters: Gary Woodhouse laments the impact of austerity imposed by David Cameron and George Osborne, and Roger McGarva exalts Nesrine Malik’s skewering of Tory sleaze

The Guardian - UK

Blankets, Food Banks, and Shuttered Pubs: Brexit Has Delivered a Broken Britain

Brexiteers promised to “take back control.” But the decision has instead delivered recession, gloom, and despair.

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Truss and Brexit have sunk Britain’s economy – and the right is in deep denial about both

The global economy is hardly booming, but the UK is at the bottom of the pile of developed nations for two clear reasons, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Door remains open for Britain to rejoin the EU, says Barnier

The chief Brexit negotiator for Brussels said he would like the two sides to work together to build a new partnership.

The Independent UK

Walkout Wednesday: Britain hit by biggest strike in decades

Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers walked off the job on Wednesday as the UK was hit by a coordinated strikes on a level not seen since the 1980s.

Radio France Internationale

Traffic plummets due to lack of school runs during strikes

Location technology company TomTom said road congestion in cities across Britain was far below normal levels at 8am.

The Independent UK

UK police removing ‘large amount’ of online gun-making guides

Exclusive: Fears growing that far-right extremists are producing 3D-printed firearms to use on streets of Britain

The Guardian - UK

No 10 refuses to deny Sunak was given informal warning about Raab’s behaviour before he made him deputy PM – as it happened

Dominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludes

The Guardian - UK

Day of disruption in UK as up to half a million join walkout

Up to half a million workers are expected to go on strike across the U.K. in what’s shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade

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Evening Standard

Watch: Paddington station looks deserted after train drivers strike

Britain is facing strike chaos on Wednesday as up to half-a-million civil servants, teachers and train drivers walk out simultaneously in the most significant day of industrial action in a decade.

The Guardian - UK

Sorry, Jeremy Hunt, we older people want to work. But bosses just don’t want us to

The chancellor says that Britain needs us oldies back in employment, but the discrimination we face is an outrage, says Dorothy Byrne

The Guardian - UK

Labour to use May vote to sharpen campaign ahead of general election

Exclusive: local elections will be chance to test regional organisers, digital operation and a slogan: ‘Build a Better Britain’

Evening Standard

London strikes latest: Over half of schools closed or partially closed due to teacher strike

Over half of schools were partially closed or closed due to teacher strikes on Wednesday, according to government figures of state-funded primary, secondary and special schools in England.

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Reuters

UK's teachers and civil servants join mass strike on 'Walkout Wednesday'

Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on Wednesday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.

Tribune News Service

Worst UK strikes for a decade shut schools, cripple rail network

Swathes of office staff will be forced to work from home Wednesday as widespread industrial action closes schools and cripples Britain’s rail network.

Reuters

Campaigners challenge British arms export licences to Saudi Arabia

Britain is unlawfully allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the war in Yemen despite evidence of repeated violations of international humanitarian law, campaigners told London’s High Court on Tuesday.

Reuters

Few sanctioned Russian oligarchs disclose UK property, despite new law

Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year, Britain trumpeted new legislation requiring property-ownership disclosure aimed at cracking down on Russian oligarchs and corrupt elites laundering illicit wealth.

Evening Standard

UK to be worst-performing major economy in 2023 (including Russia), says IMF

Friends say I’m obsessed with the US economy. And they’d be right. First, there’s its sheer size: 24 per cent of global GDP on 4 per cent of the population. Second, its relentlessness: prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, America was enjoying its longest-ever economic expansion. Third, the wealth it generates…

The Guardian - UK

Why is the UK economy doing worse than the rest of the G7?

Factors behind IMF’s latest forecast which shows UK will be only large economy to contract this year

Reuters

Britain sanctions firms for supplying Myanmar military

Britain on Tuesday sanctioned two companies and two individuals it said had supplied Myanmar's air force with aviation fuel used to carry out bombing campaigns against the Asian country's own citizens.

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