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UK train strikes and energy hikes add to a week of turmoil

Trains in Britain have all but ground to a halt coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets

The Independent UK

Government may consider benefits cut to help fund tax breaks for rich, economists warn

Huge ‘unforced error’ set to push Britain back to George Osborne-era cuts, says think tank

The Independent UK

Trickle-down Truss is carrying on the dirty work of Thatcher, Blair and Osborne

Britain has endured 40 years of decline thanks to this faulty economic theory. Will Keir Starmer finally kill it off?, says Yanis Varoufakis, leader of MeRA25 in Greece’s parliament

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and delegation of ministers to leave for Europe

The government informed that the Chief Minister and General Education Minister V. Sivankutty were travelling to Finland, Norway and Britain at the invitation of the respective governments

The Hindu

‘The Met breaks my heart’: The dramatic decline of Britain’s biggest police force, and how it could recover

The fall from grace of Britain’s largest police force has been stark, writes Tom Harper. How does the Met get itself out of this hole?

The Independent UK

Biggest rail strike in decades halts most trains in Britain

Unions to join forces on Saturday to coincide with start of Conservative party conference in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 1 October 2022

Honest and timely feedback is crucial when someone is starting a new role. This is true of any organisation: No. 10 Downing Street included . It's been 24 days since the investiture of Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. How's she doing?

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How Liz Truss plunged the UK to the brink of recession in just one month

The new prime minister began September promising a ‘new era’ for Britain. One economic crisis later, she has delivered

The Guardian - US

One of Britain's oldest women thanks lie-ins and bacon butties for reaching age of 109

Winifred Parker was born in 1913, when King George V was on the throne and Woodrow Wilson was US President - and she had jobs as a professional singer, usherette and Woolworths worker during her remarkable career

Daily Mirror

UK weather: Brits braced for Hurricane Ian tail to lash nation with 94mph gales and rain

The heaviest rain and strongest winds caused by Hurricane Ian are expected to impact northern Scotland, as the hurricane sweeps an area of low pressure across Britain

Daily Mirror

Russian military showing increased frailty in Ukraine war -British military chief

Russia's mobilization has exposed the mounting pressure the Kremlin is under as its armed forces show signs of "increased weakness and frailty" in the war in Ukraine, Britain's Chief of Defense Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said on Friday.

Reuters

Russian ambassador summoned as Britain imposes new sanctions on Moscow

Liz Truss said the UK will never accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

The Independent UK

‘The UK seems to have imploded’: how world’s press sees Truss’s Britain

Post-Brexit schadenfreude in Europe and warnings from US that new PM is ‘making UK look like Argentina’

The Guardian - UK

British, EU officials discuss N.Ireland protocol

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Friday he had discussed shared issues with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic including the Northern Ireland Protocol, a contentious trade issue between the European Union and Britain.

Reuters

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Trust me, UK's Truss pursues charm offensive at her party conference

British Prime Minister Liz Truss heads to her Conservative Party conference next week with a packed diary of "meet and greets" to try to win over lawmakers angry over an economic plan that triggered market chaos and badly eroded support.

The Conversation

Nigeria's Independence Day is a time to reflect on political gains and challenges – and a way forward

Nigeria got independence from Britain on 1 October 1960. As the country celebrates its political journey in the last 62 years, political scientist Ayo Olukotun takes a look at the nation’s political development, gains and challenges. He also offers the way forward.

Reuters

UK's MI5 website briefly hit by denial of service attack - BBC

The website of Britain's MI5 domestic spy service was briefly hit by a denial of service attack on Friday, the BBC reported.

Edinburgh Live

Royal Mint unveils King Charles III official coin as 50p enters circulation

As King Charles III adjusts to being the new monarch, the Royal Mint has shared the new coin effigy with his portrait. There will also be a a memorial coin range for the late Queen.

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The Guardian - UK

This is why Liz Truss’s plan to move the British embassy to Jerusalem must be stopped

Pushback against a wrongheaded review is gaining momentum, says HA Hellyer, senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

Daily Mirror

How Myra Hindley died – and Moors Murderer's last 'concerns' after 36 years in prison

Myra Hindley was deemed as 'the most evil woman in Britain'. The Moors murderer spent 36 years in jail for her role in the killings of five children — here's how she died

Evening Standard

Best books to read for Black History Month 2022

Fiction and non-fiction books to educate and inspire

Reuters

UK urges North Korea to take steps towards "irreversible denuclearisation"

Britain urged North Korea to return to dialogue with the United States on Friday, expressing concerns over the Asian country's latest launch of ballistic missile tests.

Bristol Post

The Winter King: What is the new series now being filmed in the West Country

The ten-part series is based on a trilogy of Bernard Cornwell novels

The Independent UK

French government ‘worried about Britain’, Macron’s finance minister says

Bruno Le Maire is the French opposite number to chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

Radio France Internationale

French minister criticises Liz Truss for provoking UK economic disaster

France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that he was worried by the financial turbulence in Britain, criticising Prime Minister Liz Truss's economic policies for causing a "disaster" of high borrowing rates for her country.

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