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Britain says Russia has continued to attempt tactical assaults on Bakhmut axis

Britain said on Monday that Russia had continued to attempt tactical assaults on the Bakhmut axis in eastern Ukraine over the last four days, but had only managed to make slow progress.

Reuters

UK brings in ownership register for property held by foreign companies

Britain will now require foreign companies holding UK property to identify their true owners in an official register, the government said on Monday, as part of a crackdown on Russian oligarchs and corrupt elites laundering illicit wealth.

Reuters

New type of pension scheme launches in Britain

Collective defined contribution pension schemes offer a ‘middle ground’ option between existing schemes.

The Independent UK

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British PM candidate Sunak vows 20% income tax cut by 2029

Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, has vowed to slash the basic rate of income tax by 20% by 2029 in a potentially make-or-break throw of the dice by the former finance minister.

Reuters

Britain has a drinking problem – and the alcohol industry can’t afford to let us kick it

The fact that we’re not exactly unwilling participants overshadows the huge influence the sector wields, says author James Wilt

The Guardian - UK

Report: Prince Charles' charity got donation from bin Ladens

Britain’s Prince Charles is facing more questions over his charities after a newspaper reported that one of his funds accepted a 1 million-pound ($1.2 million) donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden

The Independent UK

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Britain’s epidemic of long-term sickness can only lead to poor outcomes all round

Chronic ill health was rising before Covid; now a report warns it explains almost 88% of the increase in economic inactivity

The Guardian - UK

Africa sees some artifacts returned home but seeks far more

African countries’ efforts at restitution of artifacts from institutions in Europe are now blossoming with the return of pieces that once were thought unattainable

The Independent UK

Man walking Britain’s coastline has 1,000 miles to go after reaching Bristol

Jim Morton, 62, has been walking the country's coastline since last April

Bristol Post

Lost in space and a broken energy market: blame it on the obsession with a small state

The French takeover of a satellite company shows we’re not learning from the current crisis

The Guardian - UK

Brexit is a flop, and the voters know it. So why can’t Labour call for a closer bond with Europe?

The result of the referendum cannot be ignored, but a bespoke deal with the EU has to be pursued if we are to avoid a shrinking economy

The Guardian - UK

James Hutton Brew: Gold Coast abolitionist who exposed Britain's anti-slavery hypocrisy

The literature and research on the abolition of slavery in places like Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) has tended to have a Eurocentric focus. Most has focused on colonial anti-slavery legislation and the abolitionist activities of Europeans. The contributions made by local Africans have been almost entirely ignored. When mentioned…

The Conversation

Maggie's legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race

Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher

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Hosts of Ukrainians in UK to receive government praise for generosity

The Ukrainian and UK governments will send the public letters thanking them for the ‘UK’s largest offer of help to people fleeing war since 1945’.

The Independent UK

12 places you won’t believe are in England

Provence or Gloucestershire? Cornwall or the Med? Here are England’s most beautiful backdrops

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak vows to slash number of boarded-up shops on UK high streets

Britain’s biggest retailers have urged the former chancellor to cut business tax

The Guardian - UK

Scott powers home to beat Dean to 200m freestyle gold for Scotland

The battle of Britain’s two greatest ever 200m freestyle swimmers went to Scotland and Duncan Scott as he powered home to beat the 2020 Olympic champion Tom Dean of England

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Liverpool Echo

From 'brutal' upbringing to 'surreal homecoming' in Liverpool

"It was the first time I'd ever felt like that in Britain"

The Guardian - UK

‘Brexit to blame’: UK shoppers pay up to 50% more than those in EU

From Zara to Ikea and Decathlon, stores charge more for same items, Guardian Money research finds

Reuters

Russia 'running out of steam' in Ukraine, UK spy chief says

Russia is "running out of steam" in its assault on Ukraine, the chief of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency, Richard Moore, said in a brief comment on social media on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

Britain’s trains disrupted in second widespread strike in a week

The walkout is the second industrial action since another 40,000 workers staged a nationwide strike on Wednesday.

Reuters

Britain's trains disrupted in second widespread rail strike in a week

Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain's rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the country's inflation rate hit its highest in 40 years.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moroccan Minister of Industry: We will Cover 8% of UK's Electricity Needs

Moroccan Minister of Industry and Trade Ryad Mezzour said that his country was working to provide the United Kingdom with 8% of its total electrical needs, from low-cost renewable energy sources. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of a visit to London, Mezzour emphasized the importance of…

The Hindu

Oh to be in England, now that it touches 40 there

London turned 40 this year – temperature, not age – and I was there. It was like being present a

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