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Insulate Britain protesters jailed after breaching M25 injunction

Five activists received prison sentences of between 24 and 42 days after taking part in demonstrations last year

Wales Online

British navy rejects plan to push back Channel migrant boats

Britain's navy has rejected a plan to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores when it takes over responsibility for trying to stop people crossing the English Channel in small dinghies.

Reuters

Winter Olympics: surreal turns into the familiar for British curlers in Beijing

Great Britain’s mixed curling team defeated Sweden 9-5 at Beijing’s Ice Cube to confirm their status as gold-medal favourites in the event

The Guardian - UK

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Can Britain be levelled up? The huge task ahead for Gove’s plans

Analysis: After a decade of austerity, the challenges faced on wages, education and health are daunting

The Guardian - UK

Insulate Britain protesters jailed after breaching High Court injunction

Some 11 others have also received suspended prison sentences.

The Independent UK

The pandemic made period poverty worse in the UK – but also led to new ways to combat it

Despite the UK being one of the most developed countries in the world, there are still thousands of people in Britain who are not able to afford or access period products or menstrual health services – what’s known as “period poverty”. The pandemic has only made this worse.

The Conversation

Tourists in UAE shrug off Houthi missile attacks

Tourists who flock to the United Arab Emirates in search of winter sun appear undeterred by recent missile attacks on the Gulf State by Yemen's Houthi group that have prompted travel warnings from the United States and Britain.

Reuters

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Britain scrambles jets after detecting unidentfied aircraft

Britain scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after detecting unidentified aircraft approaching its airspace, the defence ministry said.

Reuters

Economic confidence at lowest level in year, says Standard poll

Confidence in the UK economy has fallen to its lowest level in a year, a poll reveals on Wednesday, despite Ministers claiming Britain’s economy is growing faster than any other advanced nation.

Evening Standard

Kremlin calls Boris Johnson’s Ukraine diplomacy efforts ‘utterly confused’

Moscow ramps up criticism of Britain’s bid to be at helm of fight to protect Ukraine from Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

Days of 'one of the last operating Victorian-styled asylums in Britain' in Swansea could be numbered

A new acute mental health facility could be created instead

Wales Online

Ayesha Hazarika: I felt queasy reading Met police officers’ ‘banter’ — it reveals a rotten culture

When it comes to Britain’s least trusted institution right now, it’s a toss-up between Downing Street and the Metropolitan Police. Both are mired in scandal and haemorrhaging trust at a time when we need strong, clean organisations which aren’t institutionally corrupt, incompetent or rotten to the core.

Evening Standard

France's Macron is wrong on illegal migration to Britain - Patel

French President Emmanuel Macron is wrong to say Britain's immigration policy is encouraging migrants to risk their lives crossing the Channel from France, British interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Best Team GB medal hopes for 2022 Winter Olympics

Great Britain are targeting between three and seven medals in Beijing

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

‘Hypocritical’ Britain to blame for every Channel migrant drowning, says Macron

French president vows to ‘step up the pressure’ on UK but Priti Patel brands his comments ‘absolutely wrong’

The Independent UK

Ex-transport ministers call on Grant Shapps to act on vehicle safety

New vehicle safety standards become mandatory in the European Union and Northern Ireland from July but will not automatically be used in Britain.

Reuters

Olympics-Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event

Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, loomed over an event already transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK

Ministers to push ahead with energy firm loans to help cut rising bills – report

The suppliers would be asked to pass on the money to households across Britain, by taking money off their energy bills. it is reported.

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Myanmar Marks Coup Anniversary with Protests and Unrest

Streets in some of Myanmar's main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule held "silent strikes", marking the first anniversary of a coup that led to deadly chaos and snuffed out tentative steps towards democracy. The United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions on the…

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine crisis a test that Britain – and Johnson – dare not fail

Analysis: Diplomatic network hoping to show UK is not turning into a global irrelevance

Bristol Post

Clifton Suspension Bridge among highest money-making toll booths in Britain

It generated millions of pounds in the last year on record

Reuters

Embattled UK PM Johnson launches plan to tackle regional inequality

Britain vowed to repair the economic and social fabric of its "broken heartlands" on Wednesday, as the government set out a long-awaited plan to flesh out promises that helped Prime Minister Boris Johnson win a big parliamentary majority in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Government faces urgent call to tackle Britain’s ‘fraud epidemic’

Influential committee reveals 43% jump in economic crime in the year from June 2019

The Independent UK

Fears Afghans in ‘desperate need’ will miss out as one-third of resettlement places filled by people already in UK

More than 6,500 Afghans in Britain granted places on new scheme that aimed to resettle 5,000 in first year

Daily Mirror

Platinum Jubilee: How Britain prepared for new Elizabethan age in 1952

King George VI's body lay in state in Westminster Hall for a week, and 305,806 people filed past his coffin. His funeral, attended by the young Queen, was the first to be televised

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