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Nadine Dorries and Kirstie Allsopp clash over Channel 4 privatisation

The Culture Secretary said it was time for the broadcaster to ‘fly the nest towards a very exciting future’

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis warns civil unrest 'isn’t far away' as cost of living crisis hits

"When breadwinners cannot provide, anger brews and civil unrest brews – and I do not think we are very far off"

Manchester Evening News

Martin Lewis warns civil unrest 'isn’t far away' due to rising living costs

Martin Lewis, who founded the website MoneySavingExpert.com, regularly offers tips and advice on how to save cash and how to manage the rising cost of living

Daily Mirror

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Nadine Dorries attacks ‘lefty lynch mob’ over Channel 4 sale and says Thatcher wanted to privatise it

The contentious decision to sell off the publicly owned broadcaster has sparked outrage from opposition parties

The Independent UK

Americans with the best British accents

Oscar Isaac might have failed in his faux-Cockney accent on "Moon Knight" but a few Americans have met success

Salon

UK cost of living crisis 'is going to get worse' Boris Johnson admits

Boris Johnson earlier this week confessed some hard-up Brits are facing choosing between heating their homes or feeding their families and said tonight it is going to get worse

Daily Mirror

Channel 4: why selling the broadcaster is a risky move for the UK government

Channel 4 first flashed onto British TV screens under the watch of a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher. Forty years later, in a move described by critics as “cultural vandalism”, the current Conservative government has decided to put it up for sale.

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Soaring costs 'knocking enjoyment' out of running Nottinghamshire fish and chip shop

'But the worst time was when Margaret Thatcher was PM'

Nottingham Post

Channel 4 privatisation plan is motivated by Tory spite

Letters: The channel has provided some of the most robust scrutiny of government policy throughout its existence, writes Ian Fraser. Plus letters from Bruce Whitehead, Deirdre Davey, Dr Martin Treacy, Stephen Brunt and Chris Roulston

The Guardian - UK

Paedophile Jimmy Savile used 'gimmick' hair as a 'smokescreen' to make him seem 'friendly'

Jimmy Savile was one of Britain's post prolific predatory sex offenders and is said to have around 500 victims

Daily Mirror

Channel 4 privatisation sparks Tory backlash as ministers accused of ‘throwing red meat to right-wing voters’

‘Unconservative’ and ‘opposite of levelling up’, say senior figures

The Independent UK

Channel 4: the 40-year countdown to privatisation

Tories have been muttering about a sell-off since the 1980s when Thatcher vetoed the idea, thinking it would reduce quality

The Guardian - UK

Falklands war report kept for 30 years donated to veterans’ charity

A government report signed by Margaret Thatcher has been donated by a former defence minister to a local charity.

The Independent UK

Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship – crying out for a Philomena Cunk voiceover

There are plenty of insider interviews in Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer’s uncritical, traditional-feeling documentary. But you can’t help chuckling at its dated format

The Guardian - UK

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Daily Mirror

Inside Sir Freddie Laker's no-frills Skytrain airline and its turbulent collapse

Millionaire Sir Freddie Laker’s no-frills Skytrain airline went bust 40 years ago - we look back at the man who Richard Branson said was a mentor and the airline's turbulent descent

Evening Standard

The Falklands War’s anniversary is a moment to heed some harsh lessons

Forty years ago this weekend, Galtieri’s forces landed on the Falkland Islands and claimed them for Argentina. In deep winter 11 weeks later, a British task force retook Stanley, the tiny capital of the archipelago, and the Argentine military was evicted.

The Guardian - UK

The day I thwarted Jimmy Savile: Mark Lawson on trying to stop Britain’s worst sex offender

As a new show reveals how Jimmy Savile got away with it, Mark Lawson recalls a lifetime of encounters with the predator – and their most shocking confrontation

The Independent UK

Fred Armisen: ‘England is endlessly beautiful. I still haven’t gotten over it’

The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star talks to Kevin E G Perry about growing up obsessed with British punk, plans to reunite with ‘Portlandia’ collaborator Carrie Brownstein and filming Judd Apatow’s pandemic comedy ‘The Bubble’ in Berkshire

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Daily Record

It is payback time for 'criminal' UK coal miners treated appallingly by Margaret Thatcher

Record View says miners who were convicted during the 80s strikes should be convicted.

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia: why Boris Johnson not getting an instant deal is down to history

The spiking oil price has turned attention, as ever, to Saudi Arabia. The state has long enjoyed a deserved reputation as the industry’s key player because of its ability to quickly turn on the taps to pump extra oil onto an overheating market to bring the price down.

The Guardian - UK

Lady Howe of Idlicote obituary

One of the first ‘people’s peers’ admired for her intellectual independence and commitment to public service

The Independent UK

‘Tory feminist’ who was ‘once, twice, three times a lady’ dies aged 90

Baroness Howe died after a brave battle with cancer, her family said.

Daily Record

Margaret Thatcher's government's secret plans to hunt for Nessie using 'team of dolphins'

The story from 2006 has resurfaced recently online.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the jobs market: work isn’t working

Editorial: Today’s thirty- and fortysomethings are no better off than their parents. The economy is failing its people and the political class has let down voters

The Guardian - UK

Sir Christopher Mallaby obituary

British diplomat closely involved in German reunification – and the first to make a land crossing to France to become ambassador

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