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Brickbat: Double-Barreled Delay

Shotgun owners in the United Kingdom face delays of a year or more for new firearm licenses due to a… The post Brickbat: Double-Barreled Delay appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 7, 2025

'This shade is pure poetry' – meet the Le Creuset colour that shoppers have been waiting to launch in the UK

It's too early to start thinking about autumn, but the only thing that might persuade me is Le Creuset's newest colour

Ideal Home · Aug 7, 2025

First detentions of migrants crossing Channel under UK-France returns deal

The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025

Emergency alert test in a month will be 'one of the biggest' drills in UK history

On Sunday, September 7, at around 3pm, mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound for up to 10 seconds

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025

Emergency alert tests next month ‘one of the biggest’ drills in UK history

The Government has previously used the system for real, including in January during Storm Eowyn.

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025

Thursday briefing: How the ​far ​right ​is being allowed to ​shape the ​immigration ​debate in the UK

In today’s newsletter: ​On pavements outside hotels, in viral social media posts, and through a volatile mix of misinformation​ and local tensions, a dangerous movement is gathering momentum

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning

Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as M&S and Tesco contain highest level of nitrites

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

‘It’s about justice’: the couple pushing for legal aid for Windrush scandal claims

Home Office behaviour has convinced Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh that only experts lawyers can change system

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam

As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held its silence. For the first time, using intelligence reports and witness testimony, we piece together what…

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia

The long read: When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025