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Chagos islanders hope to return after UK cedes last African colony

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 and up to 2,000 Chagossians were expelled to make way…

France 24

A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return

The Independent UK

Ex-UK Leader: There Was a Listening Device in My Toilet After Netanyahu Used It

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that his security team found listening equipment in his personal bathroom after it was used by Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Paramount UK Launches Early Subtitled Screenings For Deaf Audiences, Starting With 'Transformers One'

Paramount Pictures UK is rolling out a groundbreaking initiative to make cinema more inclusive by offering early access to subtitled screenings for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Andrew Bailey’s aggression: whatever traders think is true becomes fact

Editorial: Balance of payments, interest rates, unemployment and inflation determine short-term currency prices, but they are dwarfed by foreign exchange speculation

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Found season 2 online: live stream every episode of the missing persons drama

Gabi Mosley leads the most determined team of recovery specialists imaginable. But she has a big secret. Read our guide for how to watch Found season 2 online from anywhere.

TechRadar

Tesco is unbeatable when it concentrates on the day job

Having exited most of its overseas adventures the retailer is an advertisement for the virtues of sticking to the knitting

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Right-wingers fume as UK 'surrenders' last African colony

RIGHT-WING politicians have been left fuming at the UK Government’s announcement it is handing over control of islands said to have been…

The National (Scotland)

Majority of UK children’s books with Black main characters written by white authors, study finds

Report finds that books with main characters from minority ethnicities or who are disabled or neurodivergent are written by those who do not share the protagonist’s identity

The Guardian - UK

Despite the end of coal-fired power, the UK’s green energy future is still unclear

Letters: The last coal-fired power station is closed, but what about the Drax station still burning trees, asks Donald Simpson. Also letter from Jude McCarthy

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove, Spectator editor: an expert explains the long relationship between Westminster and the media

Michael Gove has a new job. The former Conservative MP and senior government minister will take over as editor of The Spectator this month, assuming the UK’s advisory committee on business appointments raises no objections.

The Conversation

Why women are still being underdiagnosed with heart disease

Women in the UK continue to be underdiagnosed and under-treated for cardiovascular diseases, a recent statement from the British Cardiovascular Societies has concluded. While there are many reasons for this, part of the problem is that cardiovascular disease is still seen as a “man’s condition”.

The Conversation

UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".

International Business Times

Brewer to cut emissions by making beer using a heat pump in UK first

Hepworth in West Sussex replacing boiler with prototype generating 130C steam that could cut fuel costs by 40%

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Total Film

Terrifier 3 has an opening scene so sick and twisted that it caused nine people to walk out of the premiere

Get your puke bags at the ready!

France 24

UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal securing Diego Garcia military base

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

The National (Scotland)

UK Internal Market Act creating 'road block' for devolution, experts say

THE UK Internal Market Act (UKIMA) has created a “road block” for devolution that must be resolved if the Labour Government is to fulfil its…

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UK Agrees To Hand Over Chagos Islands To Mauritius

British government transfers Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius, securing U.K.-U.S. military base on Diego Garcia. Agreement aims to strengthen global...

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A timeline of the UK’s history with the Chagos Islands

The UK has agreed to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius after decades of diplomatic dispute

Evening Standard

Is it legal to pinch a child if they misbehave? UK law explained after Gemma Atkinson controversy

Former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks actress causes stir by saying she took action on one-year-old son — before brushing it off as a joke

Metal Hammer

“Just take it all away from me. That’s cool!” Every guitar solo on Slipknot’s debut album “got cut out”, claims Mick Thomson

“Any kind of technical playing was mocked and frowned upon”

The Guardian - UK

All-black airline crew to fly from UK to mark Black History Month

Crew will include amputee ex-serviceman and cabin manager who began her career at age of 59

The Guardian - UK

Chagos Islanders have fought a long and determined campaign for right to return

Hopes occasionally soared only to be dashed as legal challenges came and went until a critical judgment in 2019

Metal Hammer

Watch Ne Obliviscaris drummer Dan Presland play through the whole of Citadel

Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris will tour Europe and the UK in October

The National (Scotland)

Creative Scotland funding delayed until 'UK Budget clarity', says Culture Secretary

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson said the Scottish Government wants to “substantially increase” funding for the arts – but could not confirm…

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