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UK weather: Wet and windy start to week as frozen Britain struggles to warm up for spring

April showers are set to kick off the new working week, particularly in Northern Ireland and Wales before spreading across the whole of the UK, as temperatures remain below average for this time of year

Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023

Americans are set to spend more than Brits at UK hotels for coronation

When King Charles III is crowned May 6 at Westminster Abbey, royal-watching analysts say American tourists will celebrate by outspending his British subjects at London’s top hotels.

Tribune News Service · Apr 24, 2023

Empty Argos to be transformed in Bulwell after 'a lot of shops' closed

The old Argos off Holborn Place, Bulwell closed in 2020, as part of the company's plans to close a number of standalone shops across the UK.

Nottingham Post · Apr 24, 2023

Ministers say UK will only detain child refugees in ‘exceptional circumstances’

Home Office pledge follows threats of Tory backbench rebellion against controversial illegal migration bill

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Defence spending in western and central Europe tops last year of cold war

Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Europe ‘failing its children’ on air pollution, EEA says

Dirty air causes premature death of at least 1,200 children across Europe every year, says European Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Millions missing out on broadband social tariffs in UK, says Ofcom

Regulator calls for better promotion of offers available to low-income households receiving benefits

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023

Rwanda legal battle back in court as judges reconsider whether scheme is lawful

Court of Appeal hearing comes as MPs to consider new law to detain and deport all small boat migrants

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2023

Belfast marathon runner with multiple sclerosis backing awareness campaign

More than 130,000 people live with MS in the UK, including an estimated 5,000 people in Northern Ireland

Belfast Live · Apr 23, 2023

Humza Yousaf to tell PM to ‘bring fairness back to the way whisky is treated’

Mr Yousaf will tell Rishi Sunak that Scotch whisky tax rises mean ‘less investment and puts jobs at risk here in Scotland’.

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2023