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UK prepares military to drive ambulances as paramedics are set to go on strike
Dec 20, 2022 05:44Britain has asked hundreds of servicemen to prepare themselves to drive ambulances ahead of a countrywide strike by British paramedics and their fellow healthcare workers.
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UK economy to be in ‘protracted’ recession for all of 2023 amid simmering inflation, NGO predicts
Dec 19, 2022 11:48The UK economy has already entered a “protracted recession”, which is set to last until the end of next year, bringing more pressure on Britons, who are already squeezed by sky-rocketing prices, a leading accounting company has warned.
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UK set to announce new package of ‘lethal’ arms to Ukraine
Dec 19, 2022 06:03The UK government is set to announce a major new artillery package for Ukraine as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak prepares to meet with his Nordic, Baltic and Dutch counterparts in Latvia to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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Afghans call for real, independent inquiry into British SAS civilian killings
Dec 19, 2022 12:11Afghan people have been calling for transparent and impartial investigations into crimes and wrongdoings by NATO forces on their soil.
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Thousands of Britons without water after burst water mains flood London street
Dec 18, 2022 05:41Dozens of British citizens have been evacuated from their homes in north London after two water mains burst in a main street, leaving thousands of people without water.
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English hospitals urged to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff strike
Dec 18, 2022 05:20Hospitals in England are urged to free up beds ahead of “extensive disruption” caused by ambulance staff strikes, health chiefs have said.
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Prospect of all out general strike looms over Britain
Dec 16, 2022 12:02More picket lines and travel disruption as tens of thousands of rail workers across Britain walk out. Represented by the RMT union, for months they have been asking the government for better working conditions and an increase in their pay to match the double digit inflation.
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UK survey finds one in six Britons worried about running out of food
Dec 16, 2022 04:17A new survey has revealed that many Britons are worried about running out of food and more cannot keep warm during winter as the country's cost-of-living crisis mounts added pressure on the nation.
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UK to hold inquiry into reports of Afghan civilians killed by British Special Forces
Dec 16, 2022 03:11Britain's military has announced it would launch an inquiry into reports that its Special Forces carried out dozens of extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan.
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Britain’s Sunak appoints Egypt’s Mubarak-era minister as ‘senior treasurer’
Dec 16, 2022 02:42Britain’s ruling Conservative party has appointed as senior treasurer an Egyptian billionaire who served as transport minister under autocrat Hosni Mubarak.