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Corrupt cops: UK police under fire over slew of scandals
Jan 28, 2023 11:39The memory of the rape and murder of pedestrian Sarah Everard by then Metropolitan police officer Wayne Cousins is seared on everybody's mind here. The police commissioner at the time, Crissida Dick called it a case of a few bad apples in the force and promised action to weed them out. She was soon forced to resign leaving a police force in crisis.
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UK house rents hit record high in decades, as cost-of-living crisis deepens
Jan 28, 2023 11:35The average monthly rent across Britain, excluding London, has hit a new record of £1,172 per month, a leading British property company has reported, as the people are struggling to cope with the surging inflation and worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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Britain makes emergency requests to Europe to avert blackouts
Jan 27, 2023 05:25Britain has asked Europe for emergency assistance amid fears that thousands of homes could face blackouts in southeast England.
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Hundreds of asylum-seeking children missing from UK govt. hotels
Jan 26, 2023 04:30Hundreds of asylum-seeking children have gone missing from hotels managed by the British government, the country's immigration minister Robert Jenrick told the parliament on Tuesday, prompting calls for an investigation into the matter.
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UK PM orders investigation into Conservative chairman’s tax scandal, resists calls to sack him
Jan 24, 2023 10:07UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi over the multimillion-pound tax dispute he resolved by paying a penalty.
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UK Labour party calls for investigation into appointment process for BBC chair by former PM Johnson
Jan 24, 2023 09:56UK opposition party has called for an investigation into the appointment process of the BBC chairman after it was revealed that he helped former Prime Minister Boris Johnson secure a loan guarantee in return for a recommendation for the job.
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US renews waiver for gas field shared by Iran and UK
Jan 24, 2023 08:34The US government has renewed a sanctions waiver for the Rhum Gas Field in the UK North Sea in which Iran has a 50% stake.
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Iran says EU, UK ‘detached from reality’, will soon announce sanctions on terror sponsors
Jan 24, 2023 06:40Iran has strongly condemned the imposition of a new round of sanctions by the European Union and Britain on Iranian individuals and entities, saying it will soon announce its own list of sanctions against those “human rights violators” and “sponsors of terrorism.”
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UK ambulance workers stage fresh strikes over long-running pay disputes
Jan 23, 2023 12:16Thousands of UK ambulance workers are taking industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions as the county’s cost-of-living crisis puts further pressure on British National Health Service (NHS).
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Anti-monarchists: King Charles’ coronation ‘slap in the face for people’ amid high inflation
Jan 23, 2023 03:51British anti-monarchists say they have planned a protest for the day of King Charles' coronation, which is expected to take place amid much pomp and circumstance as the public continue to struggle with high inflation and an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis.