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British protest outside Ofgem HQ after dramatic rise in energy bills
Aug 27, 2022 09:51Hundreds of Britons have protested outside the headquarters of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) in London over “astronomical” energy price hikes.
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Data shows river-flow rates in England at lowest point since 2002
Aug 27, 2022 04:11British conservationists have raised concerns that some rivers in England will take years or decades to recover from the record drought, compounded by increasing pollution both from farms and human sewage that water companies have been allowed to discharge into rivers and streams.
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UK nearly doubles energy price amid worsening cost-of-living crisis
Aug 26, 2022 08:26Britain has announced a whopping 80-percent hike in electricity and gas bills, bearing testimony to the country's worsening cost-of-living crisis just before winter sets in and the new prime minister takes office.
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Report: UK 'secretly' doubles funding to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
Aug 26, 2022 08:04The UK government’s funding for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain has more than doubled this year through Persian Gulf Strategy Fund (GSF) for unknown reasons, according to a report.
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French MPs hit out at UK for turning Channel into sewage 'dumping ground'
Aug 26, 2022 08:00Three French lawmakers have hit out at Britain for putting the environment, livelihood of fishermen, and public health at greater risk by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and the North Sea.
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Liz Truss ‘has sewage on her hands’ over UK Environment Agency cuts
Aug 25, 2022 10:39According to a recent finding, 24% of sewage overflow pipes at popular seaside resorts in England and Wales have monitors that are faulty or do not have monitors at all, meaning people could be swimming in human waste this summer without realizing.
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Kenyans sue UK government over colonial-era theft, torture
Aug 23, 2022 12:26A group of Kenyans have filed a lawsuit against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights over colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment of their forefathers.
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UK’s Labour surges as Tory fears grow over Truss’s tax cut agenda
Aug 22, 2022 03:47Amid signs of mounting panic among high-ranking UK Conservatives about Liz Truss’s economic policies, several former cabinet ministers told the Observer on Saturday Aug. 20 the party would suffer devastating losses in blue and red wall seats unless Truss changes tack, if and when she enters No 10.
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UK foreign secretary urged to take action on Saudi woman jailed for 34 years over tweets
Aug 22, 2022 01:38British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been urged to intervene in the case of Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student and Saudi women's rights activist that has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting the critics of the kingdom on Twitter.
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Over 1,900 Felixstowe port workers to begin eight-day strike over pay
Aug 21, 2022 03:36More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port are walking out of their jobs for eight days from Sunday over pay with their union and shipping companies warning the walkout could seriously affect trade and supply chains.