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Russia has “strategically lost” the war; says the head of UK defence

Editorial Bureau June 17, 2022

Kyiv(Ukraine)- The head of the UK’s armed forces Tony Radakin has said Russia has already “strategically lost” the war in Ukraine and is now a “more diminished power”. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said Russia was suffering heavy losses, running out of troops and advanced missiles and would never be

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Eligible pensioners urged to claim Pension Credit to help with cost of living

Editorial Bureau June 16, 2022

Pensioners and their loved ones are being urged to take up Pension Credit as new figures show an estimated £1.7 billion in benefit is being left unclaimed. Currently, over 1.4 million pensioners in Britain receive Pension Credit. However, many are still not claiming this extra financial help that can be worth over £3,300 a year. […]

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UK sanctions Russian linked to forced transfers and adoptions

Editorial Bureau June 16, 2022

The UK announced a new wave of sanctions, including on the Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner involved in the barbaric treatment of children in Ukraine. Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova sanctioned for the forced transfer and adoption of Ukrainian children Patriarch Kirill, head of Russian Orthodox Church also sanctioned for his prominent

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Dom Phillips: Second man arrested after disappearance of British journalist in the Amazon rainforest

Editorial Bureau June 15, 2022

The two men went missing in a remote part of the Amazon more than a week ago and volunteers and police are continuing to search for them. A second man has been arrested after the disappearance of the British journalist Dom Phillips and his companion in the Amazon rainforest. Mr Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a […]

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Met Office issues health alert as temperatures to reach 34C

Editorial Bureau June 15, 2022

A three-day heat alert has been issued as temperatures are set to rocket to 34C. The warning covers parts of England from midnight on Friday until midnight on Sunday. NHS England and the Met Office have issued a level two heat-health alert for the East Midlands, east of England, the southeast and the southwest, meaning there is […]

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Assembly Fire Committee statement on Grenfell Tower fire anniversary

Editorial Bureau June 14, 2022

On the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, Anne Clarke AM, Chair of the London Assembly Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee, said: “London will never forget the 72 precious lives lost during the devastating events at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017. “Five years on, our thoughts are with the people who lost their lives, […]

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UK’s Truss expects first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda to go ahead

Editorial Bureau June 14, 2022

Britain expects the first flight of asylum seekers to depart for Rwanda on Tuesday and any person who avoids that flight due to legal proceedings will be put on a later one, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday. London’s High Court is due to hear final legal challenges against the policy on Tuesday morning […]

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Archbishop Welby states the Rwanda Deportation as “An Immoral Policy That Shames Britain”

Editorial Bureau June 14, 2022

London (Uk) – The senior leadership of the Church of England have condemned the government’s plan to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda as “an immoral policy that shames Britain”. In a letter to The Times, the archbishops of Canterbury and York, plus the other 23 bishops in the House of Lords, said the controversial move “should […]

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Plug-in grant for cars to end as focus moves to improving electric vehicle charging

Editorial Bureau June 14, 2022

Government to concentrate funding on expanding the public charge point network as well as electric taxis, vans, trucks, motorcycles and wheelchair accessible vehicles. £300 million in grant funding for sales of electric vans, taxis and motorcycles to boost drive to net zero success in the UK’s electric car revolution leads the government to refocus plug-in […]

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British scientists say it’s unclear if monkeypox has peaked

Editorial Bureau June 13, 2022

British health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases Friday, bringing the total in the disease’s biggest-ever outbreak beyond Africa to 366 cases. Britain’s Health Security Agency said 99% of the total cases were in men and that nearly all of […]