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On this day Britain's most remote islanders abandoned their 4,000-year home forever
Daily Express
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August 29, 2025
Living like hermits, surviving on bird eggs and battling brutal Atlantic storms - it might sound like the ultimate escape from modern life. But for the hardy souls clinging to existence on St Kilda, their ancient way of life had become a death...
WATCH VIDEO: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce enjoy double date with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes in surprise Arrowhead cameo 2 days after engagement
Sportskeeda
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August 29, 2025
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have been seen in public for the first time since they announced their engagement this week. On Thursday, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and his multi-platinum pop superstar fiancée were spotted watching his alma...
Putin accused of ‘sabotaging peace’ after devastating airstrike on Kyiv kills 23 and hits British Council building
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Daniel Dubois called out by British rival who insists he ‘quit’ against Oleksandr Usyk
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Sinister wave of glam UK drug queenpins from ‘female Hot Felon’ to ‘candy shop’ coke gang & why godmothers are so deadly
The Scottish Sun
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August 29, 2025
THEY run their drug operations with ruthless precision - living lives of luxury off the misery of others. But these are no ordinary drug dealers. 13 Drug smuggling friends Levi-April Whalley, left, and Sophie Bannister.Credit:...
Singapore’s Real Lesson for Britain and Europe
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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August 29, 2025
I love Singapore. It’s a favorite city of mine, and on those mornings when I am feeling too cosmopolitan, I can imagine myself living there again. I was there for a few weeks a decade back, and it is a paradise compared to most western cities....
Must see: An "absorbing" '30s-set drama with "near-faultless" stacked British cast is on TV tonight
Digital Spy
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August 29, 2025
Atonement, the acclaimed 1930s-set drama starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, is on TV tonight. The 2007 film, based on Ian McEwan's 2001 novel of the same names, sees the pair portray lovers Cecilia Tallis and Robbie Turner as they are torn...
The £80bn debacle: HS2 symbolises British political failure
The Times
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Allan Cook was feeling upbeat as he walked to Westminster on his first day as the chief executive of the biggest infrastructure project in Europe. Then a friend who was the boss of one of the principal suppliers to HS2 called him. “What the f***...
UK seen as top destination for tech growth ahead of US, Europe and APAC, says Barclays
Business Matters
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August 29, 2025
The bank’s latest Business Prosperity Index found that 62 per cent of UK tech leaders see their home market as a better place to grow and scale a business than mainland Europe, with 61 per cent preferring the UK to Asia-Pacific and 60 per cent...
Māori wards: Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell criticises Hobson’s Pledge for using her image, quotes in social media post
The New Zealand Herald
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August 29, 2025
Tapsell voted against Māori wards for Rotorua Lakes Council in 2021. But in 2024, when faced with a council vote on whether to have a poll on Māori wards at the 2025 local elections or disestablish them, Tapsell supported a vote. The image in...
WWE Clash in Paris 2025 on TV and live stream in UK
Radio Times
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The WWE returns to France this weekend after more than a year away, and a star-studded line-up has already been confirmed for Sunday's Clash in Paris. John Cena's goodbye tour continues as he'll face Logan Paul in his first and only PPV event in...
WWE Friday Night Smackdown: Change to UK start time and matches announced ahead of Clash in Paris
Derry Journal
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August 29, 2025
The road to Clash in Paris has one final stop, as WWE Friday Night SmackDown comes to you live from Lyon, France! The WWE undertake their last of three dates in France later today. WWE SmackDown is scheduled to take place in Lyon, before heading...
Four charged after UK weapons factory near Wolverhampton was broken into
Express & Star
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August 28, 2025
The charges come after officers with Staffordshire Police attended an alleged incident at Moog Aircraft Group in Valiant Way, Pendeford, on August 26. Iain Evans, aged 32, of West Yorkshire; Bea Sherman, aged 22, of West Sussex; Hana Yun Stevens,...
British Sikh MP Jeevun Sandher marries fellow Labour politician in UK
Hindustan Times
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August 28, 2025
Jeevun Sandher, one of Britain’s newest members of Parliament elected in the Labour Party’s landslide general election victory last July, has tied the knot in a traditional Sikh and church wedding with fellow Labour MP Louise Jones. Jeevun...
Andrew Bolt brands Brittany Higgins a 'young and silly woman' after defamation loss: 'There won't be much change left from the $2.4million compensation'
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
An outspoken TV veteran has branded Brittany Higgins a 'young and silly woman' after her former boss Linda Reynolds won a bitter defamation battle against her. Ms Reynolds launched a defamation lawsuit over a series of Ms Higgins' social media...
Trump meets UK ex-PM Blair on post-war Gaza
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 28, 2025
President Donald Trump was presiding over a policy meeting on the Gaza war on Wednesday with input from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump West Asia envoy Jared Kushner, a senior White House official said. Trump, top White...
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Aldi set to conclude $870 million global media review
Campaign Asia-Pacific
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August 29, 2025
Aldi’s global media planning and buying review is set to conclude in September, with three networks pitching for the global account. Campaign understands that Aldi invited the trio of networks with which it already works to pitch for the account,...
Britain's 'ghost' island: Tragic reason why last residents of remote archipelago left 95 years ago today
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
Shunning modernity, living off the land, and eating seabirds to survive - some might think that all sounds a bit romantic. But for the Britons of St Kilda, that way of life had become too much. On August 29, 1930 - exactly 95 years ago today - the...
Prince Harry 'to meet with King Charles' when he returns to UK for anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death - as sources say 'reconciliation is within reach'
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
Prince Harry is set to meet with King Charles for the first time in 20 months - though his brother William has reportedly rejected the invitation 'out of hand'. Reconciliation is 'within reach' between the Duke of Sussex and his father following...
Brush fire triggers over a dozen WW2 bomb explosions in UK national park
New York Post
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August 28, 2025
Firefighters tackling a massive blaze in the North Yorkshire moors have been hampered by exploding wartime bombs. Crews have been working to put out a wildfire on Langdale Moor, in the North York Moors National Park in the UK, since the evening on...