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Child poverty reached almost 4.5 million in 2024, the highest level for more than 20 years in the United Kingdom, according to PA Media reports. The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached the highest level for more than 20 years, according the official figure that comes a day after government…
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Prince William will arrive in Estonia later to show his support for the country and troops based there who are providing a deterrent to Russian aggression in the region. The Prince of Wales will fly to the capital Tallinn for the two-day trip on behalf of the UK government and the Foreign Office. His visit comes…
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Global economic growth has been downgraded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – as the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs becomes apparent. Major economies including the UK will have lower rates of GDP – a measure of an economy’s value and everything produced – due to the US’s imposition of…
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Sir Keir Starmer has pledged his “unwavering support” for Ukraine, adding that “we are at a turning point” in the war, ahead of a crucial meeting with world leaders today. The prime minister welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Downing Street on Saturday, where they signed a new loan deal for Ukraine following the Ukrainian president’s disastrous meeting with Donald…
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Wizz Air is launching the UK’s only non-stop flights to the Saudi Arabian city of Medina. The budget airline announced it will begin daily return flights between Gatwick Airport and Medina from 1 August, with single fares are available from £233.99. Medina, which only opened to non-Muslim travellers in 2023, is one of the oldest…
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Heathrow Airport is in talks with scores of airlines including British Airways about a once-a-decade overhaul of its occupancy – which could lead to some being forced to relocate their long-standing bases. MEZIESBLOG learnt that Heathrow has opened negotiations with the 82 carriers which fly from the airport with a view to implementing operational changes…
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How much have America, Britain and the rest paid Ukraine in aid since the Russian invasion? And do they have any hope of getting money back in return? These are big questions, and they’re likely to dominate much of the discussion in the coming months as Donald Trump pressurises his Ukrainian counterparts for a deal on ending…
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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has announced the appointment of an interim chief executive for the government’s fledgling clean-power company Great British Energy. Dan McGrail is currently chief exec of trade association RenewableUK, which represents businesses developing wind, wave, tidal, storage and green-hydrogen projects and their supply chain companies. He will take…
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While Donald Trump make waves with a black Sharpie in the Oval Office, JD Vance is on his first foreign visit as vice president. He’s just addressed a high-stakes AI summit in Paris, criticising Europe’s tech regulations and warning leaders that excessive rules could strangle artificial intelligence. “We believe that excessive regulation of the AI…
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Donald Trump has celebrated the news that the Gulf of Mexico is now labelled the Gulf of America on Google Maps after he signed an executive order to rename it… It comes after he signed a proclamation declaring 9 February 2025 the first-ever “Gulf of America Day”, having claimed the gulf is run by cartels…
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Former defence secretary Grant Shapps is launching a report from the Coalition for Global Prosperity, for which he has written the foreword, and he tells Sophy Ridge that it echoes comments he made from a year ago – that we are going from a post-war to a pre-war era. He says that “not because I think we’re…
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Wales’s first minister has said she is unsure the European Union would want the UK to re-join as the country “didn’t behave very well” in recent years. Eluned Morgan told Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth that allowing the country back into the bloc was “not going to be as straightforward as [he] and [she]…
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Survivors of terrorist attacks have called for a national remembrance day to be introduced and a monument erected in honour of victims, following a new report. A survey published by Survivors Against Terror (SAT) found 97% of British terror attack victims back a “national day” being created in the UK and 78% would like a…
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves is at the World Economic Forum in Davos meeting potential investors with a core message that, despite what they might have heard from companies already working there, Britain is open for business. She arrived in the wake of two signals she believes demonstrate growth really is a priority, one intentional, the other…
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Kora in Edinburgh has become the latest restaurant owned by a Michelin-starred chef to close its doors. Chef Tom Kitchin, a regular on TV, posted on Instagram to say the restaurant, which he opened with his wife in 2022, was closing at the end of the month due to the “current economic climate”. He wrote:…
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UK isn’t the only continent facing freezing conditions this weekend – the US is also braced for a major winter storm, which is expected to affect millions across the centre and east of the country. Heavy snow and significant ice hit today and the storm is set to move eastwards over the next few days,…
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