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UK's 'most beautiful' walk is in Northern Ireland and features 700 giant lilies and red squirrels
Belfast Live
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July 9, 2025
Sydney Evans Audience Writer 09:57, 09 Jul 2025 The UK boasts an impressive range of scenery, and many of these sights can be found in Northern Ireland. From the mythical Giant's Causeway to Mourne Mountains, it was also used as a location in a...
Attorney General Backs European Legal Norms as UK Seeks Post-Brexit Reset
EUToday
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July 9, 2025
21Amid the din of geopolitical disruption, from Russian aggression to the rise of digital authoritarianism, it is tempting to forget that the international legal order still matters. But this week, in a quietly significant gathering in London, the...
Wales forced to stop team meeting as epic moment unfolds outside hotel
Wales Online
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July 9, 2025
Welsh supporters sang so loud outside the team hotel at Euro 2025 that Rhian Wilkinson was forced to stop a team meeting. The moment occurred ahead of Wales v Netherlands in Lucerne, Switzerland, last weekend. Around 4,000 of The Red Wall...
England free bus travel for over 60s update in new DfT response
Devon Live
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July 9, 2025
A government minister has given an update to campaigners battling to try to reduce the age people get free concessionary bus passes in England to 60. Currently the concession is given bynments to people in Wales, Scogtland and Northern Ireland. In...
British International Investment Commits £1.09bn To African Firms
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has committed £1.09 billion to African companies in 2024 to create jobs, reduce aid dependency and combat the climate emergency. The sum was...
'England is my DREAM!' Asylum seeker admits illegal migrants flood to UK to get black market jobs and not pay tax
GB News
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July 9, 2025
An asylum seeker has admitted that illegal migrants flood to the UK and get black market jobs which do not require them to pay any taxes. The Iraqi man, who arrived in Dunkirk after just seven days, also conceded that the scale of the migrant...
National Rally headquarters RAIDED by French police as documents seized for unknown reason
GB News
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July 9, 2025
The headquarters of the National Rally in France have been raided by armed French police wearing bulletproof vests. President of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, said on X: "All emails, documents, and accounting records of the leading...
England aim to ‘increase efficiency’ in attack for critical Under-20s clash
Talking Rugby Union
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England need to be accurate against Australia if they are to secure their desired result ©Maurilio Boldrini / World Rugby Following a narrow defeat to South Africa last Friday, England must secure a bonus-point victory against Australia - and rely...
UK-based LemFi launches international payment services in Egypt
Zawya
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Arab Finance: London-based fintech LemFi has launched of its international payment services in Egypt, targeting one of Africa’s largest remittance corridors, as per a press release. The expansion aims to serve Egypt’s sizable diaspora by offering...
European Shares Rise On US-EU Trade Deal Hopes
RTTNews
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July 9, 2025
European stocks edged higher on Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S.-EU trade deal. The Financial Times reported that European Union negotiators are closing in on a trade deal with the U.S. that would cement higher tariffs than...
European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths in 10 days, study finds
Al Jazeera
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July 9, 2025
Some 2,300 people are likely to have died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during a severe heatwave that ended last week, with two-thirds of the deaths directly linked to climate change, according to a new study. The analysis,...
UK Front Pages 09/07: Papers Sound Alarm Over Justice, Health and Horizon Scandal Fallout
London Daily Digital
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July 9, 2025
Britain’s leading newspapers — The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Financial Times, and London Daily — have united in casting a critical spotlight on a nation grappling with multiple institutional crises. The front pages on...
Britain’s loudest bird, the Bittern, thriving at RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve near Castleford
Wakefield Express
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July 9, 2025
Britain’s loudest bird has set a record for its booming call across the region’s precious wetlands, with a record seven ‘boomers’ at RSPB St Aidan’s Nature Reserve in Allerton Bywater. Over half of the UK’s Bittern population can be found on RSPB...
European shares edge higher as investors eye US trade signals
Business Recorder
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July 9, 2025
European shares nudged higher on Wednesday, supported by defence stocks, as investors awaited signs of progress on a trade accord with the United states. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.2% at 546.94 points, as of 0706 GMT. Other major...
England team to play Argentina in 2nd Summer Test: Guy Pepper starts
Ruck
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July 9, 2025
England’s second Test in their tour of the Americas is set to take place this weekend, with their second and final game against Argentina being played in San Juan on Saturday. Steve Borthwick’s side surprised many and convincingly beat Los Pumas...
England Playing XI for 3rd Test vs India Announced: Jofra Archer Returns, Replaces Josh Tongue For Lord's Test
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
England playing XI for the 3rd Test against India has been announced and the highlight of it is the return of Jofra Archer. The tearaway pacer was included in the England National Cricket Team ahead of the 2nd Test, but the management decided...
British royal family welcomes French leader, wife to UK
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 9, 2025
LONDON -- French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, arrived in Britain on Tuesday at the start of a state visit as the two countries highlight their long friendship with conspicuous displays of military pomp, golden carriages and...
UK is now Russia’s main target, with British criminals acting as Putin's foot soldiers, ex-spy warns
LBC
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9 July 2025, 08:40 | Updated: 9 July 2025, 08:42 Ex-MI6 officer speaks to LBC about Grey Zone threats to the UK By EJ Ward A former MI6 officer has warned that Russia is deliberately targeting Britain using proxy criminals to test its national...
UK politics live: Starmer to face PMQs as migrant crisis deal with Macron still hangs in the balance
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
King shows Macron Windsor Castle Gardens Wednesday marks the second day of Emmanuel Macron’s state visit. The French president began his morning with a private visit to St George’s Chapel in Windsor - where he is being hosted by the King - to lay...
Europe open: Shares up despite latest round of Trump tariff threats
ShareCast
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The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index was up 0.2% at 546.8 in early deals. Britain’s mining-heavy FTSE 100 rose 0.11%, while Germany’s DAX gained 0.47%. Trump also warned that he had the semi-conductor and pharmaceutical industries in his sights, with...