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+12 +1Piers Morgan Says Prince Harry's & Meghan's Behavior Towards The Queen is "Sickening"
Piers Morgan has once again hit out there at the behaviour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The former Good Morning Britain presenter came out on Fox News on Monday night to chat to broadcaster Sean Hannity. And also the 56-year-old did not hold back as he criticized Meghan and Harry once more for their “ridiculous behaviour“.
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+10 +1Britain Accelerates Relocation of Afghan Interpreters to U.K.
Britain will expedite the relocation of Afghan staff, largely interpreters, who worked for the country’s armed forces and are at increasing risk ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.
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+16 +1Bitcoin advert claiming it’s ‘time to buy’ crypto is banned in UK
Poster adverts telling the public it is “time to buy” Bitcoin have been banned for failing to mention the risks of investing in the cryptocurrency. The posters, which were plastered across the London Underground and on London buses in February, featured a cartoon image of a Bitcoin and read: “If you’re seeing Bitcoin on the Underground, it’s time to buy.”
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+13 +1UK Launches Digital Currency Task Force to Explore the Future of Money
The Bank of England and the UK’s Treasury have launched a task force to explore the use of a national digital currency, the British government announced in several press releases early Monday as part of April 2021 Fintech Week.
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+4 +1Prince Philip: The Vanuatu tribes mourning the death of their 'god'
As Britons mourn the death of Prince Philip, they are joined by a tribal community on a Pacific island half a world away. For decades, two villages on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna have revered the Duke of Edinburgh as a god-like spiritual figure. A formal period of mourning is now under way.
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+21 +1BBC sets up complaints line for 'too much TV coverage' of Prince Philip's death
The BBC has set up a dedicated complaints page for viewers fed up with its blanket coverage of the death of Prince Philip. "We're receiving complaints about too much TV coverage of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," reads a statement on the BBC Complaints page, which invites disgruntled viewers to submit an email address to register a complaint.
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+20 +1Prince Philip, husband of the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch, has died at age 99. A statement posted on the royal family's website Friday morning said: "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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+15 +1Half of all adults have now been vaccinated, Matt Hancock confirms
Half of the UK’s adult population has now received its first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the Health Secretary has announced. Matt Hancock said more people received the jab on Friday than on any other day and praised the vaccine programme as a “national success story”.
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+14 +1Teenage Activists Post Signs to Warn of Toxic Air in London Neighborhoods
A group of teenagers, living in some of London's most polluted communities, are posting roadsigns highlighting the disproportionate impact air pollution has on people of color. The campaign, organized by Choked Up, a group made up of self-described "Black & brown teens," has posted signs throughout the city which warn "breathing kills" and "pollution zone," The Guardian reported.
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+23 +1UK COVID-19 variant has significantly higher death rate, study finds
A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30% and 100% more deadly than previous dominant variants, researchers said on Wednesday.
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+16 +1UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews
Google is failing to do enough to combat fake reviews within its business listings, and must be held to account by a UK watchdog, according to Which? The consumer group set up a fake company and bought bogus five-star reviews as part of an investigation.
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+21 +1UK economy will never return to pre-Covid pattern, says Bank governor
The UK can see light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel but the economy will never fully return to its pre-pandemic pattern, the governor of the Bank of England has said.
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+28 +1Uber Loses U.K. Court Battle Over Worker Rights
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a group of former drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. were entitled to a minimum wage and other benefits while working for the company, dealing a setback to Uber and other gig-economy firms in world-wide battles over their employment model.
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+23 +1Strong decline in coronavirus across England since January, React study shows
There has been a "strong decline" in levels of coronavirus infections in England since January, say scientists tracking the epidemic. Imperial College London's React study found infections have dropped by two-thirds across England since lockdown began, with an 80% fall in London. But virus levels are still high, with one in 200 testing positive between 4 and 13 February.
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+2 +1Meghan Markle Convinces Court Mail on Sunday Violated Her Privacy
Meghan Markle has convinced a UK judge Mail on Sunday violated her privacy by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father in 2018 and that the tabloid is liable for copyright infringement.
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+17 +1UK economy shrank by 9.9% in 2020, its largest contraction on record
The U.K. economy experienced its largest contraction since records began in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged economic activity.
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+29 +1UK tells social media to take down COVID myths
The British government said on Thursday it was telling social media giants to take down posts containing coronavirus disinformation over concern that many in minority communities were refusing to be vaccinated.
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+12 +1Teenager emerging from 10-month coma has no knowledge of pandemic
A teenager who is emerging from a 10-month long coma has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic despite having caught the disease twice. Joseph Flavill, 19, was hit by a car while walking in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, on 1 March last year, three weeks before Britain’s first national lockdown began. He has spent months in a coma after he suffered a traumatic brain injury but is slowly beginning to recover and has started responding.
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+14 +1Pro-Vegan Advert To Air During UK Prime Time TV Slot
Avegan food entrepreneur has major plans to air an advert during a UK TV prime time slot in a bid to reach as many people as possible. Tom Bursnall, the founder of Miami Burger – which makes a range of plant-based products – is currently raising money to pay for the slot via a crowdfunder.
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+3 +1'Loophole' will let UK continue to ship plastic waste to poorer countries
The UK has been accused of failing to honour its promise to curb shipments of plastic waste to developing countries, after it emerged Britain’s new post-Brexit regulations are less stringent than those imposed by the EU. From 1 January, shipments of unsorted plastic waste from the EU to non-OECD countries were banned.
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