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UK plans to sanction people-smugglers in latest bid to stop perilous Channel crossings

Britain says it will impose sanctions on members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants crossing the English Channel to the U.K. in flimsy boats

The Independent UK

Britain threatens sanctions on Chinese companies whose engines are used for 'small boats' Channel crossings

Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the crackdown as the Government steps up action to try to reduce the number of people risking their lives in unseaworthy vessels to reach Britain

Evening Standard

Addicts Can Legally Inject Heroin In Glasgow's New 'Drug Consumption Rooms': Revolution or Risk?

The room, which is the first of its kind in Great Britain, will allow the good people of Glasgow to inject themselves with heroin and other 'illegal' drugs under NHS supervision.

International Business Times UK

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Britain's Wealth Redefined: Why £100,000 Isn't Enough To Keep Up With London Costs Anymore

The Telegraph has unintentionally parodied itself by penning an article complaining that earning £100,000+ doesn't go as far as it used to.

International Business Times UK

Artist’s controversial doodle home on ‘Britain’s only desert’ set for approval

Mr Doodle said his childhood dream was to doodle the entire planet

The Independent UK

How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet

British computer scientist and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter Kirstein died in January 2020 at the age of 86, after a nearly 50-year career at UCL. A few years before he died, he was commissioned by then Conversation technology editor Michael Parker (now director of operations) to write an…

The Conversation

Kurt Geiger dress Kylie Jenner and Jennifer Lopez: they also run an academy to help disadvantaged youth

From humble beginnings to fashion mogul, Kurt Geiger’s CEO talks about the Business by Design Academy and the importance of giving back to an industry in need of change.

Evening Standard

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Eurostar trains should stop in Kent as UK seeks to repair Brexit damage, says Keir Starmer

Eurostar is also being urged to cut ticket prices as the cost of using the HS1 high speed line is reduced

Evening Standard

There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas

The tech billionaire is not the first person in history to be seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power

The Guardian - US

US, Canadian And Australian Travellers Now Face UK Entry Fee

Visitors to the UK from dozens of countries, including the United States, Canada and Australia, must now pay to enter Britain after a new visa-waiver entry system took effect on Wednesday.

International Business Times

Wednesday briefing: What Elon Musk’s focus on grooming gangs reveals about alt-right online discourse

In today’s newsletter: The owner of X, who previously said ‘civil war is inevitable’ in Britain, has stoked online unrest with incendiary comments about the UK

The Guardian - UK

Birdwatch: an unlikely encounter with the least sandpiper in Somerset

Diminutive bird breeds in Alaska and Arctic Canada and sightings in Britain are rare enough to attract a crowd

The Guardian - UK

2,000-year-old painted penis bone found in quarry shaft from Roman Britain

A canine baculum (penis bone) covered in red ochre may be from a long-lost Romano-British ritual.

LiveScience

Elon Musk Says 'Thank You, Britain!' After Poll Reveals Britons Celebrate His Involvement In UK Politics

Elon Musk thanked Britain after a poll showed many support his role in UK politics, but concerns have been raised about his ties to far-right ideologies.

International Business Times UK

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‘Living the dream’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub, strangers became friends

When the majority of the 33 people trapped by the weather were able to escape, not everyone wanted to leave

Evening Standard

OPINION - The last inquiry failed grooming gang victims — we need a full national inquiry

It’s easy to get sucked into the online fight between Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and the British government over the rape gangs scandal. But it risks us losing sight of what really matters: the victims and their needs.

The Guardian - UK

Rise in UK borrowing costs could push Reeves to new public spending cuts

Analysts say costs hitting highest level since 1998 risks wiping out almost all of chancellor’s £10bn buffer

Fortune

Britain's richest woman Denise Coates takes pay cut to £158m, but is still paid 3x Tim Cook's salary

Denise Coates’s latest nine-figure payday dwarfs the compensation of the bosses of some of the world’s biggest companies.

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Robert Jenrick under fire after calling for limit on immigration from 'alien, medieval cultures'

Shadow justice secretary said Britain had ‘seen millions of people enter the UK in recent years and some of them have backward, medieval attitudes to women’

The Independent UK

Badenoch urged to sack Jenrick for saying ‘immigrants with alien cultures have medieval attitudes to women’

Robert Jenrick stood by his claim that Britain has failed at integrating immigrants from some countries, pointing to the grooming gangs scandal as apparent evidence

Evening Standard

Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair

Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: How Britain has coped with an Arctic blast

In today’s newsletter: Widespread flooding, snow and power outages have left thousands of households and travellers facing the aftermath of a cold snap – with more disruption to come

The Guardian - UK

Ignore Musk, ignore the critics – you’ll feel the benefit of Labour’s policies in your pocket before long

Despite the doom-mongers, the outlook for the economy, the NHS and vital services is good. Coming months should bear that out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Musk suggests Americans should ‘liberate’ the British from their ‘tyrannical government’

His post on X marked a surreal new step in the billionaire tycoon’s escalating feud with Britain’s ruling Labour Party and its leader Keir Starmer

International Business Times UK

Winter Woes in the UK and US: Pensioners Left Struggling as Leaders Slash Support

Pensioners in both Britain and the US are facing an increasingly hostile environment as a result of government actions taken against them.

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