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Just Stop Oil ruins Chelsea Flower Show exhibit with orange paint in latest eco-stunt
Three people have been arrested following the protest
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NewsBritish soldier fighting for Putin in Ukraine paraded on Russian TV just days after first UK mercenary died in Moscow's service
Michael Lee Gareth Jones has two daughters born in the UK and is currently married to a Russian woman
NewsSmall boat migrant dies and over 70 others rescued in desperate attempt to cross Channel
Migrants have been crossing the Channel despite thunderstorms and high winds
NewsWales's only trans clinic urgently halts operations over safety concerns
Freedom of information data from 2025 reveals that an average of 13 individuals per 100,000 were referred for gender surgery in Wales
NewsA-level English texts 'dumbed down' for students over older 'unfamiliar language'
The replacement list, due to be taught for the first time from September, has a combined age of merely 59 years, with nothing predating 2018
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British woman gang-raped on Paris street 'by several men at music festival'
Investigators say the horror attack may have been filmed

Travellers 'rip up' protected field with bulldozers as terrified locals fear bank holiday 'land grab'
No planning application for any works on the land has been lodged with Wirral Council, according to checks of the authority's planning portal

Ex-Met detective warns it will take a generation to fix police: ‘Polluted with wokeness!’
Peter Bleksley criticised senior officers who are 'very good at filling out a spreadsheet, but have got away from the rough and tumble of frontline policing'

Nicola Bulley cause of death confirmed at inquest in Preston
Nicola Bulley's body was found 23 days after she disappeared while walking her dog on January 27
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'Why have we got Britons sitting around doing nothing?!' Sarah Vine hits out as net migration soars
'Most people don't mind migration. It's just if they actually contribute and if they're paying taxes,' said Vine

UK power grid 'to COLLAPSE' in 2035 as 'energy supply crisis' mounts
Marcus Gibson warned: 'There's no going back on this'

Councillor gives dire verdict as gang violence sweeps town: ‘Middlesbrough has fallen to criminals!’
'I think there’s a real possibility that things do get worse before they get better,' Luke Mason despaired

Ancient supervolcano that erupted over 450 million years ago with force of 1MILLION nuclear bombs discovered off Britain's coast
The find represents a dramatic shift in understanding of England's deep geological history

Women feel unsafe travelling across Britain's rail networks, new findings show
The Government recently announced funding to better connect CCTV at train stations, enabling greater real-time access for police to accelerate investigations and help passengers feel safer

Younger workers almost twice as likely as those over 50 to 'pull a sickie'
Young workers have cited being 'too tired' as one of their reasons