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HS2 ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL GROUND CONTAINING NEARLY 140 GRAVES

Archaeologists working on an HS2 site have discovered a burial ground containing nearly 140 graves, including a skeleton with a weapon still embedded in it. The site, in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, contained 138 graves, with 141 regular burials and five cremation burials, which makes it one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered in Britain. A skeleton, thought to be male, was found with a sharp iron object embedded into […]

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PLANS TO CREATE FAIRER PRIVATE RENTAL SECTOR IN ENGLAND TAKE A STEP FORWARD

Plans to create a fairer private rented sector in England are taking a step forward with the publication of a Government White Paper on Thursday. Tenants will have stronger powers to challenge poor practice and unjustified rent increases under the proposals, and they could also be saved the expense of having to move as often from one rented home to another. It will also be made illegal for landlords or […]

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JOHNSON CALLS ON CHINA TO SPEAK OUT OVER UKRAINE WAR

Boris Johnson has urged China to get off the fence and join in global condemnation of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The Prime Minister said he believed some in Xi Jinping’s administration were having “second thoughts” about the neutral stance adopted by Beijing following Russia’s actions against its neighbour. Despite Mr Johnson’s suggestion of a possible shift in attitude, there was fresh criticism of Nato on Saturday from China as […]

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UK DONATES MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE AS RUSSIA EXPANDS MISSILE STRIKES

Two million medical items have now been donated to Ukraine, the Government announced after Russia expanded its missile strikes to Lviv in the west of the country on Friday. Supplies including painkillers, insulin shots and intensive care equipment are expected to arrive in the war-torn region in the coming days, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said. It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he told Ukrainian […]

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QUEEN HANDS MEGHAN’S NATIONAL THEATRE PATRONAGE TO CAMILLA

The Duchess of Cornwall has been made royal patron of the National Theatre by the Queen – the first of the Duchess of Sussex’s former patronages to be taken over. Former actress Meghan was stripped of the prestigious role as part of the post-Megxit review. The new duty for Camilla is another sign of the Queen’s faith in her daughter-in-law, who she endorsed as a future Queen Consort while marking […]

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DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED AFTER 800 P&O FERRIES WORKERS SACKED AND REPLACED

A series of demonstrations will be held on Friday against P&O’s “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. Unions and politicians condemned the move, blamed by the company on losses of £100 million following the slump in travel because of the pandemic. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is seeking legal advice to challenge the sackings. It said the UK has seen one of the most “vicious examples of despotic […]

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NAZANIN ZAGHARI-RATCLIFFE ARRIVES HOME AFTER SIX YEARS DETAINED IN IRAN

She arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Thursday morning Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The mother-of-one, whose husband Richard has long campaigned for her release, left Iran with fellow British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori, […]

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PM TO ‘STICK TO PRINCIPLES’ AMID CLAIMS HE IS GOING FROM ‘DICTATOR TO DICTATOR’

Boris Johnson has insisted that forging closer ties with Saudi Arabia does not mean “we can’t stick to our principles” after he was accused of going from “dictator to dictator” to find new fuel sources. The Prime Minister is visiting the Gulf state and its neighbour the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as he tries to wean the West off Russian energy in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. […]

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PM SAYS ‘NO WAY’ UKRAINE JOINING NATO SOON AS ZELENSKY SEES HOPE IN PEACE TALKS

Boris Johnson said there is “no way Ukraine is going to join Nato anytime soon” as Ukraine’s leader said peace talks with Russia had taken a “realistic” turn. The Prime Minister, who is visiting the Gulf as he tries to wean the West off Russian energy, said he understood the “reality of the position” expressed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an address to London, in which he appeared to […]

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