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UK government in Brexit U-turn to tackle industry shortage crisis The UK government plans to address the chronic post-Brexit labour shortage in the construction industry by welcoming more foreign builders, according to reports. Despite previous efforts to crack down on illegal immigration routes, the government is expected to add construction workers to the “shortage occupation list” in order to boost sluggish housebuilding. Many European labourers returned to the EU after Brexit, leading to a shortage of workers in the building sector. The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended adding bricklayers, plasterers, roofers and others to the shortage list, and the home…

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Taliban governor killed in his Afghanistan office blast – Mohammad Dawood Muzammil dead Mohammad Dawood Muzammil – the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, has been killed in a blast that happened in his office, making him the highest-ranking official to be killed since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021.  Despite a significant decrease in violence, targeted attacks on prominent pro-Taliban figures have continued, with many claimed by the Islamic State.  The cause of the blast remains unclear, and no one has yet claimed responsibility for it. However, a Taliban spokesman stated on Twitter that the governor had been…

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Astrologer Mystic Meg dead at 80 Mystic Meg, the TV astrologer whose real name was Margaret Lake, passed away at the age of 80. She gained fame in the 1990s as a prominent television personality, notably featuring on the National Lottery, and had been penning horoscopes for the Sun for over twenty years. The newspaper reports that Lake succumbed to an illness after being hospitalised for flu last month, passing away in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Her agent Dave Shapland said: “Without any question, she was Britain’s most famous astrologer by a million miles. “Nobody came close to…

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