Author: News Desk

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Premier League football helps UK economy rebound A return of Premier League football and more kids in their classrooms in January helped UK GDP bounce back from the decline seen in December, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. GDP rose 0.3% month-on-month, recovering part of the 0.5% decline seen in December. Official figures show that the UK economy grew by 0.3% in January, rebounding from a sharp fall in December. The growth was largely driven by a recovery in school attendance, the return of Premier League football after the World Cup, and a strong month for private health providers…

He gave a ‘full account’ of what happened to police.

Plenty congratulated Ronan on becoming a grandfather.

France and UK to work on migrant boat crossings, France to get additional funding Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said France will receive additional funding to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel. He made the announcement ahead of an Anglo-French summit where small boat crossings and the conflict in Ukraine will be discussed. However, returning migrants arriving in the UK to France is not expected to be on the agenda. The UK government has previously paid France £8m annually to increase surveillance of French beaches, and it is believed that they will give France over £200m over three years,…

At least 7 dead after shooting at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness hall A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in Hamburg, Germany has left seven people dead and several others injured. The gunman is believed to have acted alone and is thought to be dead, with no clear motive yet known. The perpetrator is reported to be a former member of the religious community, aged between 30 and 40. The victims have not yet been identified, and investigations are ongoing. The police were called to the scene on Deelböge street, Gross Borstel district, at around 21:15 local time on Thursday. …

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England is the only country in the UK to still charge NHS patients for their prescriptions.

Clinging onto the past never helped anyone.

Mexico cartel turns in own men, apologises over US kidnappings and killings According to reports from Matamoros, a splinter group of the Gulf Cartel, known as the Scorpions Group, has apologised for kidnapping four US citizens last week, killing two of them, and has handed over the men it claims are responsible. Mexican newspapers published a photo showing five men lying on the ground with their hands tied and their T-shirts pulled up, apparently taken as police arrived at the scene. A letter allegedly left with the men apologised to the people of Matamoros, the US victims and their families,…