The Guardian – EU to fight UK in court over bid to scrap Brexit checks
The EU is poised to launch legal action against the UK, The Guardian reports, after it published legislation that will potentially override the Northern Ireland Protocol.
In a surprising admission, the UK government accepted that its new Northern Ireland protocol bill would mean it did not meet its obligations under international law.
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Demand for Taylor Swift’s UK tour could fuel summer ticket fraud bonanza | Ticket prices
Demand for Taylor Swift’s UK tour could fuel summer ticket fraud bonanza | Ticket prices There is no bias in the title provided. The clamour to secure tickets for Taylor Swift’s sold-out UK shows is expected to fuel a summer fraud bonanza as figures showed a “staggering” £1.2bn was stolen from unwitting consumers in 2023. Swift’s Eras tour, which arrives in the UK in June, and the Olympic Games, are contenders for biggest ticketing scam
More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds | Channel Islands
More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds | Channel Islands There is no bias in the title provided. More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died on British soil at the hands of the Nazis in the second world war, hundreds more deaths than were officially recorded in historical archives, a review has found. Labourers on the island of Alderney were “subject to atrocious living and working
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation
Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’ | Prisons and probation There is no original title provided. Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government and prison chiefs have taken a series of crisis measures because of overcrowding, including plans to free convicted criminals early and using police cells to
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students There is no bias in the original title provided. Plans for a radical crackdown on graduate visas that allow overseas students to work in the UK for up to two years after graduation look set to be abandoned by the prime minister after coming up against staunch opposition from cabinet colleagues. Rishi Sunak had been considering restricting and even scrapping the
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport There is no bias in the original title provided. The British passenger who died after a flight to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence has been named as a 73-year-old grandfather, Geoffrey Kitchen. Kitchen, a retired insurance professional turned amateur dramatics performer, had travelled to Singapore on Monday on the 10pm flight from Heathrow. He and his wife, Linda, were to
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK news
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK News There is no bias in the title provided. A former Royal Marine commando who was charged with spying for the Hong Kong intelligence service has died, police have said. Matthew Trickett, 37, who was on bail, was found by a member of the public in a park near where he lived in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Thames Valley police said officers attended