The Independent – ‘Shambolic speech puts PM on the defensive’
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The Independent – ‘Shambolic speech puts PM on the defensive’
The Independent splashes on the PM’s ‘shambolic speech’. The paper says the prime minister is on the defensive as ‘frustrated Tories say botched speech highlights wider problems’.
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Tearful WW2 veteran recalls being captured weeks after D-Day | News
Tearful WW2 veteran recalls being captured weeks after D-Day | News There is no bias in the title provided. A Second World War veteran who was captured as a prisoner of war just weeks after D-Day and was forced to march hundreds of miles was brought to tears as he remembered being reunited with his mother 10 months later. Ken Hay almost did not make it back home to Barking when he “lay down to
Protests against sewage pollution held at beaches, rivers and lakes | News
Protests against sewage pollution held at beaches, rivers and lakes | News There is no bias in the title provided. Thousands of people have taken part in protests at beaches, rivers and lakes across the UK amid a row over the state of the country’s waters. Demonstrations follow reports that millions of litres of raw sewage were pumped into Windermere in the Lake District for 10 hours in February. The situation was labelled a “scandal”
Families beg for end to IPP scandal as Lords vote on reforms to indeterminate sentences
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Europe’s far right groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union elections
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Trust in Post Office plummets following outrage over Horizon scandal, polling finds
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Jim Ratcliffe predicts how Keir Starmer will perform as prime minister | News
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