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An evening of stargazing has left a Morpeth family with a photo which is simply out of this world. Photo: Copyright Wil Cheung 16 March 2022 | Jessica Stewart | My Modern Met A lucky family got the portrait of a lifetime when a shooting star appeared just as photographer Wil Cheung was snapping their photo. The…
The UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was quickly reminded that it is in fact illegal to enlist in a foreign army at war with a country at peace with the UK. Photo: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS 28 February 2022 | Andrew Sparrow | The Guardian Liz Truss has been criticised for saying…
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In his latest essay, John Pilger describes the changes in the reporting of war crises such as the ‘imminent invasion’ of Ukraine Photo: Britain is arming Ukraine and training its army. Image: Pexels John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He…
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It is the smallest to have gone on the market, but the minimum price set by auctioneers is £50,000 Photo: Ready for the tour? Here’s the living area … Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian 17 February 2022 | Rachel Hall | The Guardian Imagine distilling your life to fit in just 7 square metres. There would just about…
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Police in England and Wales have issued more than 14,000 fines for alleged ‘flouting’ of lockdown laws from 27 March to 11 May 2020. Photo: Getty Images 15 May 2020 | BBC News Police in England and Wales have issued more than 14,000 fines for alleged breaches of lockdown laws. The figures, from 27 March…
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A former Foreign Office diplomat suggested that out of an estimated 75,000-150,000 people who applied for evacuation under the Leave Outside the Rules scheme, fewer than 5% received assistance. Photo: Evacuees from Kabul on their way to Poland via Uzbekistan. Marcin Obara / EPA-EFE 09 December 2021 | Brad K. Blitz | The Conversation The testimony of a whistleblower…
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Boorish Boris’ boorish one-liners destroyed satire for the time-being, but it is good to know that Private Eye soldiers on like an endless 5-1 down at half-time. Photo: Hennell/Alamy Stock Photo 26 October 2021 | Martin Farr | The Conversation The fortnightly magazine Private Eye turns 60 this year. When it launched, it helped initiate the “satire…
Unlike the plea-bargain deal over the extradition of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, the US is once again going to court to push for Julian Assange’s extradition from the UK. Photo: Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest in London outside the royal courts of justice. Photograph: Tom Nicholson/Reuters 26 October 2021 | Ben Quinn | The…
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