Col
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Midlands UK. Interested in humour, art, photos, news, history and good stuff. LCFC sufferer. I block anyone with a young female looking avatar who hasn't posted anything.
On what was due to be the first day of a four-week trial, Paul Doyle unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty, after being charged with injuring 29 people at a Liverpool FC celebration parade in May.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
On what was due to be the first day of a four-week trial, Paul Doyle unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty, after being charged with injuring 29 people at a Liverpool FC celebration parade in May.
The European Commission president has warned against “the unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation” as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US’s attempt to end the war in Ukraine.
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The European Commission president has warned against “the unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation” as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US’s attempt to end the war in Ukraine.
The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.
Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills.
Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy
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This isn't Rachel's "make or break" budget because the " I'm not coming back for more" was the last budget.
This is the "broke" and desperation "God help us all" budget.
This is the "broke" and desperation "God help us all" budget.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This isn't Rachel's "make or break" budget because the " I'm not coming back for more" was the last budget.
This is the "broke" and desperation "God help us all" budget.
This is the "broke" and desperation "God help us all" budget.
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how Vladimir Putin should pitch a Ukraine peace deal to the president, according to a transcript of their discussion published by Bloomberg.
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how Vladimir Putin should pitch a Ukraine peace deal to the president, according to a transcript of their discussion published by Bloomberg.
Rachel Reeves has privately urged Labour MPs to back her make-or-break budget, saying they will not like every measure but promising it will be “fair”.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Rachel Reeves has privately urged Labour MPs to back her make-or-break budget, saying they will not like every measure but promising it will be “fair”.
Kyiv has significantly amended the US “peace plan” for Ukraine, removing some of Russia’s maximalist demands, people familiar with the negotiations said, as European leaders warned that no deal could be reached quickly.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Kyiv has significantly amended the US “peace plan” for Ukraine, removing some of Russia’s maximalist demands, people familiar with the negotiations said, as European leaders warned that no deal could be reached quickly.
For the first time, U.S. car companies will be required to test vehicle safety using female crash test dummies, which could help close the gap between higher injury rates for women than for men in certain crash scenarios.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For the first time, U.S. car companies will be required to test vehicle safety using female crash test dummies, which could help close the gap between higher injury rates for women than for men in certain crash scenarios.
Rachel Reeves is expected to hit more than 100,000 of Britain’s most expensive properties with a “mansion tax” worth an average of £4,500 a year in Wednesday’s Budget. The Treasury will use the council tax system as the basis for the charge, which will apply to houses worth £2m or more.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rachel Reeves is expected to hit more than 100,000 of Britain’s most expensive properties with a “mansion tax” worth an average of £4,500 a year in Wednesday’s Budget. The Treasury will use the council tax system as the basis for the charge, which will apply to houses worth £2m or more.
The US and Ukraine have said that peace talks in Geneva were “highly productive”, resulting in an “updated and refined” peace framework which would “fully uphold” Ukraine’s sovereignty. Volodymyr Zelensky says the most contentious issue is ceding of Ukrainian territory not yet controlled by Russia.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The US and Ukraine have said that peace talks in Geneva were “highly productive”, resulting in an “updated and refined” peace framework which would “fully uphold” Ukraine’s sovereignty. Volodymyr Zelensky says the most contentious issue is ceding of Ukrainian territory not yet controlled by Russia.
David Cameron has disclosed he was treated for prostate cancer and has called for a targeted screening programme.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
David Cameron has disclosed he was treated for prostate cancer and has called for a targeted screening programme.
The BBC is planning to overhaul the way it investigates editorial concerns, in a move that will dilute the influence of a Conservative figure accused of trying to sway its political impartiality.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The BBC is planning to overhaul the way it investigates editorial concerns, in a move that will dilute the influence of a Conservative figure accused of trying to sway its political impartiality.
Rachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud, alongside scrapping the two-child welfare limit and freezing rail fares, while putting forward a multibillion-pound tax-raising package.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Rachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud, alongside scrapping the two-child welfare limit and freezing rail fares, while putting forward a multibillion-pound tax-raising package.
European countries proposed a radical alternative Ukraine peace plan on Sunday that omits some of the pro-Russia points made in the original US-backed document and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
European countries proposed a radical alternative Ukraine peace plan on Sunday that omits some of the pro-Russia points made in the original US-backed document and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected.
BBC News - Navy intercepts two Russian ships in English Channel
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Royal Navy intercepts two Russian ships in English Channel
HMS Severn headed off the warship and a tanker as they sailed west through the Dover Strait, the Ministry of Defence said.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BBC News - Navy intercepts two Russian ships in English Channel
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BBC News - In Ukraine's 'kill-zone', robots are a lifeline to troops trapped on perilous eastern front
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How robots are a lifeline to troops on Ukraine's eastern front
Land drones are increasingly the only means of transporting supplies to the embattled city of Pokrovsk.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
BBC News - In Ukraine's 'kill-zone', robots are a lifeline to troops trapped on perilous eastern front
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Not gonna happen...🤬
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Not gonna happen...🤬
Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Kyiv to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Kyiv to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 33 people and injured many more, according to medical officials, in one of the most serious escalations of violence since the US-backed ceasefire came into effect last month.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 33 people and injured many more, according to medical officials, in one of the most serious escalations of violence since the US-backed ceasefire came into effect last month.
Cabinet ministers have detailed multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive”, with both science minister Liz Kendall and Welsh secretary, Jo Stevens, calling for answers from the leader of Reform.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Cabinet ministers have detailed multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive”, with both science minister Liz Kendall and Welsh secretary, Jo Stevens, calling for answers from the leader of Reform.
The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier could have saved more than 20,000 lives and there was a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier could have saved more than 20,000 lives and there was a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street.