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The Lionesses have brought football home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

On Tuesday a huge victory parade and homecoming celebration will take place on The Mall from 12.10pm.

Take part and show your support for our champions:
European Champions Homecoming: Public Guidance
All of the details for people attending Tuesday's event in London to celebrate the Lionesses' EURO 2025 victory
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July 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Dr. Nour Sharaf, American physician from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City:

🔹 The situation in Gaza is horrific. I’ve never witnessed this level of hunger before.

🔹 We’re forced to treat patients on the floor of the emergency department due to extreme overcrowding.
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts

As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on…
Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava
Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on the scale and pace of the eruptions. But those same scientists, along with their volcano-monitoring equipment, may soon be evicted from their office because of Elon Musk’s federal government cost-cutting, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported. Continue reading...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Passengers advised not to travel to the airport, which would be closed until midnight on Friday due to a substation fire

London’s Heathrow airport has been closed until midnight on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport caused a “significant power outage” and left…
Hayes fire: Heathrow airport closed after blaze at electrical substation in west London
Passengers advised not to travel to the airport, which would be closed until midnight on Friday due to a substation fire London’s Heathrow airport has been closed until midnight on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport caused a “significant power outage” and left thousands of homes without power. In a statement on its website and shared on social media, Heathrow airport said all passengers were advised not to travel to the airport. Continue reading...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Sarah Wynn-Williams’s account of her seven years as a Facebook executive is number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has flown off the shelves in the UK

An exposé by a former employee of Meta has become a bestseller despite the social media company banning the author from promoting the…
Meta exposé tops bestseller chart despite company’s attempt to ban its promotion
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s account of her seven years as a Facebook executive is number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has flown off the shelves in the UK An exposé by a former employee of Meta has become a bestseller despite the social media company banning the author from promoting the book. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director of global public policy at Meta’s precursor, Facebook, topped the New York Times bestseller chart and will be fourth on the Sunday Times nonfiction hardback chart this weekend. Continue reading...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall
Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall
The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian states
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March 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Laguna Beach is an art colony. We support the arts. Chip Bok is the brilliant award-winning political cartoonist that created this artwork.
February 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war
Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war
While UK may not be in direct line of fire, knock-on effects on global trade has British businesses worried “We’re vulnerable at the moment,” says Fiona Conor, the managing director of Trust Electric Heating, a Leeds-based radiator manufacturer, who has…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now that Florida Oranges aren't being bought.
Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.

I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich
Trump is the most lawless president in American history | Robert Reich
If Trump simply ignores the high court, is that the end of law? He is the most lawless president in American history. As Donald Trump’s law-breaking continues, America’s last defense is the federal courts. It appears that OMB sought to overcome a…
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February 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer, Elon Musk and Donald Trump – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer, Elon Musk and Donald Trump – cartoon
Continue reading...
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January 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM