1 of 2 | Cervinia wins Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Oaks. Photo by and courtesy of Masakazu Takahashi May 20 (UPI) — Derby preparations were on final approach during the weekend in England and some of the big names among older horses got a shock result, while Japan celebrated an Oaks winner and braced for...
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The victims of Jack the Ripper deserve better than London’s lurid tours
Because his identity is unknown, each successive generation has made of him whatever monster they will: a Jack of all trades. For contemporaries, he was a physical embodiment of the sordidness, deprivation and poverty of the Victorian East End. By the 1960s, he seems to have become more aristocratic, a psychopath in a top hat...
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Find out why the High Commissioner for India owes 8 mn pounds to the UK
3 min read Last Updated : May 20 2024 | 6:04 PM IST Overseas embassies based in London owe a staggering GBP (British pounds) 143,527,113 in outstanding congestion charge payments. Nearly 6 per cent of this is owed by the Office of the High Commissioner for India, at GBP 8,551,835. The total congestion...
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The best cities for book lovers in the British Isles
Home to the UK’s National Centre of Writing, Norwich is renowned as a city of firsts. Revelations of Divine Love, written by Julian of Norwich in 1395, was the first book written by a woman in English. The first poem in blank verse was written here by Henry Howard in the 16th century. The first...
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Not Prince William, Cillian Murphy or Tom Holland, Jeremy Clarkson is UK’s sexiest man
Surprise?! Jeremy Clarkson, 64, was crowned the sexiest man in the UK and Ireland for the second time in a row. The English television presenter, journalist, and writer, beat the likes of actors Cillian Murphy, Idris Elba and Tom Holland, as well as Prince William, to secure the top spot on UK and Ireland’s ‘Sexiest...
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Mortgage News: HSBC Trims Fixed Rates
Find out what’s happening with mortgage rates today and calculate monthly repayments across a range of different rates and deals. 20 May: Tumbling Inflation Seen As Key To Bank Rate Cut HSBC has cut the cost of a range of its fixed-rate mortgage deals for residential and buy-to-let borrowers by up to 0.18 percentage points,...
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UK AI Safety Institute To Open Office In US | Silicon UK Tech News
Seeking collaboration on AI regulation, UK’s AI Safety Institute to cross Atlantic and will open office in San Francisco The United Kingdom continues to push for collaboration with international partners to regulate the fast moving field of artificial intelligence (AI). The British government announced that it will “expand across the Atlantic to broaden technical expertise...
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U.K. PM Rishi Sunak faces revolt over plans to scrap Graduate Route visa: Report
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering restrictions to the U.K.’s post-study visa which allows graduates to stay on and work for up to two years after their degree course as part of efforts to curb soaring legal migration figures despite strong opposition from some of his...
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves schedule: Updated scores, results and bracket for 2024 NBA Playoff series | Sporting News Canada
It’s only the second round of the NBA Playoffs, but the bracket has provided a fascinating series worthy of the big stage. The game’s best player, Nikola Jokic, leads the second-seeded Nuggets against the breakout star of this year’s playoffs, Anthony Edwards, and the third-seeded Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals. The series is a...
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves schedule: Updated scores, results and bracket for 2024 NBA Playoff series | Sporting News India
It’s only the second round of the NBA Playoffs, but the bracket has provided a fascinating series worthy of the big stage. The game’s best player, Nikola Jokic, leads the second-seeded Nuggets against the breakout star of this year’s playoffs, Anthony Edwards, and the third-seeded Timberwolves in the Western Conference semifinals. The series is a...
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Knicks vs. Pacers schedule: Updated scores, results and bracket for 2024 NBA Playoff series | Sporting News Canada
The Eastern Conference semifinal battle between the Knicks and Pacers will feature two of the best young point guards in the NBA. New York’s Jalen Brunson is coming off a first-round series in which he averaged 35.5 points, 9.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game, pushing the Knicks past a feisty 76ers squad. In Game...
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Knicks vs. Pacers schedule: Updated scores, results and bracket for 2024 NBA Playoff series | Sporting News
The Eastern Conference semifinal battle between the Knicks and Pacers will feature two of the best young point guards in the NBA. New York’s Jalen Brunson is coming off a first-round series in which he averaged 35.5 points, 9.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game, pushing the Knicks past a feisty 76ers squad. In Game...