The National Gallery is regarded as one of the greatest art galleries in the world. From its very beginnings, the National Gallery was founded by an act of Parliament in April 1824. With just 38 pictures acquired from the financier John Julius Angerstein for the princely sum of £57,000 equal to more than £5,200,000 in...
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP – meaning tens of billions of pounds of extra funding
The UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030 and put its arms industry on a “war-footing”, the prime minister has said. The rise is less ambitious than some insiders say is needed – but it will mean tens of billions of additional pounds for the armed forces over the next...
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At least 5 people have died while crossing English Channel, hours after U.K. approved deportation bill
PARIS – Five more people died in the English Channel on Tuesday, underscoring the risks of crossing one of the world’s busiest sea lanes in overloaded inflatable boats just hours after British lawmakers approved a controversial migrant bill to stop the traffic. The migrants, including a 7-year-old girl, died when their boat got...
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It’s official: Four of the world’s best B&Bs are right here in the UK
TripAdvisor has officially announced the winners of its 2024 Travellers’ Choice Hotels Awards. The awards celebrate the highest rated hotels, B&Bs and inns across the globe, based on TripAdvisor review data from the past 12 months. And this year the UK scrubbed up pretty nicely. Not one, not two but four British B&Bs made it onto...
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UK announces $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine and plan to up own defense spending – World News
Photo: The Canadian Press Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, center, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, visit the Armourd Brigade barracks in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Tuesday that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5%...
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5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill – World News
Photo: The Associated Press Migrants were rescued on Tuesday while crossing the English Channel and brought to Dover, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government...
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UK Parliament passes bill to send migrants to Rwanda
By Danica Kirka | Associated Press LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after...
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Rishi Sunak promises UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine
Rishi Sunak has promised the UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine as he warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop at the Polish border” if Russia won the war. The prime minister will visit Poland on Tuesday to discuss European security and the threat from Russia with the Polish leader, Donald Tusk, and...
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CORRECTED-Grindr facing UK lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches
LONDON, – Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday. CORRECTED-Grindr facing UK lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches Austen Hays, which said the lawsuit...
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Wet wipes containing plastic to be banned from sale in United Kingdom
London: Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned from being sold in the UK following legislation to be tabled in Parliament soon, the British government announced on Monday, as the world marked as Earth Day. UK Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will table the legislation for...
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Tell us if you think Britain should increase its NATO defence spending this year
Defence spending in Central and Western Europe is now at its highest level since the last year of the Cold War, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report revealed that total European military spending reached €552 billion (£476 billion) in 2023, representing a 16 percent increase from...
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Terrorgram added to list of proscribed terrorist organisations
The UK is to become the first country in the world to proscribe the Terrorgram collective after a draft proscription order has been laid against the group in Parliament today (22 April), the Home Secretary has confirmed. The Terrorgram collective is an online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage...