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House blown apart near UK holiday park after massive 'gas explosion' as horror images emerge
Daily Star
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August 11, 2025
Liam Doyle, Shannon Brown and Adam Cailler Senior reporter and Reddit team lead 18:52, 11 Aug 2025Updated 22:36, 11 Aug 2025 Dramatic photos have emerged showing the devastating aftermath of a suspected gas explosion near a popular holiday park,...
Love Is Blind UK star leaves viewers ‘feeling physically sick’ as he details his VERY unique job
The Scottish Sun
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August 13, 2025
LOVE Is Blind UK is back - and one star has caught the attention of fans thanks to his unique life path. As the Netflix pods opened for 30 new singletons to try their luck at finding someone to marry, one star's unique job got people talking. 4...
UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
The Guardian
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August 11, 2025
The UK government is being sued in a secretive “corporate court” after a proposal for a new coalmine in Cumbria was quashed by the high court. If successful, UK taxpayers would have to fund a substantial compensation payment to the mine’s...
British Gas tells customers to avoid eating in house this week
Daily Express
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August 11, 2025
Energy firm British Gas is urging customers avoid eating in the kitchen as the UK is hit by a blistering heatwave. With the UK enjoying sizzling temperatures of up to 33C in parts of England and the rest of the UK this week, most of us are looking...
Elon Musk's Tesla entering UK energy market could 'lower bills' for households
Daily Express
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August 13, 2025
Elon Musk’s Tesla is planning to enter the British energy market in the coming months, and it could spell good news for households. The company has sought approval for an energy licence from regulator Ofgem to compete with energy supply giants,...
Rangers transfer latest as Martin NEEDS a new striker, Gers close in on signing and Scotland star discussed as target
The Scottish Sun
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August 13, 2025
RANGERS are set to make it ELEVEN summer signings - with the arrival of their latest target from Spain. Nobel Mendy is expected to be confirmed as Russell Martin's latest recruit, but SunSport's David Friel has doubts over whether fans will get to...
GMB urges government to showcase UK pottery in embassies worldwide to support ceramics industry
Business Matters
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August 13, 2025
In a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said the move would send “a clear message that we put UK manufacturing at the heart of everything we do as a country” and help promote one of Britain’s best-known...
Coalition to push for ministers answers over Scots energy projects pause call
The Herald (Scotland)
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August 13, 2025
It comes after both Scottish energy secretary Gillian Martin and UK energy minister and Rutherglen MP Michael Shanks declined an invitation to attend a summit in Inverness on Tuesday attended by around 300 people. Ms Martin's office told the...
UK households urged to shut doors from 10am to 3pm from Tuesday
Daily Express
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August 11, 2025
Households across the UK are being urged to shut doors from 10am to 3pm this week as a weather warning has been issued. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has put amber and yellow heat health alerts in place across England from 9am on August 12...
Scots benefitting from 'economic strength' of UK as public spending remains higher north of the Border
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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August 13, 2025
Scotland continues to enjoy higher spending on public services than other parts of the UK, an annual assesment of the nation's finances has found. The Government Expenditure and Revenue (GERS) figures for 2024-25 show Scots benefit by £2,669 more...
UK winter wheat harvest: lower yields but higher protein
All About Feed
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August 11, 2025
Winter wheat yields from the UK harvest combined so far are showing disappointing yields but good protein levels. The winter wheat harvest toward the end of July was around 11% complete – ahead of the last 2 years but at a similar level to 2022....
Bangladesh officials testify against UK lawmaker at anticorruption trial
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 13, 2025
Bangladeshi anticorruption officials have testified in court against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq, accused of using her familial ties to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land plots in the South Asian country....
Wincolmlee gas works 'expected to last until late September'
Hull Live
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August 13, 2025
Essential gas works on Wincolmlee in Hull are expected to last until late September. The road has been shut between the Air Street and Bankside Park junctions. Northern Gas Networks (NGN), the gas distributor for the North of England, said it is...
Beef and Guinness pie, a British pub classic
Daily Maverick
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August 13, 2025
This recipe came out of one of those circumstantial situations where I’d made something that required a couple of tablespoons of Guinness and then thought, what do I do with the rest of it? Not given to drinking at breakfast, I hate waste so it...
France, Germany, UK Warn Iran Over Nuclear Talks Delay
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) France, Germany, and the UK warned Iran to resume nuclear talks by August's end or face a UN sanctions snapback, citing deliberate breaches of the 2015 deal. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have warned that United...
Britain, France and Germany threaten to reimpose sanctions on Iran as nuclear program deadline nears
Yahoo News
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BERLIN (AP) — The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany threatened to reimpose sanctions on Iran as an end-of-the-month deadline nears for the country to resume negotiations with the West over its nuclear program and cooperation with the...
John Swinney's independence dream dead as latest Gers figures show a £26.5 billion black hole in Scotland's coffers
Scottish Daily Express
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August 13, 2025
Scotland's deficit has now increased by almost £10billion in just two years, putting the final nail in the coffin in John Swinney's Scottish independence dreams. New figures showed that the net fiscal deficit increased to a huge £26.5 billion, or...
Death by 1000 cuts: Reform UK councils and net zero
Environment Journal
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August 13, 2025
Britain’s challenger party has announced £100m in savings across its authorities in just 100 days. But do the numbers add up? Schemes which have been chopped include an electric vehicle upgrade project and heat pump installation in Durham, where...
France, UK and Germany ready to reimpose sanctions on Iran
The National News
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France, Germany and Britain have told the UN they are ready to reinstate sanctions on Iran if it does not return to negotiations with the international community over its nuclear programme. The foreign ministers of the so-called E3 group wrote to...
UK’s largest concentration of wrecked warships given new legal protections
The Independent
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August 11, 2025
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