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Britons have been told to do as they are instructed “not just to save lives, but to keep your freedoms too”.

A fire-damaged television mast came crashing down after it was determined the huge tower was beyond repair following a mystery blaze.

The role had been filled by army or airforce officers in the Afghan era, an admiral indicates where Britain thinks it will fight next.

The UK continues to strengthen bonds with allies with a rare example of “quad carrier operations” on China’s doorstep. 

Military and civilian satellites destroyed by enemy forces will be replaced next day, rather than months later, under the plan

London chief of police Cressida Dick is facing calls to step down after one of her officers, a firearms specialist known to his friends on the force as “The Rapist”, was jailed for using his police powers to wrongly arrest a woman before raping and murdering her.

The UK announced new military talks with Japan just hours after China protested Britain sailing a warship through the Taiwan Strait. 

The strategic failure by Joe Biden to withdraw from Afghanistan in an orderly fashion and the subsequent collapse of the expensively groomed Afghan state will give a confidence shot to “lone wolf” terrorists in the West, the director-general of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency has said.

The head of MI5 has recounted the view from inside MI5 as 9/11 unfolded, including colleagues recognising the work of Osama Bin Laden. 

Millions of British taxpayers are being clobbered with a tax rise — against the governing Conservative party’s own promises.

The UK Govt has attempted to walk back an apparent attack on the world position of Joe Biden’s America in the wake of the Afghan debacle.

Now Britain is at peace with the Taliban, attention has shifted to splinter group ISIS-K, which claimed responsibility for the Kabul bombing. 

Despite having already evacuated some 15,000 people from Afghanistan, the UK says the effort to extricate individuals has not ended.

The number of people known to have died in the Kabul bombing attack rose overnight to at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. personnel.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that Britain’s own airlift will continue unchanged despite Thursday afternoon’s bombing. 

Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said that no British military or govt employees were killed at the double bomb-blast by Kabul airport.

The UK and U.S. have warned of credible intelligence of an “imminent” attack against Kabul airport, where thousands of people continue to crowd.

British operations will end in a matter of hours, it is claimed, with UK armed forces and consular staff to withdraw over the weekend.

The British Defence Secretary said the chances of the deadline for Western withdrawal on August 31st is “unlikely” to be pushed back.

Belarus accused of forcing migrants over the EU border at gunpoint, in an attack of “hybrid warfare” against its democratic neighbours.

The British Prime Minister said he was looking for the Taliban to respect “internationally agreed standards on human rights and inclusivity”.

The UK will send more aid cash to Afghanistan, but has promised this money won’t find its way into the hands of the Taliban.

The UK has been talking to the Taliban, the UK defence secretary has said, as he defended President Biden’s handling of the withdrawal.

A gunman killed five and shot several more in a “tragic incident” in Plymouth, Devon before allegedly turning the gun on himself.

Two have been arrested after a father was stabbed to death near his home after he stepped in to protect his daughter from being harassed.

Radical climate change activists have vowed to “disrupt” the city “until our new immediate demand… is met”, starting from late August. 

Hot on the heels of Millenials rediscovering traditional glass bottles instead of plastic, the UK may next bring back electric roads. 

The loneliness epidemic which has stalked Britain for years has intensified during the government-mandated lockdown, research suggests.

The United Kingdom has the right to sail its latest aircraft carrier anywhere in the world international law permits and will do so, it said.

Communist Cuba has engaged in a massive campaign of radio jamming this week, as protesting Cuban citizens took to the airwaves — often with homemade radios — to get news in and out of the country after the regime turned off the internet.

UK lawmakers voted to confirm a foreign aid cut of £4bn, described as a temporary reduction while the country recovered from corona spending.

Boris Johnson and General Carter are among those who have voiced concerns about the legacy of 20 years of war in Afghanistan.

The UK laid out its blueprint for ending lockdown, but its own chief medical officer has said he foresees no return to normal until 2022.

The prospect that Britons may have to produce paperwork to prove their coronavirus status to enter public places has reared its head again.

Boris Johnson said that if lockdown didn’t end soon, it probably couldn’t at all, as he launched his “five-point plan for living with Covid”. 

Pollsters made a big song and dance about how they’d learnt lessons in the wake of their comprehensive failure to foresee Brexit. Yet even when the laser-focus of the country’s greatest political minds bears down on just one constituency, Westminster still finds Britain inscrutable.