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35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is famous for his forthright statements to other world leaders. In March 1989, Mahathir wrote a letter to then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that was blunt even by his standards. Unlike a lot of his angry letters, this one wasn’t published.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on Ireland’s general election: as always, this contest matters for Britain too

Editorial: Simon Harris has called a vote for 29 November because he is leading in the polls. But the current economic boom masks serious inequalities

The Guardian - UK

Northern lights: how the aurora borealis captivated 18th-century minds

Since May this year, the aurora borealis, or northern lights, have at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, sparking amazement and fascination. Social media has been alive with images of the skies glowing with green, pink and red light.

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UK Government Announces Ban On New Coal Mines

The UK announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader.

International Business Times

Britain sees biggest migration spike of any advanced economy despite Brexit

Brexiteers repeatedly claimed leaving the European Union would see net migration to the UK come down

The Independent UK

Scottish hotels named among the best in Britain at prestigious awards

Hotels in Scotland have been named among the best in Britain at The Good Hotel Guide's 2025 César awards.

The National (Scotland)

London Mayor Says Trump Attacks Due To His Ethnicity And Religion

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of repeatedly criticising him because of his "ethnicity" and Muslim faith, in comments likely to renew his long-running feud with the US president-elect.

International Business Times

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Britain granted visas to more foreign students than America and saw 172% increase in new refugees last year

Britain handed out 457,673 sponsored study visas in 2023, compared to some 442,000 given to pupils from abroad by US authorities

Evening Standard

Job losses and price hikes inevitable, warn UK’s biggest firms in stark message to Rachel Reeves over Budget

The bosses of some of the UK’s biggest firms have accused the government of failing to engage with them ahead of the Budget, while a survey of business chiefs finds two thirds believe it will make Britain a less attractive country to investors

The Independent UK

King Charles Turns 76 After Year Of Little Celebration

Britain's head of state King Charles III turns 76 on Thursday, still in the grip of cancer treatment but with his passion for work undimmed by what his son and heir Prince William called a "brutal" year.

International Business Times

Let's all move to Croydon! It tops the most affordable areas of London

New research shows London remains the least affordable place to live in Britain... but Croydon is our best bet

Evening Standard

Britain’s most affordable towns have been revealed

Zoopla said Croydon is the most affordable location in London

The Independent UK

Britain’s most affordable towns revealed

The average property in Britain is valued at 3.8 times the average annual household income, assuming two people working full-time, Zoopla said.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Lords shake-up: meaningful change goes beyond scrapping birthright

Editorial: MPs are right to abolish hereditary seats in the upper house. However, Britain needs a representative second chamber fit for modern democracy

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Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare

Sometime this autumn, the UK government is expected to publish its plan to “get Britain working again”.

International Business Times

US Death Row Inmate Stages Jazz Protest For Release In London Court

Some of Britain's most notorious cases have been tried at London's Old Bailey, including those attracting the death penalty until the punishment was abolished in the 1960s.

The Independent UK

‘Charity tax’ on lotteries will deny good causes £1 million a year, Reeves told

Britain’s 500 lottery fundraisers have new gambling levy could exacerbate problems caused by the national insurance hike

The Conversation

Thirty years on from its first paying passengers, Eurostar now has a fresh chance to hit its potential

Three decades ago, the first Eurostar train carrying paying passengers set off from London’s Waterloo station for Paris. While many of the headlines on November 14 1994 focused on the historic journey, others speculated about what the tunnel would mean for business and trade. Eurostar was “set to steal the…

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The Guardian - UK

Going for Gold review – drama knocked out of Windrush generation boxer’s tragedy

The real-life story of Frankie Lucas, a fighter spurned by Britain’s boxing establishment, is wrenchingly sad but loses power in this telling

The Independent UK

Archaeologists make ‘remarkable’ discovery of 2,000 year old Roman road in London

A well-preserved section of the 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street, was unearthed under Old Kent Road in Southwark

Motorsport

What could have been: Ray Mallock's lost F1 chance

Been there, done that. Ray Mallock had won the Formula Atlantic championship in Britain in 1979 when the category was reintroduced to the country after a two-year hiatus. He’d then competed in the Aurora British Formula 1 Championship in 1980 at the wheel of Surtees – before a huge shunt…

The Independent UK

Government orders review into train fare prosecutions after innocent people targeted

Around £240 million is lost through fare evasion on Britain’s railways each year

The Guardian - UK

The difference between Starmer and Badenoch that really matters? Their approach to Trump

The new Tory leader has rushed in to praise Trump and call for a US-UK trade deal that would devastate British farmers, says Starmer’s biographer, Tom Baldwin

The Independent UK

Emma Raducanu’s long-awaited injury return confirmed for this week

Raducanu is set to team up with Katie Boulter when Great Britain face Germany in the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Friday

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed

To navigate the dangerous new era, Keir Starmer must end the culture of denial around the biggest strategic mistake of modern times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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