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Britain's GCHQ spy chief says Russian soldiers refused to carry out orders in Ukraine

The head of Britain's GCHQ spy service said on Wednesday that new intelligence showed some Russian soldiers in Ukraine had refused to carry out orders, sabotaged their own equipment and accidentally shot down one of their own aircraft.

Reuters

UK's Truss to visit India on same day as Russia's Lavrov

British foreign minister Liz Truss will visit India on Thursday as part of a "wider diplomatic push" on the war in Ukraine, her office said, a trip which coincides with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov travelling to the country.

Reuters

Boris Johnson says Britain could 'go up a gear' to support Ukrainians facing war

Boris Johnson suggested that Britain could do more for 'civil defence', such as providing toughened vehicles for rescuers - particularly in the besieged coastal city of Mariupol

Daily Mirror

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UK tightens sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs' jets and yachts

Britain put in place new legal powers on Wednesday to prohibit maintenance on aircraft and ships belonging to specific sanctioned Russian oligarchs or their businesses.

Reuters

Tory MP complains the 'wrong' sort of immigrants are coming to Britain

Senior Conservative Sir Bill Wiggin told Boris Johnson 'We want Ukrainians, we want Qataris, we don't want people in rubber boats'

Daily Mirror

Russian oligarchs on UK sanctions list were granted ‘golden visas’

Eight unnamed individuals were awarded right to live in Britain under controversial investor visa scheme

The Guardian - UK

Britain is not seeking to remove Russia's Putin - PM Johnson

Britain is focused on helping protect Ukrainians from the war and is not aiming to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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UK ready to ‘go up a gear’ in military support for Ukraine to help relieve Mariupol, says Boris Johnson

‘Total rethink’ of European security needed to offer protection from Russian aggression ‘like quills on porcupine’ for former Soviet states

The Independent UK

UK visa rules are ‘to ensure Ukrainians don’t come to Britain’, say refugees

Ukrainians who fled to Poland feel deterred by UK’s complex rules, which are in contrast to EU states’ open borders and free transport

The Guardian - UK

Every CEO’s worst nightmare? It’s the same as everyone else

What’s keeping Britain’s chief execs up at night? It’s the same nightmare troubling you and me -- energy bills.

Evening Standard

UK lawmaker comes out as first transgender member of parliament

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said on Wednesday he planned to change his gender identity to become Britain's first openly transgender member of parliament, a decision he said followed a series of harrowing episodes in his personal life.

Reuters

London pubs are back to normal, says Shepherd Neame boss

Britain’s oldest brewer says London pubs are back to normal but has warned that profit margins are being squeezed by surging energy prices.

Evening Standard

Soaring UK prices force families to cut back on heating and essentials, ONS says

34% of those feeling the pinch report using less gas and electricity and 31% are spending less on food

The Guardian - UK

Britain to withdraw judges from Hong Kong top court

Britain says it's withdrawing its judges from Hong Kong’s top court because keeping them there would “legitimize oppression” in the former British colony

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‘Clunking fist terror law puts children at risk’

Too many children are having their lives ruined by the “clunking fist” of Britain’s terrorism laws, the government’s terror watchdog has warned.

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: ‘Bridgerton’s’ racial utopia on Netflix vs. the reality of Britain’s imperialism

“Bridgerton” was a smash for Netflix when it premiered last year, and Season 2 of the historical romance, based on author Julia Quinn’s book series, has once again swept viewers up in its semi-winking Regency-era evocation of heaving breasts and smoldering stares, set against a backdrop of ballrooms and country…

Reuters

UK judges resign from Hong Kong court over China's crackdown on dissent

Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday because of a sweeping national security law imposed by China cracking down on dissent in the former British colony.

The Independent UK

Live updates: UK says Russia's shift proves it has problems

Britain’s Ministry of Defense says Russia’s stated focus on the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine “is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to sustain more than one significant axis of advance.”

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Britain says Russian units forced to return to Belarus, Russia to resupply

British military intelligence said on Wednesday that Russian units suffering heavy losses in Ukraine had been forced to return home and to neighbouring Belarus in an effort to re-organise and resupply.

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s butterflies bolstered by conservation efforts

Heath fritillary among species helped by habitat restoration – but concerns over future remain

The Guardian - UK

Labour calls for increase in defence spending in response to Ukraine war

Russia’s invasion demonstrates significant new threats lay much closer to home, says shadow defence secretary

The Guardian - UK

11 years, 10 arrests, at least 62 women: how did Britain’s worst cyberstalker evade justice for so long?

Matthew Hardy so frightened some of his victims that they slept with weapons. Although he was known to the police – and even prosecuted – it was more than a decade before he was jailed

Reuters

Britain pledges funds to U.N. aid work in Afghanistan ahead of donor meeting

Britain on Wednesday pledged an additional 286 million pounds ($374 million) for life-saving food and other aid in Afghanistan, a day ahead of an international conference seeking $4.4 billion, even as concerns mount over Taliban rule.

The Independent UK

National Trust acquires Dorset ‘speed-dating’ bat caves which attract thousands of animals each year

Thousands of Britain’s native bats flock to 350-acre farmland on Jurassic Coast every autumn to mate

Zenger

Britain’s Oldest Pub Is Saved By Former Staff After Shock Closure

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks snubbed PETA's calls for an animal-friendly name change.

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