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Suella Braverman resigns six weeks after being appointed as Britain’s home secretary

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Image by UK Parliament Suella Braverman, who was appointed as Britain’s home secretary last month has resigned from her position, after being caught breaching ministerial security code. The resignation, which has made Braverman the shortest-serving home secretary in Britain’s modern history after the Duke of Wellington who lasted for a month in 1834, was a […]

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Asda reveals plans to launch the first ‘Asda Express’ convenience stores

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Image by Asda Asda on Tuesday, 18 October, announced plans to open its first two standalone convenience stores before Christmas, under a new ‘Asda Express’ brand, bringing Asda value and great products to more local communities across the UK. The Asda Express stores will open at Sutton Coldfield on 8th November and Tottenham Hale, London,

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British Indian businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria disagrees with former home secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial comments

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Image by iGlobal News British Indian businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria has countered former home secretary Suella Braverman’s statements she made earlier this month about Indian migrants. In an interview with The Spectator, Braverman branded Indians to be the “largest group of people who overstay” their visas in the UK. However, in conversation with Economic Times

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Judiciary in England and Wales revealed to be ‘institutionally racist’ in a damning report

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Image by University of Cambridge The judiciary in England and Wales has been deemed as ‘institutionally racist’ according to more than half of legal professionals who took part in a survey. According to The Guardian, the report which was published on Tuesday, 18 October, by the University of Manchester in collaboration with barrister Keir Monteith

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Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel

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Image by Kate Green/Getty Images Shehan Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan author, has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida. Praised by the judges as for the “scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity”, the honour has made the 47-year-old author only the second Sri

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Innovative laser technology helps reduce Tata Steel UK’s carbon footprint while ensuring better product quality

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Image by TATA Steel Europe The two slab re-heating furnaces at Tata Steel’s Hot Rolling Mill in Port Talbot, Wales, are the first digitally fired furnaces in the world to use an innovative laser technology, which will improve product quality and consistency while further cutting the site’s energy use and carbon footprint, the steelmaking behemoth

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Former boxing world champion Amir Khan surprises children at boxing gym

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Former boxer Amir Khan gave a pleasant surprise to his young fans after he turned up at the gym to meet them in Bolton recently. Khan, who was a boxing world champion, went to the Amir Khan Academy which surprised many training youngsters. He interacted with them, signed autographs, took pictures and imparted some of

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Rishi Sunak welcomes completion of flood defence scheme in Stokesley

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Image by rishisunak.com Former chancellor of Britain, Rishi Sunak has welcomed the completion of a £3.7m flood defence scheme in Stokesley. He has been witness to how the completed scheme has improved the protection for more than 500 homes and businesses in the town. After speaking to Environment Agency staff who commissioned managed the works, Sunak

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England Men name Test squad for tour of Pakistan

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England Men\’s Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Image by ECB) England Men\’s selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan starting in December. England Men\’s Test squad includes the following players: Ben Stokes (Durham) captain James Anderson (Lancashire) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) Zak Crawley (Kent) Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire) Ben Foakes (Surrey)

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Britain’s first Asian female Assistant Head of Coaching: an exclusive interview with Manisha Tailor MBE

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Image by Manisha Tailor As an Assistant Head of Coaching at Queen’s Park Rangers FC, Manisha Tailor has made history by becoming the first woman and the first person of South Asian heritage to hold the position. Her journey to following her lifelong passion for football is nothing short of inspirational. Forging a path in

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