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Operation London Bridge explained: Carefully crafted plans that lead up to Her Majesty The Queen’s funeral

Image by wallpaperaccess.com After Her Majesty The Queen’s death on 8 September at the age of 96, a carefully crafted farewell plan – Operation London Bridge – is now underway. Operation London bridge is the codename for a meticulously detailed set of plans that are to take place after the Queen’s death. These include preparations for […]

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UK\’s longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Image by wallpaperaccess.com Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died at the age of 96 after concerns for her health were reported earlier. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return

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UK marks 75 years of relations with Pakistan by offering 75 scholarships

Image by Pakistan Cargo4U To mark 75 years of UK-Pakistan relations, the British High Commission in collaboration with the British Council hosted a reception in Lahore on 1 September, 2022 to announce 75 scholarships for Pakistani students to come to the UK for education. On the same day that the UK announced an uplift in

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India pushes UK to the sixth spot, becomes the fifth largest economy in the world

Image courtesy: Pinterest According to a report by Bloomberg released last week, India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of GDP figures released by the International Monetary Fund. The calculation is based on US dollars, with India pushing the UK to the sixth spot in

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New research finds two out of five BME workers face discrimination

Image courtesy: Wikipedia According to a new report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), it has been found that two out of five BME or ethnic minority workers have faced racism at work in the last five years. As a result of this the TUC has urged the government to amend the law in

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West Dunbartonshire Council unanimously agrees to back the release of Jagtar Singh Johal

Image courtesy: sikh24.com The government has been urged to do something about the release of Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been unlawlfully held captive in India as a prisoner since 2017. However, despite multiple appelas, the government has said that it cannot comment on a pending legal case. Recently, media reports have stated that

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Young man from England seen in Scotland after being reported as missing

Image by Police Scotland/ Glasgow Live A man who has been reported missing, is said to have travelled from Glasgow to Aberdeen last week, reports have stated. 24-year-old Umar Kahn who hails from England allegedly travelled in a Flixbus service on 23 August which arrived at its destination at 2.50pm. The police have been actively

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Anas Sarwar hits out at the government for its inaction over energy price cap rise

Image by Gary Doak/Financial Times The UK has a “zombie government” which is “nowhere to be seen” as people across the country struggle more and more with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said. He added that he had “struggled to contain his anger” in the face of inaction from Westminster. Ministers

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Indian National Students Association, UK launch a fundraiser for three Indian students who died in a horrific crash

Image by Police Scotland Three Indian students, including two Leicester University students and a graduate from the institute, died in a horrific car-lorry collision while on a holiday in the Appin area of Argyll in the Scottish West Highlands, according to reports. This led the Indian National Students Association, UK to launch a fundraiser for

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Scottish man tortured in India after UK intelligence agencies facilitated his arrest

Jagtar Singh Johal was arrested in Punjab, India 5 years ago Britain’s intelligence agencies are accused of tipping off Indian authorities about a British Sikh man now being held in an Indian prison on terrorism charges and conspiracy to murder. Jagtar Singh Johal, a 35-year-old British national from Dumbarton in Scotland, was arrested while in Punjab

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