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What does high immigration mean for the government's popularity? What data on voting habits tells us

The news from the Office of National Statistics that net migration reached a record high of 606,000 in 2022 is likely to have embarrassed the government, particularly the home secretary, Suella Braverman. For years, successive prime ministers have promised reductions in net migration, but without much success in delivering them.

The Conversation

Revealed: Damning note from Britain’s top civil servant that ‘doomed’ Liz Truss

The former prime minister lasted just 49 days in the job and was forced to resign in the wake of her disastrous mini-Budget

The Independent UK

“We have big cats in the West Country - and have to learn to live with them”

“I’ve never really paid any attention to big cats in Britain as I thought people were confused or just lying”

Bristol Post

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Most and least expensive cities for first-time buyers revealed

Rightmove analysed 60 major urban locations across Britain to make the findings.

The Independent UK

Travis George makes it to Britain's Got Talent final after nail-biting judges vote

The public got to have its say on both the contestants making their way to Saturday's final

Wales Online

Ancient DNA Reveals the Oldest Evidence Yet of Plague in Britain

Researchers found the earliest historical proof of Plague in Britain, dating back to about 4000 years ago.

Inverse

Mike McFarlane: Commonwealth gold medallist in critical condition as family give update

Mike McFarlane, who helped Great Britain win the silver medal in the 4x100 metre relay at the 1988 Olympics, won 200m gold in the 1982 Commonwealth Games and had a hugely successful coaching career, is in a critical condition in hospital

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What would Britain look like today if we’d chosen to follow the roads not taken?

An exhibition in Berlin explores 14 alternative histories for Germany. What a shame that we don’t do the same, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Heritage group insist 'kiss of life' can be provided to iconic Station Hotel after fire

SAVE Britain's Heritage are seeking access to the site to see if a rescue plan can be implemented, bringing the hotel back to life.

Daily Record

UK hails first post-Brexit trade deals with Australia, New Zealand, but impact likely small

The British government has hailed an era of cheaper Australian wine and New Zealand kiwi fruit as free-trade agreements with the two southern hemisphere nations took effect

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Met is right to call the Government’s bluff on mental health funding

Police in Britain have a wide remit — they are relationship counsellors, playground attendants, debt advisers, dispute invigilators and speaking clocks, called to resolve anything from a flooded street to a neighbour playing music late at night.

Evening Standard

Woman turned bedsit into 'Britain's filthiest home' because she has a phobia of BIN BAGS

Professional grimebuster Joe Cole posted a video on TikTok of himself cleaning a filthy home in Portsmouth, Hampshire - as it took him three days to clear the four-foot-deep smelly rubbish

Daily Mirror

Britain’s future is ‘outside the EU’, says Starmer

Writing in the Daily Express newspaper, Sir Keir also said he would not be seeking a return to freedom of movement.

The Independent UK

Key Putin ally says assassinating Brits is 'legitimate' in 'undeclared war'

Dmitry Medvedev - now deputy chairman of Vladimir Putin's security council - branded Britain an "eternal enemy" of the Russian state and said officials are a "legitimate military target"

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The Guardian - UK

Ron v Don / Britain’s numbers game: Inside the 2 June Guardian Weekly

Why the UK is an immigration nation. Plus: Can Trump be toppled?

The Guardian - UK

UK’s post-Brexit trade deals with Australia and New Zealand kick in

Move called ‘historic’ but agreement with Australia forecast to raise Britain’s GDP by only 0.08% by 2035

The Independent UK

‘Britain’s future is outside the EU’, Sir Keir pledges

The Labour leader promised he would ‘make Brexit work’ if elected

The Guardian - UK

Running out of battery: how post-Brexit Britain is failing to set up a future-focused economy

One-off deals won’t keep pace with the big industrial strategies of the US and EU, says Mariana Mazzucato, a professor in the economics of innovation

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The Independent UK

Researchers find 4,000-year-old plague DNA – the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain

Francis Crick Institute scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague in human remains at two burial sites

Reuters

UN rights chief tells Britain of concerns over migration bill

The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday he has formally conveyed his concerns over a new British migration law to the government, saying he was worried it would bar people from seeking asylum.

The Guardian - UK

A fight over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps? The dither and delay of Britain’s Covid inquiry is a disgrace

Sweden’s pandemic postmortem is done, yet ours seems headed for the courts before it has even begun, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Oldest evidence of plague in Britain found in 4,000-year-old human remains

Traces of Yersinia pestis bacteria were found in teeth of people buried at bronze age sites in Cumbria and Somerset

The Independent UK

Researchers find 4,000-year-old plague DNA – the oldest cases to date in Britain

Francis Crick Institute scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague in human remains at two burial sites.

Daily Mirror

China's armed forces and spies pose 'increasing threat' to Britain, warns top spook

The Chief of Defence Intelligence issued a warning about the 'challenges' emerging from Beijing - and how smaller nations could take advantage of cheaper technologies to arm themselves

Reuters

Ukrainian minister urges Britain, Germany to send Eurofighter jets

Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov wants Germany and Britain to send his country Eurofighter Typhoon jets to combat Russian air attacks, he said in an interview published on Tuesday by the Funke media group.

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