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‘Don’t write us off’: GB warn rivals not to underestimate Olympic skeleton squad

Britain’s skeleton bobsleigh squad have deliberately not gone “all guns blazing” in preparation for the Winter Olympics in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

U.S., UK launch talks to resolve steel, aluminum dispute; U.S. producers wary

The United States and Britain on Wednesday agreed to start talks aimed at resolving their trade dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, the countries said in a joint statement.

Reuters

Plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, hybodonts: looking back at three prehistoric predators of the Jurassic seas

The fossilised remains of a gigantic ichthyosaur, colloquially known as a “sea dragon”, were recently uncovered at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve in the UK. Measuring at least ten metres in length and with a skull weighing roughly one tonne, it’s the largest, most complete ichthyosaur of its kind found…

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Britain's Got Talent 2022: Start date, judging panel and how to get audience tickets

After its 2021 edition was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Britain’s Got Talent will finally be returning to our screen. Here’s what you need to know about ITV's BGT

Daily Mirror

Extraordinary story of 'Britain's Anne Frank' hidden behind trap doors from Nazis in UK

Phyliss Emily Le Breton and her husband John kept 'Tom' hidden away behind trap doors after he managed to flee his German captors during the Nazi regime

Daily Mirror

‘The Taliban are seeking revenge’: ex-cultural worker on a UK project

Omar is in hiding – concerned about his five daughters, he has applied to move to Britain

The Guardian - UK

Dance Duo Twist & Pulse announce new McVitie’s and Britain’s Got Talent partnership

Twist and Pulse, aka Ashley Glazebrook and Glen Murphy, handed out McVitie’s treats and cups of tea to warm up the crowd

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Belgian court jails trafficking gang leader for 39 truck deaths in England

The Vietnamese head of a human trafficking gang was sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Belgian court on Wednesday for the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.

Reuters

Senior UK ministers travel to Australia for defence and security talks

Britain's foreign and defence ministers, Liz Truss and Ben Wallace, will travel to Australia this week for talks on defence and security ties, the British foreign office said on Wednesday.

Reuters

‘I’m willing to take on absolutely everyone!’ Kwajo Tweneboa on fighting for Britain’s poorest tenants

After his dying father was nursed in their vermin-infested flat, the student took on the country’s biggest social landlord. Now, he champions all those living in terrible conditions

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid: end to England’s plan B measures next week ‘a milestone, not a finish line’, says Sajid Javid – as it happened

Health secretary confirms face mask mandate and working from home guidance will end in England

The Guardian - UK

Betting Omicron has peaked, PM Johnson drops COVID rules in England

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England as he looks to live with the virus after a peak in cases caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

Reuters

UK inflation jumps to 30-year high of 5.4% as cost of living crisis deepens – as it happened

Food prices, furniture, clothes and housing costs rise; unions urge government to tackle cost of living crisis as pressure builds for February rate hike

The Guardian - UK

Are hospital admissions still the best way to gauge the COVID crisis?

Using the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 to gauge the severity of the pandemic may not give an accurate picture in the Omicron era as more and more patients with the virus are being admitted for other reasons, some scientists say.

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UK PM Johnson under pressure amid reports of looming leadership challenge

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the brink of facing a leadership challenge, according to reports, after an angry backlash over claims parties were held at his residence during coronavirus lockdowns.

Daily Mirror

Tories still snubbing British workers by buying steel from abroad

Figures show nearly 3,000 tonnes of steel has been imported for use in UK projects - even though domestic steelmakers produce the same goods

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson has turned Britain into a global laughing stock

Letters: Readers respond to Jonathan Freedland’s article about the disastrous and far-reaching effects of the prime minister’s behaviour

The Conversation

Lack of trust in public figures linked to COVID vaccine hesitancy – new research

An estimated 132 million COVID vaccines were given to people in Britain in 2021. Yet despite this, over a year into the UK’s vaccination programme, a significant number of people still don’t have any vaccine-based protection against the coronavirus. Around one in ten eligible people in the UK still haven’t…

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Martin Lewis warns Britain faces ‘absolute poverty crisis’ over rising energy costs

Money Saving Expert founder fears Britons could die due to the cold with household energy costs spiralling

The Independent UK

UK plan to curb protests faces opposition in Parliament

Britain’s Conservative government has suffered a setback in Parliament in its attempt to give authorities stronger powers to curb peaceful but disruptive protests

The Guardian - UK

UK workers’ pay rises fall behind inflation amid cost-of-living crisis

Unemployment falls to 4.1%, close to its level before the Covid pandemic

Reuters

British PM Johnson denies lying about lockdown party

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday an accusation by his former adviser that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party, saying nobody had warned him the "bring your own booze" gathering might contravene COVID-19 rules.

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s indifference to Molière’s 400th is no surprise but it’s still shameful

Despite some clever reimaginings of Tartuffe, the UK’s stages remain depressingly inattentive to one of the world’s greatest playwrights

The Independent UK

Covid news - live: Javid ‘optimistic’ rules will end next week, as variants predicted to become ‘less severe’

WHO says there is ‘light at end of tunnel for Britain’

The Guardian - AU

Australian Open day two: Raducanu and Murray progress – as it happened

Emma Raducanu earned an impressive win over Sloane Stephens while Andy Murray prevailed in a five-setter against Nikoloz Basilashvili

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