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UK to lower voting age to 16 – a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure the future health of British democracy

The UK government has announced that the voting age will be lowered to 16 at the next election as part of a wider effort to restore trust in and “future-proof” democracy.

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Will Donald Trump get Vladimir Putin (before Maga gets Trump)?

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When public money is tight, how do governments put a price on culture?

It’s no secret that public finances are tight in the UK. This spells trouble for many sectors, not least culture. After all, this is an area that often relies on public funding – with many projects facing an uncertain future. But in an era of economic bad news, can it…

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Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025

Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ecosystem. But the opposite is also true: if butterfly numbers are low and there are few species, it is a…

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Labour’s economic illiteracy is dragging us into a doom loop

A debt disaster is looming — and too many backbenchers just don’t understand the grim reality

Evening Standard

London-based people smuggling gang jailed for cramming migrants into refrigerated lorries

Videos found on the phone of one of the ringleaders showed terrified migrants screaming for help in the back of a locked trailer

Evening Standard

UK and Germany sign key deal as part of Brexit ‘reset’

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UK, Germany Vow To Tackle People Smuggling Gangs

Britain and Germany signed landmark deals Wednesday to boost defence ties and crackdown on people smuggling gangs on the first official visit to the UK by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

International Business Times

‘UK’s most powerful supercomputer’ launches in £1 billion AI drive

The machine is expected to process in one second ‘what it would take the entire global population 80 years to achieve’

The Independent UK

Britain’s forests need help to adapt to the changing climate

Letters: With ancient woodlands failing to regenerate, Alastair Collier recommends new forestry methods that could help build resilience. Meawhile, Martin Cooper wonders why his garden wants to become a forest

The Guardian - UK

UK switches on AI supercomputer that will help spot sick cows and skin cancer

Hopes £225m Isambard-AI in Bristol will unleash new era of technological, medical and social breakthroughs

The Guardian - UK

UK’s most powerful supercomputer comes online in major AI drive

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the Isambard-AI machine in Bristol on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Scotland will be at ‘forefront of UK’s technological revolution’, says Murray

The UK Government plans to site an AI Growth Zone north of the border and make Edinburgh home to the first National Supercomputing Centre.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 closes up despite ‘harsh’ UK jobs data

The FTSE closed up 46.09 points, 0.5%, at 8,972.64.

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Flexispot OC3/BS3 Review

An office chair with absolutely everything I want, except a comfy seat.

The Independent UK

German passport e-gates won’t change the reality: Brexit has been a disaster for British travellers

‘Personal jetpacks for all’ is as likely an outcome as ‘direct trains from London to Berlin by 2030’

The Independent UK

Record 8,000 US students have applied to UK universities amid Trump’s college crackdown

It marks a nearly 14 percent rise on the previous year and the highest total since records began

The Independent UK

We swapped Disneyland for this German theme park – it could be Europe’s best

With UK theme parks and Disneyland Paris busier than ever, Mike MacEacheran suggests another option – and this summer, there are new reasons to visit

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More than 100 UK citizens' details leaked in MoD Afghan data breach

MORE than 100 UK citizens' details — including spies and special forces personnel — were included in a massive data leak that led to…

The Independent UK

Starmer praises German plans to ‘strengthen’ laws to tackle small boats

Speaking on a visit to an Airbus plant in Stevenage, Sir Keir welcomed German commitments to tackling people-smuggling gangs.

The Independent UK

Poster of Trump with Epstein put up in London ahead of state visit

A poster of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been put up in London ahead of the US president’s trip to the UK in September.

The Independent UK

I deplore Brexit, says German chancellor, as he signs treaty with Starmer

Prime minister and Friedrich Merz sign biggest UK-German treaty since Second World War

Evening Standard

Viral Dubai-style chocolate bar is urgently recalled over health warning

Shoppers are being warned of the risk

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UK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform

The move, following through on a campaign pledge, will give the UK one of the lowest national voting ages in the world.

The Independent UK

Ex-minister claims he was misled over fate of Afghan elite soldiers abandoned by UK, as revealed by The Independent

Former armed forces minister James Heappey has broken cover over what happened regarding the massive data breach which put the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans at risk

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