It’s not over yet … These 10 idyllic beach stays around Britain offer September sun and no crowds Skye, Inner Hebrides Scotland’s most visited isle teems with visitors in summer,…
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Brexit Red Tape Sees Work for UK Musicians Dry Up in EU: ‘It’s Killing us’
by Kit Westby Kit WestThe devastating impact of Brexit on Britain’s touring musicians has been revealed in a major survey of the struggling sector – with some performers forced to quit their profession. Almost half of…
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UK Housebuilders’ Shares Fall Amid Fastest Drop in Asking Prices in Five Years
by Kit Westby Kit WestBritain’s housebuilders were the top stock market fallers on Monday after one of the sector’s biggest companies issued a profit warning and data revealed the fastest drop in asking prices…
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UK to Retain EU Safety Mark in Latest Brexit Climbdown
by Kit Westby Kit WestThe UK will retain the EU’s product safety mark indefinitely, in the latest climbdown from proposed post-Brexit changes, after the government bowed to pressure from industry and manufacturers. The CE…
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Air-To-Air Missiles From UK Now Being Used By Ukraine As SAMs
by Kit Westby Kit WestA new mobile ground-based air defense system centered around AIM-132 ASRAAM (Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile) has emerged in Ukraine. It takes the AIM-132, a hugely capable weapon, and adapts it for surface…
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Rise in Outsourced UK Government Services Failing to Meet Standards
by Kit Westby Kit WestThe number of outsourced government services that are failing to meet standards has risen sharply, with concerns raised about schemes to support asylum seekers and educate young offenders. A register…
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A Nation Off-Guard: What the UK Covid Inquiry Has Revealed
by Kit Westby Kit WestSome witnesses made tearful apologies; others defiantly denied fault. After six weeks of hearings at the UK Covid-19 public inquiry, the evidence about the UK’s preparedness for the Covid pandemic…
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EU Border Pushbacks: a ‘Shadow’ Migration Policy?
by Kit Westby Kit WestThe word “pushback” has entered the EU’s lexicon along with hundreds of thousands of people who have sought asylum in the bloc since 2015. Campaigners say “pushbacks” are now so…
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Wildfires: EU Mobilises Air and Ground Firefighting Assistance to Greece
by Kit Westby Kit WestAs tens of wildfires continue to spread across Greece, the EU is deploying 4 Canadair firefighting planes from France and Italy together with 3 firefighting teams from Poland, Romania and…
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The Mark Rutte Regime Has Had It – Now What?
by Kit Westby Kit WestAmsterdam, Copenhagen, (15/7 – 22) The governing Dutch coalition led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been dissolved as a result of sharp differences in views among cabinet members in…