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UK jails ringleaders behind cocaine yacht and cannabis smuggling conspiracy
Weekly Blitz
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September 13, 2025
The United Kingdom has dealt a decisive blow to an ambitious transnational drug trafficking operation, jailing two suspected ringleaders who spent years orchestrating schemes to flood the country with cocaine and cannabis. The convictions come at...
British-born Sikh woman is raped while being told 'you don't belong in this country, get out' - as police hunt two men over 'racially motivated attack'
Daily Mail
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September 13, 2025
A British-born Sikh woman has been raped while being told 'you don't belong in this country, get out' - and police are now hunting two men over the 'racially motivated attack'. The horrifying attack on the woman in her twenties happened in the...
British man detained after brandishing gun in Đà Nẵng bar
Vietnam News Agency
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ĐÀ NẴNG — Police in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Saturday announced they have arrested a British man for illegally possessing a military-grade handgun, following reports that he had brandished the weapon at a local bar. The Criminal Police...
British families accuse Air India of abandoning crash victims
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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September 13, 2025
The families of British victims of June’s Air India crash have accused the airline of “silence and indifference”, saying they feel abandoned three months after the disaster that killed 242 passengers and crew. In their open letter to Britain’s...
Brits switch from Aldi to Lidl as they find cheaper supermarket for essentials
The Mirror
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September 13, 2025
A supermarket that was previously the most expensive for a basket of essentials is now the cheapest of all. For nearly three months, Asda was the priciest of the six main supermarkets for eight basic grocery items including bread, butter, milk,...
Britain Jittery About Second Trump State Visit.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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September 13, 2025
- Advertisement - Donald Trump will soon make a second state visit to the UK, something no US president has done before. He will be joined by his wife, Melania. Trump was last hosted in 2019 by Queen Elizabeth II. A state visit is an official trip...
UK's largest purpose-built padel venue officially completed
The Bolton News
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September 13, 2025
Padel Club TraffordCity has launched following a £5.2 million investment in partnership with Peel Waters. Completion of Phase 2 brings an additional five brand-new indoor courts to the facility. It features 11 courts, and the club aims to set a...
Nigeria Creative Sector Takes Centre Stage with UK Partnership
This Day
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September 13, 2025
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The United Kingdom has expressed firm commitment to partnering with Nigeria in expanding the creative economy. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, made this known during Nigeria’s Creative Economy...
UK Police Probe Rape Of British Sikh Woman As 'Racially Aggravated Assault'
News18
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September 13, 2025
Last Updated:September 13, 2025, 15:54 IST West Midlands Police investigate the racially aggravated rape of a British Sikh woman in Oldbury. Police have said they are investigating a "racially aggravated" rape in the West Midlands....
UK Growth Stalls as Fiscal Policy Turns Cautious; Markets Focus on Fed Rate Path
Mid East Information
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September 13, 2025
By Daniela Sabin Hathorn, senior market analyst at Capital.com ·UK momentum fading: July GDP was flat; services barely grew while production fell, leaving a narrow, services-led expansion and a three-month growth pace slowing to 0.2%. ·Budget...
Destination Britain Brings Suppliers and Buyers Together to Expand British Tourism Beyond London
Travel Market Report - New York
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Some 53 UK destination management organizations, companies, and attractions met with nearly 50 tour operators and other travel buyers from the U.S., Canada, and Brazil at this year’s Destination Britain – the Americas event at the Paradisus in...
Riyadh Valley Company Announces Investment in FinTech Collective Fund IV
entArabi
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September 13, 2025
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Valley Company (RVC), the investment arm of King Saud University, has announced its investment in FinTech Collective Fund IV, a venture capital fund managed by the U.S.-based FinTech Collective, which focuses on...
Merck and Astra may regret turning their back on Britain
The Times
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Two shock events rocked Britain’s life sciences sector last week. First, the US company Merck slammed the brakes on a £1 billion London research centre. Then AstraZeneca, the FTSE 100 giant, said it would pause a £200 million investment to expand...
Best Altcoins to Buy as Industry Groups Push UK-US Tech Bridge to Include Digital Assets
Bitcoinist
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September 13, 2025
A coalition of leading associations in the finance, tech, and digital sectors has written a letter to the UK government, urging it to include Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) as a core strand of the UK-US Tech Bridge. The US-UK Tech Bridge is a...
Transparency is key to good relations with investors
The Times
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A robust business plan, supported by a cash flow forecast, will show how long you can bootstrap your new business — and when you’ll need to bring in outside investment to scale. Investors, whether private investors known as “angels” or venture...
100,000 Brits Take to the Streets For a 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Against Immigration, and to Honor Kirk
PJ Media - Virginia
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September 13, 2025
The media billed it as a "far-right anti-immigration rally," despite the fact that Reform UK, the political party identified with the anti-immigration movement in Great Britain, is leading in the polls. More than 100,000 people poured into the...
Family's fury as cops insist Brit dad's mysterious Benidorm death was 'accident'
The Mirror
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September 13, 2025
A family has spoken out after Spanish police closed a homicide investigation into a British dad-of-four who died less than 24 hours after arriving in Spain on holiday. Nathan Osman, 30, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cyon Taf, went to Benidorm with...
Solving Crime: How a ‘beer party’ in a police station nailed a British woman’s rapist in Bengaluru
The Indian Express
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September 13, 2025
At a time when Bengaluru was yet to become the undisputed IT capital of India, the city police investigating the murder of a British man stumbled on another shocking crime. While trying to contact the murdered man’s partner, the police found out...
BlackRock to invest $678 M in UK data centers ahead of Trump’s state visit
AzerNews
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September 13, 2025
BlackRock to invest $678 M in UK data centers ahead of Trump’s state visit 13 September 2025 20:53 (UTC+04:00) BlackRock is set to invest $678 million in British data center infrastructure through a new joint venture with Digital Gravity Partners,...
Australia to invest $8bn in nuclear submarine shipyard
BDNews24
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Australia said on Saturday it would spend A$12 billion ($8 billion) to establish defence facilities in Western Australia to help deliver submarines under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. The AUKUS pact, agreed upon by Australia, Britain and the...