Paul McCartney is Britain’s 1st billionaire musician, according to annual rich list
LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle. The former Fab Four member has become the first British musician to be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), according to figures released on Friday. The annual Sunday Times rich list lists McCartney’s 2023 Got Back tour, the rising value of his back catalogue, and the […]
Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules | Green politics
The government’s climate action plan is illegal because there is no evidence that sufficient policies are in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the High Court has ruled. Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho is expected to draw up a revised plan within the next 12 months. To do so, the UK will need to secure a […]
Brexit 2.0? Farage Calls for Referendum on Britain’s ECHR Membership
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has called for British people to decide once again whether the UK will remain under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) or take back full control of its borders. Despite the then-convincing argument that the UK should have been discarded along with the European Union, given that […]
Britain’s NHS to re-evaluate all transgender treatments in wake of investigation revealing they’re based on pseudoscience
Britain’s National Health Service is re-evaluating all so-called “gender-affirming care” treatments following a damning new report which highlights that the gender reassignment system is built on weak and unreliable evidence. Dr Hilary Cass, a British doctor who previously served as Dean of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, was appointed by NHS England […]
Tech big hailed as Britain’s Steve Jobs masterminded $11B ‘fraud’: prosecutors
Mike Lynch, the wealthy tech founder once hailed as Britain’s answer to Steve Jobs, has been involved in a “multi-year, multi-layered” “fraud,” prosecutors told a U.S. jury in California on Monday. The beginning of his criminal trial. In federal court in San Francisco, prosecutor Adam Reeves said Lynch “weaved a great story” about the company’s […]
GB News: Why “Britain’s Fox News” is Dying
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Laura Kenny, Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete, to retire from cycling | Cycling
Britain’s most successful female Olympian Laura Kenny has announced her retirement from competitive cycling. The 31-year-old has won five Olympic gold medals and was expected to compete at this summer’s Paris Games, but told the BBC it was time to call it quits. In an interview with BBC Breakfast, Kenny said: It’s been a lot […]
‘I tell the truth about what’s unknown’: Moor Mother on revealing Britain’s ongoing slavery links | Music
‘TThe aftermath of enslavement cannot be washed away with bleach. Even if a new building is built, it will not be washed away. It cannot be washed away by so-called diversity or representation. ” The voice of poet and musician Kamae Aiwa, known as Moore’s mother, commands attention even over video calls. Within minutes of […]
Britain’s top diplomat says he hopes the Falkland Islands will wish to stay in the UK family forever
LONDON (AP) – British Foreign Secretary David Cameron toured battlefields from the Falklands War on Monday in a visit aimed at underscoring that the Falkland Islands are “an important part of the British family.” Cameron’s visit, the first by a British foreign secretary to visit the South Atlantic Islands in 30 years, comes as Argentina […]