Cities with highest crime rate in Europe revealed as UK city ranks second
Four other UK cities part of top 20 on the list Analytics platform Numbeo updated its ranking of Europe’s safest and most dangerous cities earlier in the year, revealing which city tops the list in terms of crime rates. For 2026, Marseille in France received the highest Crime Index score, topping the list of cities […]
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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate after Israel announces closure of facility
Israel said it would shut the consulate in retaliation for sanctions, adding ‘we did not want it to come to this’ Israel says that most UK diplomats will leave the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, while the UK has insisted the building “will not be closing”, but will operate as a “UK Mission”. Gideon […]
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‘Luckiest’ UK towns and cities named by the National Lottery
Some locations are luckier than others The UK towns and cities that have seen the most winners since the National Lottery launched have been named, as well as those which have been lucky in the past three years. Where lottery players have the most luck is now all revealed thanks to a recent analysis. Britain’s […]
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Tories announce plans for £10bn ‘British Iron Dome’ to protect UK from missiles
They’re calling it ‘Britannia Shield’ The UK would have its very own Iron Dome air and missile defence system if the Conservatives win the next election, the party has said. The Conservatives are dubbing the integrated system the “Britannia Shield”, which would join up advanced radar, upgraded command and control systems. Modelled on Israel’s Iron […]
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Where the UK ranks as top 10 countries with best gender equality revealed
The UK fell one place in the report In September, the World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Index, ranking 145 countries on gender equality. Full equality appears 120 years away now, meaning the world will have to wait until 2146. This is only assuming that progress actually continues, as before the pandemic, […]
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Burnham says UK might rejoin EU after next general election as he will consider ‘going all the way’
He said Brexit caused ‘more harm than good’ The UK could return to the European Union, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that rejoining is among the options. Burnham said that the option to rejoin the EU is one of the steps that his government could examine to reshape Britain’s relations with Europe. Speaking […]
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