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Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn     (www.bbc.com)
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UK must prepare for war in three years     (www.msn.com)
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‘Shocking’ scenes as UK city on fire     (www.news.com.au)
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Sir Keir Starmer warns Putin 'you will not succeed' in Ukraine war     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 9 months ago (+1/-0)
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https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sir-keir-starmer-warns-putin-you-will-not-succeed-in-ukraine-war/ss-BB1pIRvq?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=a3f695831007483d8e466ebb741a575b&ei=8#interstitial=3

"we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.".
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Desperate Landrover owners chaining cars up to trees to stop thefts     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 9 months ago (+7/-0)
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Has King Arthur returned?     (nypost.com)
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https://nypost.com/2024/07/03/world-news/french-excalibur-sword-vanishes-after-1300-years-lodged-in-a-rock/

The legends about King Arthur came from long ago books written in France. In one legend, the Lady Of The Lake hands the sword Excalibur to Arthur, making him king of Britain. But then...

Another legend states that Arthur pulls the Excalibur sword from a stone, certifying that he would be king. Can it all be so?

Additionally, when mortally wounded in battle, he is taken to a magical land in the west called Avalon, where he revives and remains until the designated time for his return. Hmmm.

So here's my timeline for Arthur, making both seemingly unrelated scenarios possible:

First is the story of the Lady of the Lake. Then later a wounded Arthur goes across the western ocean to Avalon. And finally, at the appointed time, Arthur returns (today) and regains his throne after pulling Excalibur from the stone, which is in France, where the legends were written.

Excalibur has now been pulled from the stone. Is this the ende of jewish rule of mighty Britannia? Is this THE RETURN OF THE KING?
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We have too many prisoners, says new PM Starmer     (www.bbc.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 9 months ago (+3/-0)
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A heated 12-metre (40ft) pool in his [Rishi Sunak's] Yorkshire home used so much power that the local electricity network had to be upgraded.     (www.theguardian.com)
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Britain is broken. Can anyone fix it?     (edition.cnn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+15/-1)
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https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/07/world/uk-election-stoke-cnnphotos/

Ambulances often take hours to arrive, then return to a hospital that has struggled with staffing.

Funding promises, she says, fall flat when people “can’t get a doctor’s appointment, or the potholes haven’t been fixed, or the trains don’t run on time.
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Rees-Mogg tells young Tories he wants to ‘build a wall in the English Channel’     (www.theguardian.com)
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Aussies warned to stay away from London by terrified locals as the cost of living crisis continues and violent crime escalates: 'It's the worst it has ever been'     (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-13586519/Reddit-Aussie-tourists-london-cost-living-crime.html

Brits have taken to social media to reveal the highly multicultural city no longer feels like home.

Moped gangs are found all over the city - hundreds swooping in for people's devices as they walk through the streets every day.
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Ed Sheeran says London is 'dangerous' and 'every area is sketchy' as he fears for safety     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+2/-0)
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Britain's depleted military capability has left our Armed Forces unable to defend the country properly     (www.msn.com)
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Whoever is in Number 11 after the election, Swindon shows the massive task facing them. It shows what an economy not growing at normal rates looks like. A former boom town struggling.     (www.bbc.com)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cldyw4q5qllo

11 Downing Street in London, also known colloquially in the United Kingdom as Number 11, is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who traditionally also has the title of Second Lord of the Treasury).
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[Sir Keir] Starmer is expected to move fast to cement his statist vision of the country's future – led by a repeal of the Rwanda migrants scheme, French-style union laws and the slamming of VAT on private school fees.     (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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[UK] Government writes off £1.4bn of PPE from Covid deal     (www.bbc.com)
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[UK] Army chiefs plan biggest reservists mobilisation exercise in 20 years     (www.msn.com)
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Fourteen years of austerity measures and cuts to services haven't just left people feeling forgotten in working-class Glasgow.     (www.abc.net.au)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+2/-2)
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The UK could see higher levels of hospitalisation due to a new Covid variant that’s spreading quickly.     (www.msn.com)
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At least 86 people hospitalised by E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce     (www.msn.com)
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Protesters arrested after Stonehenge spray painted orange     (www.news.com.au)
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The second-largest city in the United Kingdom is in heavy debt, with childhood poverty near 50 per cent.     (www.abc.net.au)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+2/-0)
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London is now majority poojeet     (www.financialexpress.com)
submitted by Spaceman84 to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+6/-0)
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Researchers Drop Bombshell: Covid-19 mRNA Shots Killed 35 Million - Slay News     (slaynews.com)
submitted by carnold03 to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+12/-0)
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The BBC is reporting that "Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory national service"     (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted by happytoes to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+8/-0)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo

I'm guessing that this is a prank and it will be gone by morning. But I'm not sure who is being pranked. Is the idea to make the BBC look stupid? Is the idea to make the Tories look stupid?