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UK Postal Workers Call Off Strikes

The dispute saw over 115,000 workers take 18 days of strike action in the final quarter of 2022 OLI SCARFF Text size Postal workers at the UK’s Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a …

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UK’s BAE Systems announces plan to produce armaments in Ukraine

Following months of talks, BAE Systems, the UK’s main weapons manufacturer, confirmed on Tuesday that it will establish an office in Ukraine, as the precursor to building weapons inside Ukraine. The Telegraph reported the major escalation of NATO’s war against Russia late Tuesday following a video call between Ukrainian President …

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UK coronation fever yet to take hold

A poll in mid-April indicated that nearly two-thirds of Britons were not interested in the ceremony, unlike last year when Elizabeth celebrated her record 70th year on the throne. Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort look at members of the Bearer Party transferring the coffin of Queen …

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Letter from 1916 arrives at London man’s home

A letter mailed in 1916 arrived at its intended address in London more than 100 years later. Photo courtesy of the Norwood Society/Twitter Feb. 20 (UPI) — A London man who received a letter addressed to a former resident of his home was shocked to discover it had been mailed more …

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The Crown Season 5: Exhausting itself in defence of the monarchy

Peter Morgan’s lengthy Netflix drama about the British monarchy, The Crown, has now completed its fifth and penultimate season. It has strengths, but the further it progresses the more glaring its weaknesses—and its less than socially uplifting intentions—become. The show has fictionalised real events, many of them controversial and difficult …

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