Category: News


Starmer’s peacekeeping plan is doomed to fail


Sir Keir Starmer says his proposal to deploy British forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal brokered with Moscow is designed to safeguard Ukraine’s sovereignty.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/19/starmers-peacekeeping-plan-is-doomed-to-fail/

 


UK inflation jumps to 3% in blow to Rachel Reeves


Inflation in the UK rose faster than expected last month to its highest level in nearly a year, casting doubt on the Bank of England’s capacity to lower borrowing costs and dealing a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves’s growth push.

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/economics/article/inflation-rate-uk-news-january-2025-ons-latest-lj507gksj

 



Inflation jumped to a 10-month high at the start of this year after the Government enforced sharp increases in private school fees.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/19/ftse-100-markets-latest-uk-inflation-private-school-fees/

 


Cancer patients not getting right care, say doctors


Senior doctors responsible for monitoring cancer care in England and Wales are concerned failings in NHS services are contributing to up to half of patients are not getting the right treatment for some cancers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86pl3962j7o

My night out at Starmer’s favourite pub


It’s seven o’clock on Thursday and the regular crowd has shuffled in. There’s no piano man and certainly no Davy in the navy. Through the battered double wooden doors and velvet curtain, the pub is filled with exactly what you’d expect in a north London boozer.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/i-went-to-starmers-favourite-pub-pinapple-l7tsnbr8p


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hit back at Donald Trump with blunt statement


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charitable foundation has donated huge sums to organisations linked to Donald Trump’s rivals the Democrats.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-hit-34690566

 


Universities double investment in diversity staff over three years


The cost of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) salaries at British universities has doubled in three years and is now costing the sector £28 million per year, according to new research.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/universities-double-investment-in-diversity-staff-over-three-years-25rn8dhvc

 


How to catch a glimpse of rare blood moon over UK during partial lunar eclipse


The UK will be treated to the rare sight of a blood moon appearing in the sky in the next few weeks. This strange sight is the result of a partial lunar eclipse, in which the full moon passes out of the sun’s rays and into the shadow cast by the Earth.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-uk-march-2025-b2699151.html