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The defining royal moments of the noughties – from the Golden Jubilee to William meeting Kate
Woman & Home
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June 25, 2025
The first decade of the 21st century was packed full of world-changing news and moments - from the 9/11 terror attacks and war in Iraq to the first ever iPod and social media's early days. For the Royal Family, who had seen through the tough...
Article 5: How NATO's collective defence clause works - and the one time it has been invoked
Smooth Radio
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25 June 2025, 08:15 | Updated: 25 June 2025, 10:41 President Donald Trump's visit to the NATO summit on Wednesday is being closely watched for one big reason: will he commit America to Article 5? Your browser doesn't recognise available video...
Falkland Palace – Scottish Royal Retreat
Pilot Guides
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June 23, 2025
Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from the political and religious turmoil of her reign. James IV of Scotland...
Horror of the Korean War revealed by 'forgotten' British veterans 75 years on: Bridges made from corpses, troops fighting without guns and Chinese soldiers blowing themselves up
Daily Mail
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June 25, 2025
Ken Keld is sitting in the lounge of his immaculate one-bed bungalow outside Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Aged 91, he is a gentle and softly spoken Yorkshireman who still walks a mile a day. Given his warmth, it is hard to place him into the...
Veterans 'moved' by first glimpse of LGBT memorial
BBC
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Zoe ApplegateBBC News, Norfolk Debbie TubbyBBC Look East ShareSave The sculpture is due to be unveiled in August at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire Armed forces veterans say they feel "very moved" by their first glimpses of a UK...
Falkland struggle in Horspath test
Newbury News
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June 23, 2025
Falkland Cricket Club have struggled away from home so far this season, a trend which continued on Saturday afternoon. They headed to Horspath in Division Two of the Thames Valley Cricket League, hoping to maintain their spot in the league’s top...
'Read all about it'- Inside popular Ballymena newsagent's 45 years behind the counter
Belfast Live
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June 24, 2025
Back when Eugene Diamond first started out in business, Margaret Thatcher was in power and Northern Ireland was a very different place. Now at the age of 67, ill-health is forcing the owner of Diamonds Newsagents to put his beloved business up for...
Trump's strikes on Iran: a 'spectacular success'?
The Week Magazine
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June 28, 2025
"He came, he bombed, he ended the war." That's how Donald Trump would sum up the events of the past week, said The Economist, but the reality was a little more complicated. Last Saturday, 48 hours after giving Iran a two-week deadline, the US...
UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch in place for Okanagan
Eagle Valley News
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June 24, 2025
UPDATE: 4:50 p.m. Environment Canada is updating the severe thunderstorm watch for the North Okanagan to a warning. According to the meteorologists, the thunderstorm that is moving through Falkland is no longer considered severe. However, at about...
Well-known NI newsagent puts shop up for sale: 'I'm sorry about the way it's going to end'
Belfast Telegraph
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June 24, 2025
Eugene Diamond has been running Diamonds Newsagents for four and a half decades, and said that now the business and premises would be sold. In a post on X, he announced: “Due to ongoing health problems, I’m going to put my business including...
US tells Latin America to choose a side in Iran conflict
Buenos Aires Times
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June 24, 2025
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must choose "which side they are going to be on" in the conflict with Iran, a US State Department official said Monday. Speaking on the eve of an Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly,...
Nessun Dorma podcast: a 1980s and 1990s football odyssey
The Guardian
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June 24, 2025
The European Championships of 1980 and 2000 were only 20 years apart. They also belonged, both literally and figuratively, to different millennia. Euro 80 was a violent mess of negativity, apathy and hooliganism, Euro 2000 a joyous, sunkissed...
WW3 map shows the safest countries to flee to in the event of a nuclear war as world tensions rise
Irish Star
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June 24, 2025
As the specter of another World War looms large, people worldwide are pondering potential safe havens should Russia escalate from nuclear warfare threats to actual missile launches. This comes in the wake of Iran and trading missile strikes as the...
Chewing gum to be removed from some streets of BCP
Daily Echo
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This is thanks to funding from the Chewing Gum Task Force. BCP Council is one of 52 councils across the country to have received a grant from the task force, now in its fourth year. The funds are to help clean gum off pavements. The grants provide...
The Stuart Kings of Scotland – A Long and Violent History
Pilot Guides
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June 23, 2025
The House of Stewart (or ‘Stuart’ as it later became) was established by Robert II of Scotland during the late 14th century and the Stuart rule spanned from 1371 to 1714. Initially rulers of Scotland only, the dynasty also went on to inherit the...
The Gibraltar-Spain Border Deal: The Last Piece of the EU Exit Jigsaw?
E-International Relations
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June 23, 2025
Brexit has had numerous consequences, many of which were scarcely discussed in the lead-up to the 2016 referendum. The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) were not exempt from the repercussions following the decision to leave the European Union...
Falkland captain proud of strong start
Newbury News
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June 20, 2025
Falkland Cricket Club captain James Bird is delighted with his side’s start to the season. The club were promoted to the Home Counties Cricket League Division Two last season. So far they’ve taken to the new division like a duck to water, sitting...
Falkland Islanders mark 43 years since Liberation from Argentine occupation
MercoPress
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Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 17:40 UTC For the Falkland Islanders, Liberation Day remains a symbol of peace hard-won and of the enduring commitment to democratic governance under the UK flag. Photo: FIG On a calm winter morning, the Falkland Islands...
The Papers: 'Iran vows revenge' and 'Stick it up your bunker'
BBC
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June 22, 2025
ShareSave The Financial Times sums up the story dominating Monday's front pages: "Trump declares victory with massive air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities." The paper carries the US administration's position that it is "not at war with Iran"...
Falklands/Malvinas dispute must be resolved through peaceful and negotiated means, reiterates UN C24
MercoPress
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Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:02 UTC Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Gerardo Werthein is a very close confident and advisor of President Javier Milei The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization...