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The best British estates to wine, dine and recline

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Home-grown wines have been given the chance to shine this year as the lockdown turned off the taps from our usual sources around the globe. As Britain ground to a halt, sales of alcohol jumped by 50 per cent as shoppers stocked up in preparation for the long evenings ahead. And with wine giants such … Read more

Spain to allow British tourists to visit without having to go into 14-day quarantine from TOMORROW

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Spain to allow British tourists to visit without having to go into 14-day quarantine on arrival from TOMORROW Travellers from UK will not have to quarantine on arrival in Spain from Sunday  Spanish minister says call has been made to help Brits who have holiday homes Yet anyone returning from a trip there would still have … Read more

British banks may have to copy Sweden by protecting cash for elderly

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British banks may have to copy Sweden by protecting cash for elderly to ensure they’re not cut out of payments altogether as experts warn hard currency is on brink of collapse British banks may soon follow Sweden in order to take cash safety precautions  New laws could be designed for British banks to replicate the … Read more

The avowed aims of the British arm of Black Lives Matter

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Who are Black Lives Matter? Where did they come from and what, exactly, do they believe in? These may seem silly questions. But in a month when Premier League footballers have joined Sir Keir Starmer and other British celebrities in ‘taking the knee’ to express their ‘collective support for the Black Lives Matter movement’, it … Read more

Great British Bake Off bosses ‘ban older contestants on this year’s show due to coronavirus’

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Great British Bake Off bosses ‘ban older contestants from competing on this year’s show due to coronavirus’ By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 23:29 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 23:29 BST, 19 June 2020 The Great British Bake Off has reportedly banned pensioners from competing due to coronavirus. The Channel 4 show has a … Read more

The year of the great British staycation: Here’s how UK regions are shaping up and what to expect

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July 4 has been bandied about as the date when staycations will finally snap into action, although there have been mixed signals from the Government. Boris Johnson has expressed an ambition to reopen ‘at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing’ by then. But … Read more

Activist RETURNS British Empire Medal she received in 2013

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A social rights activist has handed back her British Empire Medal claiming the award ‘reinforces the hostile environment’ as well as ‘institutional and everyday racism’.  Anisa Morridadi from Birmingham received the BEM in 2013 for services to education and young people.  However, Ms Morridadi said she was inspired by the Black Lives Matters movement and … Read more

Coronavirus is sending British society back to the 1950s for many women’

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UK society has ‘regressed to a 1950s way of living’ for many British women because the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened inequality and left women with more childcare, experts claim University of Sussex researchers quizzed more than 2,000 parents for the study 45% of mothers were responsible for majority of childcare during the outbreak In comparison, … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: How British star Florence Pugh is telling incredible story of the angel in a mask 

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Oscar-nominated star Florence Pugh ‘dropped everything’ to narrate a hard-hitting BBC documentary about medical staff at an Italian hospital battling to save lives in the early days of the pandemic. ‘I can barely cry,’ says Dr Francesca Mangiatordi, her haunted face staring into a laptop at the Cremona Hospital in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Documentarian Sasha … Read more