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  Ahead of 9/11, MI5 chief warns of new terror threats

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 01:06am on September 11, 2021

  The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has ‘emboldened’ extremists, the head of Britain’s domestic intelligence MI5 said on Friday, warning of the likelihood of new atrocities....

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  Shoppers face shortages at UK grocery stores

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:02pm on September 08, 2021

  The supply chain troubles caused by Brexit and the pandemic have been so bad for Satyan Patel that the shelves at his convenience store in...

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  London City risks losing financial hub status

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:40pm on September 07, 2021

  Britain must cut taxes on banks and make it easier to hire foreign finance staff to prevent London’s Brexit-battered City financial district from losing its...

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  Educationist, social worker Anwari Kabir dies

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:20pm on September 04, 2021

  Educationist and social worker Anwari Kabir died on August 29. She was 94, said a press release.  Anwari Kabir was born in Calcutta in the...

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  Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

  Agence France-Presse. London | Updated at 05:00pm on August 25, 2021

  Charlie Watts, the drummer of the legendary British rock'n'roll band the Rolling Stones, died on Tuesday at the age of 80, his publicist said. ‘It...

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  Extinction Rebellion targets central London in new protests

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:38pm on August 23, 2021

  Thousands of climate change demonstrators thronged central London on Monday, as environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion held its latest round of protests, promising two weeks...

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  The truly worrying malware

  Jawed Naqvi | Updated at 12:00am on July 30, 2021

  ESPIONAGE and hostile surveillance are as old as human history. In the wild too, prey and predator keep an aggressive watch on each other, forever...

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  London roads flood as storms roll in

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:37am on July 27, 2021

  Buses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday, as repeated thunderstorms battered the British capital. Emergency services were battling ‘significant...

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  Festival-goers revel in return of live music at London’s Kaleidoscope

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:08pm on July 25, 2021

  Nearly 10,000 music fans savoured new-found freedoms at London’s Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday. ‘I’m really excited to be here, I haven’t done anything like this...

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  Brussels warns UK its Brexit bill is final

  Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 10:29pm on July 09, 2021

  The European Commission warned on Friday that its calculation of the cost of the Brexit divorce bill is final, after London and Brussels gave different...