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UK PM Sunak fires Conservative Party chairman after tax probe

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired Conservative Party Chair Nadhim Zahawi after an independent investigation into his tax affairs found a ‘serious breach’ of the ministerial code. “Following the completion of the Independent Adviser’s investigation – the findings of which he has shared with us both – it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the ...

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Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. No 10 said Mr Sunak “fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised”, adding that he would ...

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UK police ‘looking into’ video of Sunak sans seatbelt

British police will be “looking into” a video in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can be seen riding in a car without a seatbelt — an “error of judgment” for which he has apologised, according to Downing Street. In Thursday’s video, produced for distribution on Sunak’s social media channels, the seatbeltless Conservative leader speaks from the back seat of a ...

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Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ sells 3.2M copies in 1st week

Prince Harry’s “Spare” sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the bestselling memoirs of all time. Penguin Random House announced Thursday that Prince Harry’s headline-making memoir sold 1.6 million copies in the U.S. alone. It’s a number comparable to first week sales for blockbusters such as former President Barack ...

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Girl, 7, injured in shooting near UK church

A seven-year-old girl has suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting close to a central London church. Police responded at 13:31 GMT to reports shots were fired from a moving vehicle, as a remembrance service took place at St Aloysius Church in Euston. The Met Police said another girl, aged 12, and four women, aged 21, 41, 48 and 54, were ...

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UK hospitals even worse than Ukraine, says British doctor

A British doctor has cautioned that hospitals in the UK are so overcrowded that the conditions in the UK’s National Health Services (NHS) are even worse in nations with poor medical infrastructure like war-torn Ukraine, Hindustan Times reported. Dr Paul Ransom works part-time with the UK hospital and also carries out humanitarian work overseas. In a letter to UK Newspaper ...

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Prince Harry’s memoir opens at a record-setting sales pace

No, the public has not tired of hearing about Prince Harry. Sales for “Spare” have placed the Duke of Sussex in some rarefied company. Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that first day sales for the Harry’s tell-all memoir topped 1.4 million copies, a record pace for non-fiction from a company that also publishes Barack and Michelle Obama, whose “Becoming” needed ...

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Five promises: PM Sunak vows to tackle Britain’s most serious problems

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday to tackle Britain’s most serious problems, from cutting inflation to reducing illegal migration, in a speech aimed at convincing his restive lawmakers he can lead them into the next election. In a speech that was high on ambition but low on detail, Sunak said his government would build “a better future for our ...

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Diana’s absence is biggest presence in Harry’s memoir

From losing his mother, losing his trust in his family to losing his virginity, Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir, Spare, leaves few royal stones unturned. Prince Harry’s life story describes fighting his brother, taking psychedelic drugs, his love affairs and not wanting his father to re-marry. It’s sex, drugs and rucks and royals. But there is also a deep seam of ...

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Rishi Sunak, wife Akshata’s makeover of 10 Downing Street flat

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who in recent weeks has faced fresh revolt from within the Conservative party, and his wife Akshata Murthy undertook a makeover of their Number 10 flat, a report said. As per the Guardian, the couple has installed opulent curtains and velvet sofas in jewel colours at their own expense when they got rid of decor ...

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