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How the SS Great Britain overcame the tyranny of distance
VoxEU
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July 4, 2025
Transport revolutions have been a key element of globalisation – none more so than the arrival of the steamship. As Baldwin (2018) puts it, steam “unleashed spectacular transportation capabilities that made it economical to consume things that...
Revealed: MoD plan to take over UK airports in event of war, under new law
The i paper
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July 18, 2025
The move is part of a beefing-up of UK homeland defence, following warnings in the Strategic Defence Review last month that Britain needed to be better prepared for war The Ministry of Defence would be able to use commercial and private airfields,...
Driver needed 14 stitches after bite from dog which should have been muzzled
Lancashire Telegraph
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Malcolm Brand, 61, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control following the incident in Blackburn on May 16, 2024, and appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced on Wednesday (July 16). The court heard Brand, of...
Our ultimate guide to Paris’s best hotels for 2025
The Times
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It’s little wonder Paris is one of the world’s most visited cities, with its world-class galleries, café terraces and a roll call of excellent restaurants. Then there’s its concert venues, cycling, tennis and other sports — there really is a...
End of an era as Ballymena’s beloved newsagent to sell shop after 45 years
Asian Trader Magazine
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June 27, 2025
Eugene Diamond retires after 45 years. Ballymena shop was a local landmark. Community reaction leaves him “humbled". Tributes are pouring in from the community of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as one of its most cherished high street fixtures...
Debbie Summers steps up at ID New Zealand
Seatrade Cruise News
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July 11, 2025
Cruise line ground handler ID New Zealand’s Executive Director Debbie Summers is now joint MD with Jeremy Palmer. ‘This is in recognition of her ongoing outstanding performance for the company and signals that in the medium term she will succeed...
Chris Hedges Report: War & Iran
Consortium News
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July 17, 2025
Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke assesses the current situation in the Middle East and what can be expected in the coming weeks or months. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Following attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States,...
Time to be proud of our Island and embrace all the positives
Isle of Wight County Press
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July 11, 2025
Dozens of island communities are gathering, united by a shared love of sea air, a slower pace of life, and, of course, getting cross about ferry companies. We’re bound together by the water that surrounds us — and the ferry services that define...
CSRD to move forward with road rescue services for North, South Shuswap (Salmon Arm)
Castanet Kamloops
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July 18, 2025
Photo: Columbia Shuswap Regional District Road rescue services to be established in North and South Shuswap following successful alternative approval processes The Columbia Shuswap Regional District board of directors has approved bylaws to...
Elon Musk is showing just how much damage he can inflict on Donald Trump
The i paper
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July 17, 2025
It was inevitable that Trump’s schtick as the gutsy outsider would eventually wear thin As the Bible (sort of) says, “he who lives by the crazy conspiracy theory, dies by the crazy conspiracy theory”. Particularly if the person in question – in...
AI 'changes the face of warfare' Chichester Probus Club members hear
Sussex World
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July 18, 2025
Great Britain was in a grey war with Russia and Putin could not be allowed to win, Chichester Probus Club was told at its monthly lunch meeting at Crouchers (July17). The speaker was Prof Peter Varnish, founder and chief executive of Geopolitical...
The Undisputed Superpower Of The Seas
The Maritime Executive
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Daniel Aritonang graduated from high school in May, 2018, hoping to find a job. Short and lithe, he lived in the coastal village of Batu Lungun, Indonesia, where his father owned an auto shop. Aritonang spent his free time rebuilding engines in...
The times Queen Elizabeth and King Charles visited Oxfordshire
Witney Gazette
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The monarch landed at Blenheim Palace by helicopter a year-and-a-day ago on July 18, for a European summit with 45 leaders. He was heard saying he “feels sorry” for Gareth Southgate as he commended the former England manager for doing a “brilliant...
Mystery solved: Why this man took a sheep on a train
BBC
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Linda SinclairBBC Scotland News ShareSave Jai Gibson was spotted on CCTV walking his lamb NJ at Paisley Gilmour Street station A former Royal Marine who was spotted with a lamb on a lead at a railway station in Renfrewshire has told the BBC: "It...
This S-2 Tracker Is The Last Of Its Kind In Military Use
The Drive
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July 17, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Argentine Navy has brought back to service an example of the classic Cold War-era Grumman S-2 Tracker...
My PTSD made me worried I would freeze in an emergency. Then my neighbour had a heart attack
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 9, 2025
This is a First Person column by Matthew Heneghan, who lives in Falkland, B.C. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Sitting on my back patio, I can see a man every morning settle into his backyard chair,...
The gross incompetence of the Afghan leak knows no end
The i paper
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July 16, 2025
The blame game from the Afghan data leak disaster was in full flow at Westminster on Wednesday. The charge list is horrific: thousands of lives at risk from the Taliban in Afghanistan, a country the West already abandoned to medieval misogynists....
FBI end probe into Prince Andrew links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 7, 2025
11:28, 07 Jul 2025 The FBI has formally ended its investigation into Prince Andrew’s links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to the fury of his victims. Investigators have concluded that no charges will be brought against the Duke of York or any other...
A Conflict in the Pacific Could Prompt a Fight Over the Strait of Malacca
The Maritime Executive
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[By Adam Leong Kok Wey] The strategic relevance of maritime choke points has remained a constant throughout military history. Their control has often defined the outcomes of major conflicts, shaped geopolitical balances, and influenced global...
Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, naval commander and governor of Gibraltar
The Times
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One fine weekend in June 1975 the carrier HMS Hermes, under the command of Derek Reffell, sailed into Quebec harbour on a courtesy visit. Among the ship’s company was the Prince of Wales, now the King, serving as a Wessex helicopter pilot with the...