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Surat: A 37-year-old nurse was cheated of Rs 18.4 lakh in a UK visa fraud. The complainant, Iffat Kapadiya, works as a nurse in a private hospital in Surat. From 2009 to 2012, she went to the UK on a student visa and worked as a care worker in the UK during that period. After…
Lando Norris, after qualifying P3: “Good, close qualifying. Happy to get a good lap in there, not much more I could ask for. “I’m concentrating on this weekend, today was in the right ballpark. A bit of a job to do for the sprint race but close enough that we can aim for pole tomorrow.”…
Harry, who lost an appeal against the Home Office over the decision to provide him and the Duchess of Sussex with a “lesser level” of security than when they lived in the UK, told the BBC that during the legal battle, he had “discovered that some people want history to repeat itself”. Harry has said…
Fragmentation in British politics is not new. Disillusionment with the choices on offer is not new. The two-party share of the vote has been below 70% in four of the last six elections. Six months before the 2019 general election the Brexit party topped the EU election results with the Liberal Democrats in second. The…
The right-wing Reform UK Party saw a series of electoral wins early Friday after it secured parliamentary, mayoral and several local election seats in what leader Nigel Farage said is proof that Reform UK is “now the opposition party to this Labour government.” Farage, who predicted earlier this year in an interview with Fox News…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is “in business” as an electoral force. That’s the view of polling guru Sir John Curtice after Farage’s party took control of councils from the Tories and Labour and gained an MP in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. The professor told the BBC that before the elections, it would have been…
Firefighter James Gennari vs police officer Joel Allen Gennari, 30, and Allen, 40, are both wearing headguards for this bout, which is scheduled for three three-minute rounds. Both New Yorkers stand orthodox, and Allen lands a few good left hooks and crosses early on. Plenty of activity from him and Gennari. Nice combination punching from…
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made big gains in English local elections, cementing it as a prime challenger to Britain’s traditional main parties. It has won over 630 council seats from around 1,500 declared so far, with results from a further 100 or so still to come in. Reform…
A British drone will fly ahead of RAF fighter jets and disrupt enemy air defence systems before F-35s and Typhoons get close to their targets. The StormShroud air system came into operation on Friday as Sir Keir Starmer vowed that the government would “stand up to Putin and ruthlessly protect UK and European security”. The…
So, Nigel Farage is now effectively the leader of the opposition and is set on a clear course to become the UK’s next prime minister. This is the triumphant Reform UK narrative in the wake of Thursday’s English local and one victorious by-election, in Runcorn and Helsby. Maybe, maybe not. Much swirling water must yet…