A cockapoo was given a new lease on life after receiving 3D-printed spinal screws during surgery to address his life-threatening condition. Arthur is the six-month-old cockapoo of owner Natalie Jones in Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The dog was born with an abnormality that required him to undergo emergency surgery. Jones told SWNS that her puppy, a cross between a cocker …
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Not since John, Paul, George and Ringo came to our shores has there been so much chatter about a British invasion. The media, like Paul Revere, love to warn that the British are coming, secure in the knowledge that our defiant colonies are here to stay. But they’re not loving this latest wave quite so much, since our struggling industry …
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British archaeologists recently uncovered eerie medieval gravestones during a search around an ancient shipwreck. Bournemouth University announced the discovery in a press release on Friday. The gravestones were found in Studland Bay, off the coast of Dorset, and are believed to have been lying at the bottom of the English Channel for 800 years. “The slabs, carved from Purbeck marble, …
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LONDON – Maverick populist leader Nigel Farage sent shockwaves across Britain’s general election as he returned to frontline politics last week, with his party set to disrupt the Conservative Party’s centuries-old grip as the most popular right-wing force in the country. Farage announced on Monday that he will lead the right-wing Reform UK party and seek a seat in Parliament …
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British Prime Minister Rish Sunak apologized Friday after he left D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France, early and went on TV for an interview. The move sparked backlash at home and appeared to be yet another setback for Sunak’s Conservative Party, which is down in opinion polls against Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. “On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay …
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The first minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament on Wednesday, less than three months after he made history as the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. The opposition Conservatives called the nonbinding vote in Gething, who heads Wales’ semi-autonomous administration, after weeks of criticism of his leadership and judgment in …
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A pup is safe after escaping his home and spending over a day stranded on a highway median. Yoda is a one-year-old German shepherd from Lancashire, England, who recently managed to escape his home, according to SWNS. His owner, 44-year-old Stephen Hunt, said he was shocked and panicked when he realized his young dog had escaped. DOG RESCUED AFTER BEING …
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One of the world’s most intractable cultural disputes is back in the spotlight after a Turkish official cast doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, 2,500-year-old sculptures taken from the Acropolis in Athens. Greece’s culture minister said the comments made at a UNESCO meeting in Paris last week on …
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The five military horses that bolted and injured themselves as they ran loose through central London in April are all expected to return to duty, the British Army said Tuesday, with three of them already back to work. The horses were performing routine exercises near Buckingham Palace on April 24 when they became spooked by noise from a nearby building …
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Ian Poulter is set to play in LIV Golf’s Texas event this weekend, but right now, he doesn’t have anything to play with. The 48-year-old flew from Heathrow Airport to Texas earlier this week, but without his clubs. Midflight, the airline sent Poulter an email “to inform you that a bag has not travelled with you today” and told Poulter …
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