Mark Garland, 62 (left) from Bristol, with his doppelganger, Mark Garland, 58, from Trowbridge.//Photo from younger Garland’s Facebook

Twice the Mark: Double the Trouble

Two British passengers, on a flight from London to Bangkok earlier this month, shared a series of similarities: their names, where they live, their appearance and particularly their passion for…

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K-Pop band Blackpink’s members, Lalisa Manoban, Roseanne Park, Jisoo Kim and Jennie Kim pose with their medals following a special investiture ceremony to present them with Honorary MBEs (Member of the Order of the British Empire), at Buckingham Palace in London on November 22.//AFP

K-pop stars Blackpink get UK honours for climate advocacy

London, United Kingdom – The four megastar members of K-pop girl group Blackpink were given one of Britain’s most prestigious honours Wednesday by King Charles III, recognising their work as environmental advocates. The…

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane during the “Oily Money Out” demonstration organised by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace on the sidelines of the opening day of the Energy Intelligence Forum 2023 in London on October 17.//AFP

Police detain Greta Thunberg at London climate protest

London, United Kingdom – UK police on Tuesday removed Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from a protest outside the energy sector’s annual London get-together, an AFP photographer reported. The 20-year-old activist, who has become…

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Mourners carry the flag-draped casket of Lebanese Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah, killed on October 13 by Israeli shelling at Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel while covering cross border shelling, during his funeral in the village of El-Khiam on October 14.//AFP

Reuters demands ‘swift’ Israeli probe into journalist’s death

London, United Kingdom – Reuters has called on Israel to conduct a quick and comprehensive investigation into cross-border fire that killed one of its journalists and wounded other reporters in Lebanon last…

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American model Paloma Elsesser presents a creation for Mugler during the Haute-Couture Spring-Summer 2023 Fashion Week in Paris on January 26.//AFP

The ‘tyranny of thinness’ still dominates fashion

Despite claims that the fashion industry is embracing curvier bodies, the data suggests it could be guilty of what one expert calls “fat-washing”. While a handful of plus-size models such…

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File photo : French fashion designer Olivier Rousteing//AFP

Paris Fashion Week starts after Balmain robbery

Paris, France – The hectic fashion season reaches its last stop in Paris on Monday, with the biggest intrigue being whether beloved brand Balmain can recover from the theft of 50 outfits…

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Britain’s King Charles III (C), Britain’s Queen Camilla (R) and Britain’s Princess Anne, Princess Royal (L) attend the annual Braemar Gathering in Braemar, central Scotland, on September 2.//AFP

Charles III to mark first year as king

London, United Kingdom – Britain’s Charles III reaches the milestone of his first year as king this week, with his reign so far characterised by a smooth transition from that…

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Rough sleepers lay in their makeshift bed outside a closed shop on Oxford Street, in the early hours of the morning in London on August 2.//AFP

Action demanded as rough sleeping numbers surge in London

An increasing number of people are sleeping rough on the streets of London with campaigners calling on the British government to tackle the “root causes” of the problem. UK mortgage…

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US actor Kevin Spacey (C) arrives to the Southwark Crown Court in London on July 13.//AFP

Actor Kevin Spacey calls sex assault case against him ‘weak’

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey on Friday spent a second day in the witness box at a London court, denying sexual assault charges and claiming the prosecution case against him was…

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Man arrested after crashing car into Downing Street gates

A car collided on Thursday (May 25) with the front gates of Downing Street, where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office and residence is based, London police said, adding one person…

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King Charles III receives The St Edward’s Crown during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London. Picture date: Saturday May 6, 2023. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS

King Charles III crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey

King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100…

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Banksy unveils new ‘Valentine’s Day Mascara’ artwork

British graffiti artist Banksy on Tuesday unveiled his latest UK street artwork, which appears to take aim at domestic violence against women as the world celebrates Valentine’s Day. The mural,…

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[FILE IMAGE] A health worker displays a vial of polio vaccine during a government-run vaccination drive in Manila on October 14, 2019 (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

London children to be offered polio booster as samples found

Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said Wednesday. “Following the…

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Test tube with Coronavirus label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

COVID test, which deliberately infects young adults, found to be safe

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe…

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An ambulance drives past St Thomas’ Hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, December 12, 2021. REUTERS/May James

First person dies from Omicron variant in United Kingdom

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday,…

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People wait in a queue outside a pop-up vaccination centre for the Covid-19 vaccine or booster, in Hammersmith and Fulham in Greater London on December 3, 2021, as rollout accelerates in England. Britain has set a two-month target to give booster jabs to all adults over 18, as it seeks to minimise the impact from the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Daniel LEAL / AFP

‘Phenomenal’ Omicron spread accounts for 40% of London infections

Britain said on Monday that the Omicron coronavirus variant was spreading at a “phenomenal rate” and now accounted for about 40% of infections in London, so people should get a…

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Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death

LONDON (AP) — A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offenses strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street Sunday…

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A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in the House of Commons in London on Tuesday ahead of the vote on the Government’s Brexit deal which was subsequently rejected.

UK’s May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote…

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