Boomtown 2026 review: Surely the best party in the world

Hundreds are jeering around the ring, where the crowd have been whipped into a feverish mob. Villagers are peering from the rooftops to get a glimpse of the fight. But before long, the anger is tempered by a matronly…

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Guidance: Authorised Consignee Temporary Storage (ACTS) location codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service

Get emails about this page Documents Authorised Consignee Temporary Storage (ACTS) codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service ODS , 13 KB This file is in an OpenDocument format This file may not be…

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Jenrick: Welfare cuts worth £50bn allows us to ‘sustainably pay’ triple lock pension

In a press conference on Monday, Jenrick said plans to strip welfare from around 3m people, including foreign nationals, would be the biggest overhaul of the benefits system in a generation. Jenrick said the plan did not…

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Thom Yorke, Romy and Brian Eno among 200 musicians urging PM to reject new North Sea drilling

The letter, signed by 211 artists such as Bobby Gillespie, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma, called on the prime minister to reject the Rosebank oilfield , warning that the project would fail to lower energy bills or…

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‘We have been ignored for most of our life,’ says FTSE 100’s newest bank

But after its promotion the the market’s blue-chip index earlier this year, the bank is finally getting noticed. Shares in the group formerly known as Bank of Georgia have enjoyed a quiet ascent since the beginning of…

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Guidance: Regulated aerodrome location codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service

Get emails about this page Documents Regulated aerodrome location codes for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service ODS , 7.47 KB This file is in an OpenDocument format This file may not be suitable for…

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Virgin Trains gets green light for channel tunnel route

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said on Monday it had given Sir Richard Branson’s train company the green light to run as many as 20 return services to continental Europe from October 2030 onwards, in a decision likely…

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Senior Russian banker fired after scathing speech on wartime economy

In the remarks, first reported by the Moscow Times, Klepach said Russia was "falling behind" China and the US economically, and "in some respects, Ukraine". Klepach said pressures on Russia's economy due to the war would…

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On this day: Animal Farm is published

The Second World War was finally over. Two days beforehand, the Emperor of Japan, speaking to his people, admitted that “the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage”. The previous week, Hiroshima…

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Goldman and Intel back $5.4bn AI video startup

The fresh funding values the startup at $5.4bn, up from $1.3bn just eight months ago, as investors pile into companies looking to turn generative AI into products businesses will actually pay for. DST Global and Liberty…

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