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In Pictures: Competitors all revved up for lawnmower racing world champs

Competitors have descended on Surrey to take part in the World Lawnmower Championships.The event is being held by the British Lawn Mower Racing Association...

As Rishi Sunak pledges to re-introduce National Service, how peacetime conscription for 18 to 21-year-olds kept post-war Britain safe in an ever-changing world before...

It was a time of threats from Russia and other hostile foes abroad, economic instability at home and fears about the British military being...

Ukraine war: Zelenskyy is relying on his TV charisma but photo-op no longer has currency it once had in US

If the war in Ukraine was fought in the media alone, the...

The beautiful UK seaside village so overwhelmed locals ‘live in sheds’

Residents in the UK’s “second home capital” have said that they have been forced to move into sheds and caravans as house prices continue...

Emergency services at Dublin Airport after passengers and crew injured by turbulence on Qatar Airways flight

Emergency services are at Dublin Airport after 12 people were injured on...

Coastguard warning as tourists photographed dangerously close to cliff edge

Pictures have emerged of tourists walking and dangling their feet over the edge of a steep drop in East Sussex.Local councils and lifeguards have...

UK’s Conservative Party Pitches For Mandatory National Service At 18

<!-- -->Rishi Sunak's Conservatives lag Labour by a wide margin in opinion polls.Britain's Conservative Party will introduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if it...

The underrated country a short flight from UK that’s 30C in May

As British travellers seek sun-soaked destinations this summer, Tunisia emerges as an underrated hotspot, boasting delightful 30°C temperatures in May and a forecast of...

China preparing armada of ferries to invade Taiwan

“We urge China to exercise self-restraint and stop undermining peace and stability...

‘No one going to jail’ for avoiding UK national service, says Cleverly

No teenagers will be sent to prison for avoiding the Conservatives’ proposed “mandatory” national service, James Cleverly has insisted.The UK home secretary said young...

Idris Elba on why Second World War docuseries on black stories matters today

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UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected

Ruling Conservative Party says it will bring back national service if it wins the July 4 general election.Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory...

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