UK confirms re-entry to Erasmus student exchange programme
The government has just confirmed the UK will be re-entering the Erasmus student exchange programme, giving British students access to swaps with universities in the EU.

It forms part of Labour's efforts to move closer to the bloc following Brexit.

The UK left Erasmus under Boris Johnson's government.

The Duke of Marlborough has been charged with three counts of intentional strangulation, police have said.

Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 70, a relative of Princess Diana and Winston Churchill, is accused of three counts of intentional strangulation between November 2022 and May 2024.

Former Dulwich student Yinka Bankole demands a full public apology from Nigel Farage saying he targeted him aged ten, as one of a small number of blacks at the school.

He said:

“I will never forget the hateful look in his eyes.

“He'll walk over in my direction and say, ‘Hey you, where are you from?’

“And you know, you ask a question, but before I could even give out an answer, I had, ‘That's the way back to Africa.’

“And for me it happened once, okay, happened a second time, then a third time.”

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Englishman Luke Yarwood, 36, has been sentenced to 18 MONTHS in prison for two tweets that were seen by less than 30 people.

Judge Fuller said: 'This is not a court of politics but law. You are entitled to express your views, but freedom of speech is not an absolute right, it's a qualified one.

Thousands of drivers could have speeding fines cancelled after a fault saw some cameras falsely triggered on English motorways and A roads.

And tens of thousands of drivers will have speed awareness courses cancelled as the government orders National Highways to look back at six years of speed camera data.

National Highways said it had found 2,650 wrongful speed camera activations since 2021 due to a delay between cameras and variable speed signs.

Not all camera activations are enforced, so not all of the wrongful activations will have resulted in fines.

Affected drivers will be contacted by police and be reimbursed for any fines while points will be removed from their licences where needed.

More than 36,000 drivers have been told by police their speed awareness courses are being cancelled as a precaution while the speed camera issue is investigated.

Sean Mckiernan was a Councillor in the Irish Republic.

He stole 172,000 Euros from a mental health charity where he worked and then spent the money on South American male escorts for sexual services where illegal drugs crystal meth and GHB were used.

If you are cheering for this decision today then you just don't get it.

Now the Government can criticise any phrase they want.

"Stop The Boats"

"Send Them Back"

Etc. Etc.

A Twitter user who posted two anti-immigration tweets that were viewed just 33 times has been jailed for stirring up racial hatred.

Luke Yarwood, 36, received an 18-month sentence after tweeting in the wake of the Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany, in December 2024

A predator who abducted and raped two women at his filthy home in Glasgow has been caged indefinitely.

Sohail Ahmed, also known as Soheel, 52, was jailed on Wednesday. He was sentenced today after being found guilty following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow in March.

Keir Starmer is facing outrage today after agreeing to hand the EU £570million to rejoin the Erasmus student exchange programme.

Ministers insisted the deal is 'fair and balanced' despite confirming the eye-watering cost for the first year alone.

Students from Turkey will be eligible to come to the UK in 2027, as the country is an 'associate' member of the scheme. And Brussels has already signalled it wants to expand the arrangements to cover countries such as Egypt, Algeria and Morocco.

Ursula von der Leyen has said "The night around us has indeed grown dark. The old evil is once again rearing it's head. There can be no place for the poison of antisemitism, especially in Europe! ...Jewish culture, is European culture."

Scientists have shed light on the true origins of the so-called "first black Briton".

The skeletal remains - dating from Roman times - were previously thought to belong to a woman from the sub-Saharan region.

This had led her to be dubbed "one of the earliest Africans in Britain".

But scientists have now said they cannot find DNA evidence that indicates she had recent ancestry from Africa.

They detailed in a paper published online on Wednesday that she actually had a strong genetic similarity to individuals from rural Britain.

She likely had blue eyes, between pale and dark skin and light hair, scientists added.

A craniofacial reconstruction of the ancient skeleton had previously depicted her as having curly black hair, brown eyes and dark skin.

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Where we go one we go all.

Brits will be urged to use pillowcases, bedsheets or coffee filters to make safe drinking water in the event of an extended UK blackout.

Households will also be told to eat chilled or defrosted food before tinned items, cook on camping stoves in the garden and make sure family members receive enough nutrition.

And those who aren’t able to boil water or use purification tablets will be informed they can use regular unscented, household bleach to purify it.

The public health advice was revealed in scripts published by the government which would be read out by the UK’s chief medical officers, including Professor Chris Whitty, on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 4 during a nationwide blackout.

Teachers will be given training to spot the signs of misogyny and tackle it in the classroom as part of the government's long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls within the next decade.

The plans - which focus on preventing the radicalisation of young men - are due to be unveiled on Thursday, after being pushed back three times this year.

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Our address:
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The new laws will also include penalties for preachers and leaders who promote violence, a new federal offence of "aggravated hate speech", and the introduction of "hate" as an aggravating factor in sentencing crimes for online threats and harassment.

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