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28.02.26 - 16:12
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It′s been decreed: something must be done about student loans in England (The Guardian)
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The education secretary wants a fairer system and the Tories have leapt in with their own plan – but why now?For anyone who attended university in England in the last 15 or so years, the idea of student loans feeling like some sort of debt trap is hardly news. But three weeks ago, when the journalist Oli Dugmore discussed this on the BBC's Question Time, it felt like a moment.It was less the size of the initial debt, he explained, than the way above-inflation interest rates meant the interest charged alone was now almost as much as the original sum. “So was it mis-sold to me?” he asked, rhetorically. “Yes, I'd say so.” Continue reading......
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28.02.26 - 15:12
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′A temple of food′: London′s grande dame Simpson′s in the Strand rises again (The Guardian)
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As the storied London dining room reopens on its bicentenary, restaurateur Jeremy King honours its heritage while restoring a faded iconSimpson's in the Strand was the sort of London institution where nothing changed without very good reason. Founded in 1828 as a coffee and chess club, the restaurant introduced wheeled silver trolleys so waiters could dispense roast beef and gravy without disturbing the players' concentration, and kept them long after the chessboards had gone. In the 1860s, to emphasise its focus on British food, Simpson's rejected the French word “menu” in favour of “bill of fare”, and so it would remain.Ornate, self-consciously stately and a bit stuffy, it was as English as Charles Dickens, PG Wodehouse and Winston Churchill – all of whom, perhaps unsurprisingly, were devoted patrons. Wodehouse described Simpson's as “a restful temple of food” where, as one of his characters observed, diners were “at liberty to eat till you were helpless, if you felt so disposed”. ...
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28.02.26 - 15:12
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Square Mile strikes back: how the City of London is fighting disinformation about crime (The Guardian)
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Panic about antisocial behaviour and theft has broken through from social media to boardrooms and diplomatic circles“Just visit London and you'll see that it's filled with crime,” the tech billionaire Elon Musk said as he was beamed into Tommy Robinson's far-right rally in the UK capital last September.The comments by the SpaceX and Tesla boss, part of a roving speech that was later condemned by the UK government, added to a growing wave of anti-London disinformation that has spread in recent months. That includes Donald Trump's notorious comments of London “no-go zones” and Nigel Farage's warnings against wearing jewellery after 9pm in the West End. Continue reading......
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28.02.26 - 14:12
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Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review over Russian links (The Guardian)
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Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders' links to Kremlin military supply chainMinisters are reviewing a decision to allow a British company to export hi-tech equipment to Armenia after the Guardian uncovered links to the Russian military supply chain.Cygnet Texkimp, based in Cheshire, was weeks away from exporting two machines that produce carbon fibre “prepreg”, a lightweight material that can be used in a range of civil and military applications. Continue reading......
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28.02.26 - 13:57
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Angriffe auf Iran: London warnt vor Eskalation (DPA-AFX)
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LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Nach Beginn der jüngsten amerikanisch-israelischen Militärschläge gegen den Iran hat die britische Regierung vor einer Eskalation des Konflikts gewarnt. Premierminister Keir Starmer berief am Vormittag eine Sitzung des nationalen Krisenstabs ......
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