Pressure Mounts on Government to Reduce Fuel Duty Amid Cost-of-Living Crisis
Euen Herbert-Small
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Motorists across the UK are once again feeling the squeeze as fuel prices remain stubbornly high. For many households already struggling with rent, food and energy bills, the cost of filling the car has become yet another pressure point in the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
During a BBC interview this morning, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband stopped short of committing to a simple measure that could bring immediate relief: reducing fuel duty.
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The Bluff — a must see blockbuster that screams Pirates of the Cayman Islands.
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Last night, the JamRadio UK Entertainment Team settled in for what we thought would be a casual movie night — instead, we were hit with a full‑throttle cinematic ambush. The Bluff, now streaming on Prime Video, doesn’t ease you in; it drags you straight into the chaos of the 19th‑century Caribbean and refuses to let go. Priyanka Chopra commands the screen from the moment she appears, delivering a performance so sharp, so emotionally......
Black People Up to 48 Times More Likely to Be Stopped and Searched in Some Wealthy London Areas
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A new study has revealed stark racial disparities in the use of police stop and search powers in parts of London, with Black people found to be up to 48 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched in some of the capital’s wealthiest neighbourhoods.
The research, carried out by King’s College London and commissioned by the office of London’s mayor, analysed more than 152000 stop and search incidents......
Windrush Victims Voice Anger Over Government Plan to Pay Asylum Seekers to Leave the UK
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"We have worked and paid taxes, yet we can't even get legal aid to challenge the Home Office, and while 'failed asylum seekers' can access everything, including housing, legal aid and now money to leave the UK."
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indrush victims have expressed anger and frustration at government proposals to offer asylum seekers payments of up to £40,000 to voluntarily leave the United Kingdom.
The plan, being considered as part of efforts to reduce pressure on the asylum system, would provide financial incentives for individuals whose......
Mahmood Strips Saint Lucia of Visa-Free Access — While 250,000 Ukrainian Asylum Seekers Sit in British Homes
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has stripped Saint Lucia of its visa-free travel arrangement with the United Kingdom, in a decision that has ignited fury across the Caribbean — and forced an uncomfortable question that the government appears unwilling to answer: how can a country that opened its doors to over a quarter of a million Ukrainians overnight justify slamming them on the islands whose people built the......
Employment Tribunal Begins in Legal Challenge Against Metanoia Institute
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An Employment Tribunal has begun hearing a high-profile legal case against the West London-based Metanoia Institute, with five former members of staff alleging victimisation and constructive dismissal over whistleblowing at the institution.
The case, which opened at the London Central Employment Tribunal last week, is expected to last 19 days. The claimants — Dr Eiman Hussein, Dr Maya Mukamel, Dr Malgorzata Milewicz, Dr Jane Hunt and Cathy Lasher —......
EastEnders AI Storyline Sparks Debate Over Loneliness and the Rise of “Digital Companions”
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EastEnders has launched one of its most unsettling storylines to date, as long‑standing character Patrick Trueman becomes emotionally dependent on an AI recreation of his murdered son Anthony. The plot is already prompting wider questions about whether artificial intelligence is becoming a substitute for human connection and what that means for a society facing rising loneliness.
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Secret U.S.— Cuba Talks Held in St. Kitts with Castro’s Grandson Amid CARICOM Summit
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Senior aides to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a private meeting in St Kitts with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the influential grandson and security chief of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, according to reporting from the Miami Herald and Times Caribbean Online.
Saint Kitts and Nevis Senator - Isalean Felicitee Ciara Phillip shakes hands with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, on his arrival in St. Kitts and Nevis (Wednesday 25 Feb. 2026)
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UK’s Largest Black Civic Groups Warn of “Grave Threat” as Government Moves to Strip Jury Trials Retrospectively
Euen Herbert-Small
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wo of the UK’s largest Black civic organisations have issued a stark warning that the Government’s plan to retroactively impose judge‑only trials represents a “grave threat” to fairness and public trust in the justice system.
Operation Black Vote (OBV) and Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC UK) say the proposal would allow cases already in the system — cases that began under the long‑standing guarantee of a jury, to be diverted......
CARICOM Chair Warns: Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis Is Now a Regional Stability Threat
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CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrence Drew, opened the 50th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government with a stark warning that the humanitarian collapse unfolding in Cuba is no longer a distant concern but a direct threat to the stability of the wider Caribbean. With Cuba’s population estimated between nine and twelve million—larger than the rest of CARICOM combined—he told leaders that any serious breakdown “will destabilise all of us.”
Dr. Drew grounded his intervention in......
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