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World - / Aug 15, 2026 - 'Tragedy on so many levels': PM Burnham on death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday - UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday a "tragedy on so many levels", urging people to reflect rather than rush to judgement. Arday, 41, was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea, south

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World - / Aug 15, 2026 - UK PM Andy Burnham announces £65m support package for farmers hit by drought - Farmers in England are set to receive an extra £65 million in government support as drought conditions continue to damage crops and put pressure on water supplies. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the funding on Saturday following the driest

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Indian envoy meets Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman days after Sheikh Hasina's address in Delhi

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures on August 15th

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures for August 15

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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A Welsh family lost Menna Owen at 18 after a seizure-triggered cardiac arrest; her heart and lungs were donated to two recipients, both doing well a year later

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In 2017, conservationists began moving young ospreys from Scotland to Dorset; five years later they bred in southern England for the first time since 1847

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Second train derails in Southeast England within 24 hours; no injuries reported

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Random Musing: The UK 'PM-in-waiting' just beat a guy wearing a trash can – and that sums up post-Brexit politics

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France's top court blocks under-15 social media ban, cites constitutional concerns

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China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world's highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually

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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former premier who changed China's economic fate passes away at 97

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Over 100 aides, journalists flew on as unwitting decoys after Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey

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The Sahara once held a lake 48% larger than all five Great Lakes combined, but Mega-Chad vanished about 5,000 years ago

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In 1980, a New Zealand lighthouse keeper stayed after automation ended his job; he later helped lead a restoration effort that planted 283,000 native trees

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In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000

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7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia

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In 1974, Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff moved to Alaska looking for work; 14 years later, he became the last person in US history to receive a homestead title

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79-year-old UK grandmother refuses to sell part of her garden for $60m road project to protect a 500-year-old oak tree and local wildlife

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Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead

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