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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it would hold an inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave”, a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners in 1984 at the height of a year-long industrial dispute with Margaret Thatcher’s government. More than 5,000 striking miners clashed with a similar number of riot police who had been …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Fifty-five people were arrested at a rally for the banned Palestine Action group outside Britain’s parliament on Saturday, London’s Metropolitan Police said. The crowd in Parliament Square had been waving placards supporting the group that was banned this month under anti-terrorism legislation, the force said in a post on X. People from the …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Four pro-Palestinian activists will stand trial in 2027 charged with breaking into a British military air base and damaging two planes in protest against Britain’s support for Israel. The four are accused of breaking into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire in central England on June 20 and spraying red paint over …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British police will not take any action against Irish rap group Kneecap following an investigation into comments made by its members during a performance at Glastonbury music festival last month. The force had launched a criminal investigation into gigs by Kneecap as well as punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, which took place one after …

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(Corrects name spelling in paragraph 2) By Vitalii Yalahuzian and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Sixteen- and 17-year-olds celebrated their newly granted right to vote in all UK elections on Thursday, but cautioned that proper education was vital to boost turnout and protect young voters from political misinformation on social media. “I’m really happy about it …

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By Nancy Lapid and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Eight children in the UK have been spared from devastating genetic diseases thanks to a new three-person in vitro fertilization technique, scientists from Newcastle University reported on Wednesday. The technique, which is banned in the United States, transfers pieces from inside the mother’s fertilized egg – its nucleus, …

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