UK net migration 20% lower in 2024 than first thought, ONS says
In May Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced measures which he said would ensure net migration falls "significantly" over the next four years. The new figures make little change to the overall estimate of net migration to the UK between 2021 and 2024, falling slightly from 2.6 million people to 2.5 million in the revised report. Based on that method, the ONS now thinks that 257,000 British nationals left the UK in 2024 while 143,000 Britons living abroad returned. Using that method such a person would usually be counted as an emigrant, skewing migration figures. The ONS has stopped using this method to measure EU migration, instead of using visas and border data shared by the Home Office.
Source:The Times
November 19, 2025 09:09 UTC
Ruben Amorim’s shock plan to bring good times back to Man Utd… by tapping into ‘spirit and aura’ of Eric Cantona
RUBEN AMORIM wants to bring the good times back to Manchester United — with the help of legends like Eric Cantona. A close source said Amorim has “a deep admiration and appreciation” for United legends and wants them to especially assist the younger players in his squad. The United source added: “Ruben loves Cantona. “He sees him as the embodiment of the spirit and aura of Manchester United. “These are people who have United in their DNA, and Ruben wants that energy, that heritage, to be felt and lived by everyone in the squad.”
Source:The Times
November 19, 2025 08:21 UTC
UK Kamikaze Drones from Modini Hit the Front Line
The Dart 250 is fast, simple, and designed for modern combat. From Ukraine Aid to NATO Front Line DutyThe story began when the British Ministry of Defence called Modini in 2023 to help Ukraine. Modini hopes the Dart 250 will give NATO an edge in this race for smart, cheap weapons. DroneXL’s TakeI see the Dart 250 as a glimpse into the future. The Dart 250 is impressive, but the real test will come when it faces heavy electronic warfare and real combat pressure.
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November 19, 2025 05:44 UTC
UK to mass produce explosives for first time in a generation
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November 19, 2025 04:35 UTC
Newspaper headlines: MI5's 'Chinese spies' alert and Trump defends MBS
Photos of a jubilant Scotland squad celebrating their World Cup qualifying win appear across the front and back pages. After 27 years, the Scottish Daily Mail, external says, "Scots are finally on top of the world". The i Paper, external reports that suspected Chinese spies operating profiles on the networking site LinkedIn are connected to senior officials within the Home Office, the Foreign Office and Nato. But the Financial Times, external says the dispute "threatens to strain further a relationship that Sir Keir Starmer has tried to improve". Reform UK says the allegations are "entirely without foundation", describing them as "cynical attempts" to smear the party and mislead the public.
Source:The Times
November 19, 2025 02:34 UTC
Max McGreevy gives up title defense in Japan to make sure he gets PGA Tour card
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November 19, 2025 01:38 UTC
Warnings for the ghosts of leaders past — and future?
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November 19, 2025 00:00 UTC
I'm a Celebrity star Alex Scott's very famous partner
She also has a very famous girlfriend, British pop singer Jess Glynne. Alex Scott and Jess Glynne have been in a relationship since 2023. (Image: Zed Jameson/PA Wire)Are Alex Scott and Jess Glynne married? However, speaking to Ruby Wax and Shona McGarty on I'm a Celebrity, Scott said: "Before her, I never knew happiness." Jess Glynne songsJess Glynne is well-known for songs including:Don't Be So Hard On YourselfI'll Be ThereHold My HandAll I AmRECOMMENDED READING:Which viral TikTok trend is Jess Glynne linked to?
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November 18, 2025 23:28 UTC
It’s party time: how glam will you go?
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November 18, 2025 23:03 UTC
Labour left wing prepare to move against Starmer
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November 18, 2025 21:29 UTC
Paris Smith named one of UK's best law firms by The Times
Paris Smith LLP, which has offices in Southampton and Winchester, has been included in The Times' Best Law Firm rankings for 2026, with particular praise for its corporate and commercial work. James McNeil, head of Corporate, Commercial and Finance, said: "Being recognised by The Times as one of the UK’s best law firms is a proud moment for all in the department. James McNeil, left of centre, with members of the Corporate, Commercial and Finance department from Winchester and Southampton. (Image: Paris Smith)"It reflects the dedication, talent and collaborative spirit that drives everything we do. Paris Smith serves clients from start-ups to established enterprises.
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November 18, 2025 21:10 UTC
Denmark overtakes the U.K. as world’s most ambitious country on climate
The United Kingdom is no longer the most ambitious nation in the world when it comes to cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the fight against climate change over the next decade. Denmark’s climate minister, Lars Aagaard, announced this week that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. That’s one percentage point more than the U.K. goal set out earlier this year. In Denmark we will continue to show that ambitious climate action can go hand in hand with a competitive economy and strong social cohesion.”Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in the European Union on climate change and has pivoted its economy to benefit from clean technologies. By comparison, the EU submitted to the United Nations a pledge to cut the bloc’s emissions by between 66.3% and 72.5%.
Source:The Times
November 18, 2025 20:52 UTC
Kemi Badenoch bonds with Shabana Mahmood against ‘idiot’ critics
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November 18, 2025 20:35 UTC
Websites down after outage at network firm Cloudflare
Thousands of users reported issues with a host of different websites, including the film review site Letterboxd, which were impacted by technical issues at the internet network services business. The DownDetector monitoring site, which was itself hit by the outage, showed a flurry of reported issues after 11am on Tuesday. More than 10,000 DownDetector users reported issues related to Cloudflare. Cloudflare provides network and security services for many online businesses in order to help their websites and applications operate. “It’s still not clear exactly what went wrong but it looks like it was a technical malfunction within Cloudflare network.
Source:The Times
November 18, 2025 18:50 UTC
Chinese Spies Are Using LinkedIn to Target U.K. Lawmakers, MI5 Warns
It added that targets would “typically be approached to work as freelance consultants authoring geopolitical reports.” Chinese intelligence officers had “a low threshold for what information is considered to be of value,” it said, but “individual pieces of information fit into a wider collection effort.”A statement posted to the website of the Chinese Embassy in London on Tuesday said: “These claims by the U.K. side are pure fabrication and malicious slander. We strongly condemn such despicable moves of the U.K. side and have lodged stern representations with them.”Last month, Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said in a speech that China was engaging in cyberespionage and the theft of advanced secrets, and had conducted “efforts to interfere covertly in U.K. public life.”The alert sent to members of Parliament on Tuesday had the potential to revive the political debate over the case dropped in September. The decision not to bring the case to trial roiled politics in London for weeks. Senior members of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government have repeatedly said that it was the decision of Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, to drop the case against Christopher Cash, a parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry, a teacher. Mr. Parkinson said that the government’s unwillingness to call China a threat at the time the pair were detained meant he could not charge them under the Official Secrets Act.
Source:The Times
November 18, 2025 18:32 UTC