London is full of incredible spots to discover, and Next Stop is all about celebrating them.

At MATCHADO I got a closer look at the craft behind matcha and learned what makes their take on Japanese tea culture so special 🍵

- on the way, the vehicle with rescued animals was chased by a Russian drone, and three Defenders, being with volunteers at the right moment, shot it down at high speed.

ARK volunteers called them "3 angels,"as they saved their lives and those of 45 animals rescued during the evacuation
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During the evacuation of animals in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, volunteers of the Animal Rescue Kharkiv organization became a 'taxi service' for Ukrainian Defenders.

One of the soldiers jokingly said he'll be an air defense, and that's what actually happened -

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.

We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Here, he said thank you. Again.

"We cannot negotiate with people who say 'what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable'."

John F. Kennedy
25 July 1961
re: The Berlin Crisis

Instead of fixing the £90bn Brexit black hole - the government is hitting you with record high stealth taxes.

Ed said it best: We want to grow the economy, not tax the economy.

🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨

Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."

"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."

Bank customer with ‘phobia of Pride flags’ loses case against NatWest Mark Jennings claimed Pride-related paraphernalia at bank branch caused him ‘severe psychological distress’

Good! Fair play to Nat West! 👏🏼

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This wasn’t on the side of a bus :

#Brexit will cost us £250m a day in 2025

Settled but not safe? – We must continue to protect EU Citizens in Wales Jenny Rathbone MS Five years after Brexit, thousands of EU citizens who call Wales home still face the alarming risk of losing their rights. This is not a distant technical issue buried in the…

Five years after Brexit, thousands of EU citizens who call Wales home still face the alarming risk of losing their rights ✍️Jenny Rathbone MS

As the Budget concludes, Sir John Major's words are more relevant than ever. Both the Labour Government and Conservative opposition are being wretchedly timid in their policy aspirations. They must confront the consequences of Brexit if they want to prevent further damage.

Ministers may keep dodging the topic, but the Treasury's own figures prove that Brexit was a mistake. Weaker growth and higher costs are embedded in every forecast, and the economic wreckage is now impossible to hide.

New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.

New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.

The Chancellor wants to "boost trade, increase investment, and champion innovation", but is failing to fix one of the principal causes of the economic crisis: Brexit. The Government must urgently repair our relationship with Europe, or else forthcoming Budgets will continue to bear the brunt.

🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨

"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."

"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."

Now over 61,000 🚀

European Movement UK polled Britons on how to fund the NHS and public services, and 77% backed joining the Single Market and Customs Union as the best way to bring in the money those services need.

"These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time.” National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass. Reported in The Herald Scotland today by Ian McConnell.

Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.

It didn't.

Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:

"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"

Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"

🚨Putin attacked Britain ☢️
🚨Putin backed Brexit 🇷🇺
🚨Putin infiltrated our parties 🇷🇺

🇬🇧 Only one party will launch a full investigation into Russian interference and rid this country of this threat.

Vote Rejoin. End the Russian Menace.
#VoteRejoin #ExitBrexit

Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.

Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.

Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

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Portrait image of the Mayor of London wearing a white ribbon

Today the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence begin.

People around the world are wearing a white ribbon to call on men to never commit, excuse or remain silent about gender-based violence.

Join me and support our work to build a London that's safe for everyone.

The devastating effects of Brexit continue to build

London is becoming a cycling city.

As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.

The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.

Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows

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Liberal Democrats on X: "Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔 https://t.co/UL0ua2IYDE" / X Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔 https://t.co/UL0ua2IYDE

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