#britain

#britain

On 29 November 1781, Capt Luke Collingwood faced a decision. He was in command of a ship called the Zong, which departed Accra with 442 Africans to be sold into slavery. However, the crew of the Zong kept getting lost on the way to Jamaica. Now their overcrowded cargo was ridden with disease and dehydration.

Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. It's one of Britain's most infamous crimes. But did the justice system get it wrong? "Blood Relatives," a six-part series from In the Dark, is coming on October 28th.

Ethel Caterham, the last surviving Edwardian and the world's oldest living person, celebrated her 116th birthday on Thursday. She was born on 21 August 1909 in Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, when Herbert Asquith was prime minister, Beatrix Potter had just published The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and one of the bestselling songs was Shine on Harvest Moon. Caterham is the last surviving subject of Edward VII, who died on 6 May 1910.

The average Brit spends a whopping 56.6 hours talking about the weather over the course of a year, equivalent to two days and nine hours.

Energy-saving initiatives in Britain have shown lukewarm results, with citizens not fully engaging in measures to reduce energy consumption despite rising bills.

Britain is characterized by an overwhelming sense of disarray, where everyday essentials become increasingly expensive while public services falter, leaving citizens frustrated.

Keir Starmer declared that Britain faces more serious and unpredictable threats today than during the Cold War, urging a transformation into a 'battle-ready' nation.