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UK to Headphone Dodgers on Trains: Shush

Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a campaign against listening to music or videos without headphones on public transportation. We asked London commuters to weigh in.

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Traveling on the London subway in April. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a national campaign against “one of the most annoying things on public transport” — people blasting music or videos from their phone.
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A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britain’s Migration Debate

A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the government.

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Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”
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Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says

A judge in London said that a “significant error” had been made in the granting of search warrants in an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Officers at an entrance to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, in February after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest. He was later released without charge and has denied wrongdoing.
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Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford

A 22-year-old from London was the seventh person to be arrested by the counterterrorism police investigating an incident at R.A.F. Fairford last month.

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Armed police officers stood guard on a road outside the perimeter of the R.A.F. Fairford air base last month.
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Former Prince Andrew Sues UK Police After Arrest Linked to Epstein Investigation

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking action over the warrants used to search two properties after his arrest in February, as part of a British investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is challenging the legality of the search warrants that allowed the police to search two of his homes in February.
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