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Miners leave after working the final shift at Kellingley Colliery
Environment
Britain built an empire out of coal. Now it’s giving it up. Why can’t the US?
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Speech Therapy
Arts, Culture & Media
Experimenting with Laughing Gas
"It sounded a load of rubbish" is how Grimsby port chief Martin Boyers remembers reacting to a plan to create a maintenance hub for new offshore wind farms in the depressed city. “I didn’t know anything about renewables."
Environment
Offshore wind projects breathe life into struggling UK ports
A rig (L) surrounds the top of one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station as demolition work is carried out, in London, Oct. 2, 2014.
Economics
Why the UK has an easier time than the US divorcing from coal
A sign is seen at the Polish Social and Cultural Association after graffiti was painted on the side of the building calling on Poles to leave the United Kingdom, in Hammersmith, London, Britain June 27, 2016.
Global Politics
Anti-Polish attacks shot up after the UK’s Brexit vote. Is globalization to blame?
Your Guide to The Weirdest Places in the U.K.
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Magna Carta outreach in China, where the government says the idea that rulers aren't above the law is a dangerous Western concept
Episode 5: Magna Carta in China
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"Bread and Dripping," a traditional English dish, is the first course of Tom Sellers' menu at his London eatery, Restaurant Story.
Food
This English chef is bringing working-class ‘bread and dripping’ to his finest patrons
A Child of the Windrush
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