Tales of a former gambling addict
By Martin Banks According to the latest Public Health England report on gambling, 0.5% of the population (approximately 246,000 people) are problem gamblers, and 3.8% (2.2 million people) are ‘at-risk’ gamblers.
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August 15, 2025 Postcards with Purpose
By Martin Banks As the UK swelters under another tropical heatwave, a different kind of flow is arriving in MPs’ post trays across Westminster. Not the usual spidery letters or worthy constituency reports — but brightly coloured postcards, stamped and sent from every corner of the globe: Porto, Portland, Port Douglas… and beyond. These cards […]
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August 13, 2025 UK Groups Campaign for Overseas Constituencies
By Martin Banks A summer campaign has been launched to promote the merits of overseas constituencies for UK citizens living abroad.
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August 8, 2025 Suffolk makes for great getaway for summer
By Martin Banks There is one part of England that is often overlooked by visitors from Belgium and that is a real shame because it really does offer “something different”.
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August 3, 2025 London: World Class Tourism Venue
By Martin Banks It’s still one of the most popular tourist destination cities in the world.
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June 3, 2025 UK to build 12 new submarines and six new munition factories as part of Strategic Defence Review
The British government on Monday endorsed 62 recommendations made in an externally-led Strategic Defence Review.
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June 1, 2025 London’s latest visitor attraction- a “world first”
By Martin Banks The keenly-awaited V&A East Storehouse, which officially opened on Saturday 31 May, is the size of 30 basketball courts and houses all-manner of items.
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May 29, 2025 25th Anniversary for Famous London Landmark
By Martin Banks A quarter of a century ago it was a set of bland-looking government offices and a car park.
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May 20, 2025 Former Minister welcomes possible revival of youth mobility between the UK and EU
By Martin Banks UK PM Sir Keir Starmer, speaking ahead of a summit in London between the two sides on Monday, gave a strong signal that a youth mobility scheme could form part of a new deal with the EU.
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May 3, 2025 Prince Harry tells BBC he wants ‘reconciliation’ with Royal Family
The Duke of Sussex has told the BBC he “would love a reconciliation” with the Royal Family, in an emotional interview in which he said he was “devastated” at losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK. Prince Harry said the King “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff”, but that […]
