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Reporting and specialist monitoring indicate "STYX" refers to a darknet marketplace focused on financial fraud (vendors, cash-out, escrow) that has operated since at least 2023 and remains discussed i...
Newham is consistently identified as London’s most ethnically diverse borough, with non‑white (Asian, Black, Mixed or Other) residents making up about 69.2% of its population . Other London boroughs f...
Police-recorded rape offences in England and Wales were about 55,685 in the 2020/21 reporting year according to GOV.UK commentary on victim‑based offences (note this is presented as 2020/21 not strict...
DVLA rules do not set a fixed legal waiting time after knee surgery; drivers should be free of sedative medication, able to control the vehicle and must notify DVLA only if they remain unable to drive...
London is a majority‑minority city: roughly 46% of Londoners are from non‑white ethnic groups according to multiple syntheses of the 2021 census and recent estimates, a sharp rise from 2011 when the w...
UK law treats lottery winnings themselves as tax‑free: winners do not pay Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax on the prize (multiple industry and HMRC‑based guides note this) . However, gifts made from wi...
The UK government announced on 26 September 2025 that a national digital ID will be rolled out and will be mandatory for Right to Work checks by the end of the current Parliament (no later than 2029) ...
Employers in the UK must accept either defined “List A” documents that give an ongoing right to work (for example British or Irish citizenship and indefinite leave) or time‑limited documents in “List ...
Census and government analysis since 2021 show large variation across UK cities: Leicester, Birmingham and parts of London and the West Midlands figure prominently among places with the highest shares...
Official statistics for England and Wales show in criminal justice contact by ethnicity: Black people are arrested at higher rates than White people, and ethnic minorities are over-represented at mult...
HMRC does not run a blanket program that simply tracks how often Britons travel abroad to determine tax liability; official statements and reporting show the department instead uses targeted checks an...
Exemptions to avoid digital ID vary widely by country and by the specific ID scheme: U.S. federal REAL ID rules generally require a photo and do not broadly permit religious opt-outs for passports, th...
Most UK sources and international public-health summaries say common side effects after recent COVID‑19 vaccines in older adults are mild and short‑lived — arm soreness, fatigue, fever, headache and m...
NHS guidance and UK clinician summaries say people can often resume driving sooner after a partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement than after a total knee replacement — commonly around 3 weeks for...
The UK’s new digital ID programme is presented by government as “privacy focused” with encryption, user consent, and limits on unnecessary data sharing — and the trust framework and Data (Use and Acce...
The answer is: complicated — the UK both supports Israel in some official and practical ways while also criticising and constraining Israeli actions. The government has repeatedly said it backs Israel...
The available material shows no single, definitive date for a formal contract award for the UK digital ID programme, but multiple government statements and reporting converge on a , with staged procur...
Early real‑world studies from the UK show the 2025–26 seasonal vaccine reduced influenza‑related emergency department attendances and hospital admissions by about 72–75% in children and adolescents an...
No — not all asylum seekers arriving by boat in the UK are male, but men form a clear majority of recent arrivals. Government statistics show adult men made up 59% of all asylum claims in the year end...
As of reporting around and after the July 2024 general election, about two dozen Muslim MPs entered the House of Commons — reporting typically cites 24–25 Muslim MPs after that election (e.g. 25 in mu...