UK Column News – 18th August 2025

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with Monday’s UK Column News.

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Honouring The Fallen While Preparing the Next Generation

00:30 RAF Harrowbeer 1940s Weekend: Celebrating the 1940s

GOV.UK: King leads nation in paying tribute to VJ Day veterans

The Guardian: Israeli plan to displace 1 million Palestinians spreads fear in Gaza

GOV.UK: PM statement on Ukraine: 16 August 2025

Ministry of Defence (on X): Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 15 August 2025

 

WEF’s Future in BlackRock’s Hands: From Schwab’s Vision to Fink’s Fortune

19:56 Reuters: World Economic Forum launches probe into founder Klaus Schwab over whistleblower allegations

Reuters: WEF clears founder Schwab of wrongdoing; appoints interim co-chairs

The Standard: World’s biggest investor BlackRock on asset buying spree in “undervalued” UK

 

From Classrooms to Newsrooms: All In for the SDGs

24:34 UK Column: Article: Demise of Livestock Farming, Fraudulent Science, and BlackRock

Welcome to the United Nations: SDG Publishers Compact

Irina Lumelsky (YouTube 2020): Launch of the SDG Publishers Compact at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair

Springer Nature: The Sustainable Development Goals Programme

Delivering real progress against urgent societal needs

The University of Strathclyde: Centre for Sustainable Development: REF 2021 & the Sustainable Development Goals

UKRI: Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland)

University of Strathclyde: KnowledgeBase Research Information Portal

University of Strathclyde: Paul Rodgers

University of Strathclyde: Design Thinking, Acting, and Making Net Zero Transformational Change Across NHS Scotland

MDPI Open Access: 17 Goals to Transform Our World

 

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Event: Hope Sussex Community: HOPE Freedom Music Festival – 22nd to 25th August

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Event: Beautiful Days 2025 – 14th – 17th August

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We The People NE (Rumble): New Bridge Hotel Newcastle migrant protest, 2nd August. Whose streets?

 

The New Port Authority — Military Muscle With Corporate Ambition

45:58 Navy Lookout: The future of surface ship support at Devonport Dockyard

Nuclear Information Service: A Nuclear Information Service Briefing (PDF)

Babcock International Group: Defence dividend – our contribution to the UK

Plymouth Waterfront Partnership (YouTube): The Plymouth Hoe Giants

UK Column: UK Column News – 16th April 2025

Thames Freeport: The Biggest Opportunity In A Generation

Thames Freeport: Thames Freeport Launches Strategic Masterplan For Jobs, Skills And Growth Across Essex And East London

LinkedIn: Max Beverton-Palmer

T&E Media: TfL appoints EDF Renewables for green electricity

 

Chat-GPT, Remember: Garbage In = Garbage Out

1:01:10 Google: Search: ‘chatgpt sorting my life out’

ChatGPT: ‘what is the street value of Lurpak?’

Tesco: Lurpak 750g – £8.25