The illegal migration bill is the government’s latest proposal to tackle the rise in small boat Channel crossings, by detaining and removing anyone who arrives in the UK without valid permission to enter. The government hopes the bill, currently in committee stage in the House of Commons, will deter migrantsContinue Reading
Tatiana Grozetskaya/Shutterstock The early part of the COVID pandemic led to a significant reduction in air pollution in many parts of the world. With lockdowns, travel restrictions and decreased economic activity, there was a noticeable drop in the emission of air pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and particulate matterContinue Reading
A sentinel droid features in the film Before We Disappear. AlbinoMosquito Productions Ltd, Author provided Most films offer exactly the same viewing experience. You sit down, the film starts, the plot unfolds and you are follow what’s happening on screen until the story concludes. It’s a linear experience. My newContinue Reading
Marking the ninth anniversary of his illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian president Vladimir Putin visited the occupied Ukrainian peninsula on March 18. His visit came a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant against him. Putin and his children’s commissioner, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova,Continue Reading
F rom Wireless to British Summer Time, London’s festivals cater to a broad spectrum of tastes. So, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most unmissable music festivals coming up this summer – so you don’t miss any! Here’s a run-down of the best music festivals in the capital:Continue Reading
Alamy/Xinhua All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real condition of life and his relations with his kind. So wrote Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto. They were talking about howContinue Reading
S am Neill said he has “never felt better” after revealing he has been in remission from blood cancer for several months. The 75-year-old New Zealand actor, who was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is best known for his role as palaeontologist Alan Grant in the science-fiction film seriesContinue Reading
FORMER Newcastle player Jetro Willems was punched by one of his OWN FANS as an Eredivisie game boiled over and was temporarily suspended. Willems, 28, who spent the 2019/20 campaign on loan in the North East, saw his struggling Groningen side fall 2-0 behind at home to Heerenveen on Sunday.Continue Reading
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has said she will vote against the Government and back a Sinn Féin motion to retain the eviction ban. The Dublin Central TD has been critical of the ending of the ban, and will support the opposition’s motion in the Dáil. Writing in the SundayContinue Reading
"The camera never lies," goes the old adage. But how true is that? Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock As a victim or suspect of a crime, or witness to an offence, you may find your actions, behaviour and character scrutinised by the police or a barrister using CCTV footage. You may assume all theContinue Reading
