Image source, Getty Images New ex-military sites will accommodate thousands of migrants, the government has announced. It is part of plans to tackle small boat crossings after record numbers came to the UK this way in 2022. What is the government’s main plan to tackle migrants? Under the Illegal MigrationContinue Reading
Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.Continue Reading
Interdisciplinary Research Professor at the University of Glasgow, Andrew Hoskins participated in an expert roundtable on ‘A New Security Paradigm for Financial Institutions’. The event, held online on March 27, 2023, was hosted by the Information Security Institute (Munich, Germany), and was under the auspices of the European Academy ofContinue Reading
Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour. The proposals include making offenders wear hi-vis jackets to wash police cars and clean up vandalism, within 48 hours of being served a court order. Offenders may have to do other unpaid work in theirContinue Reading
Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his supporters of crimes against the people of Ukraine.Continue Reading
T he boss of English National Opera has said “the odds are likely” that EuroFestival in Liverpool will see a collaboration between a Ukrainian Eurovision Song Contest winner and the organisation’s classical singers. Stuart Murphy was speaking on Tuesday at the launch of the festival at the British Music ExperienceContinue Reading
MANCHESER UNITED could miss out on the Champions League even if Jim Ratcliffe takes over and they finish in the top four. Fans already knew rival bidder Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani might need to prove he has no influence on PSG should he buy out the Glazers. 2 SirContinue Reading
Humza Yousaf’s appointment as first minister of Scotland is a historic moment for the UK. It means that, for the first time in history, the country has a Hindu prime minister in Westminster (Rishi Sunak) and a Muslim first minister in Scotland. In his victory speech, Yousaf said: We shouldContinue Reading
PLASTIC surgery procedures more than doubled in Britain last year. Some 31,057 surgeries were performed in 2022, up 102 per cent on the previous year, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (The BAAPS). Plastic surgery procedures more than doubled in Britain last year, according to the BritishContinue Reading
People in same-sex relationships in Uganda now face the possibility of life in prison after the country’s parliament unanimously passed its 2023 anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation, which Amnesty International has called “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”, establishes a range of harsh penalties for same-sex “offences” – including the death penaltyContinue Reading
