Source link The slow-motion convoy of more than 150 vehicles arrived to protest against cheap agricultural imports Over 150 tractors descended on Britain’s Parliament on Monday evening in a noisy protest against post-Brexit regulations and trade agreements that they say are expected to endanger livelihoods and undermine food security. Farm vehicles flying UK flags made […]
Source link Britain has ruled out a “full-blown military deployment,” the PM’s spokesman said London has no plans of sending its troops to fight Russia alongside Ukrainian soldiers, a UK government spokesman told Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday. The comment came after French President Emmanuel Macron said that he could not rule out an […]
Source link The UK is open to “all options” when it comes to achieving “maximum effect” for Ukraine, David Cameron has said Western nations should enhance their military support to Ukraine and “invest” more in NATO, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published on Friday. London is ready to […]
Source link President Vladimir Zelensky has tapped former commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny as Kiev’s new envoy to the UK Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny has been appointed the country’s new ambassador to the UK, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The ministry said it has already informed London about the development, formally requesting approval from it. […]
Source link White people have been told not to attend two upcoming performances of a play about racism and sexuality in London’s West End. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office has condemned the move as “wrong and divisive.” Written by Jeremy O Harris, who is black, ‘Slave Play’ opens in London’s Noel Coward Theater in June […]
Source link Sadiq Khan urged the UK government to channel proceeds from confiscations toward funding accommodation for Ukrainian refugees The UK government ought to seize property owned by Russian ‘oligarchs’ in the country and use the money to fund housing for Ukrainian refugees, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has argued. The official estimated that the sale […]
Source link A group of pro-Palestinian activists have been arrested on suspicion of planning to disrupt the work of the London Stock Exchange, police said on Sunday. The arrests were made in London, Liverpool and Brighton. The suspects, aged 26 to 31, remain in custody. According to the Metropolitan Police, the authorities were tipped off […]
Source link Sadiq Khan has changed his mind amid political pressure regarding a request from Kiev’s Vitaly Klitschko London Mayor Sadiq Khan has dropped his refusal to send four-wheel-drive cars and trucks to Ukraine, saying he now supports the idea of giving vehicles to Kiev that would otherwise be scrapped under an environmental program. Khan […]
Source link Two men were filmed removing a sticker-decorated stop sign from a south London street corner less than an hour after street artist Banksy had claimed it as one of his works in a video shared to social media on Friday. The footage shows two men working together to remove the stop sign, one […]
Source link Overdose-related deaths are the highest they’ve ever been in the UK, and a super-strong new drug is hitting the streets Major cities in the UK may risk facing a similar epidemic of synthetic opioid deaths as in the US, a top police chief told the Telegraph on Wednesday. The epidemic of drug overdoses […]
Source link Sadiq Khan reportedly argued that the transfer would not benefit city residents, sparking outrage London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuffed a request from his counterpart in Ukraine’s capital to donate cars that are to be scrapped as part of a major environmental program, the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday. According to the article, […]
Source link Havering Borough officials argued the installation only risked “inflaming tensions” within the community The Borough of Havering in East London has abandoned its plans to erect the traditional Hanukkah menorah in front of Town Hall this year, opting to only briefly place a “temporary installation” in its stead. The local council attributed the […]
Source link Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is in the UK for high-level talks amid concerns over a proposed free trade agreement India is in the process of “reframing” its relations with the UK for “contemporary times,” Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced on Sunday in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He is on a five-day visit to […]