Tag: UK
UK climate activists jailed over motorway protest plot
LONDON: Five Just Stop Oil activists, including the climate group’s founder, were given between four and five years in jail in the UK on Thursday…
British government to scrap Northern Ireland amnesty scheme
BELFAST: Britain‘s new government said on Wednesday it would scrap an amnesty scheme for ex-soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland…
Welsh leader Vaughan Gething resigns after allies desert him over campaign donation scandal
LONDON: The leader of Wales’ government, first minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign after several members of his government quit over a campaign…
Ex-Nato chief George Robertson to lead a UK defense review, says China among ‘deadly’ challenges
LONDON: Former Nato leader George Robertson will lead a review of Britain’s military strategy to counter what he calls the “deadly quartet” of China, Iran,…
Two bodies found in suitcases on UK bridge; 24-year-old arrested
A man was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday after the bodies of two men in two suitcases were found at a famous bridge…
UK’s overflowing prisons present PM Starmer with early crisis
LONDON: The scale of the challenge facing prime minister Keir Starmer’s new government is writ large in Britain’s prisons, which are within weeks of being…
Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following…
‘No time to waste’: Rachel Reeves launches ‘national mission’ to boost UK’s economic growth
NEW DELHI: Rachel Reeves, the UK‘s first women finance minister has started taking steps towards infrastructure projects and private investments as part of a fresh…
UK’s Prince William’s to feature in new docu-series; details here
The Prince of Wales‘ William is set to feature in a documentary to demonstrate that homelessness can be eradicated. Following the first year of Prince…
Keir Starmer ends Rwanda migrant plan
LONDON: Newly elected UK PM Keir Starmer on Saturday began his first full day in charge declaring himself “restless for change” and pledging that growth…