Britain will send surveillance aircraft, two Royal Navy support ships and almost 100 Royal Marines to the eastern Mediterranean from Friday to support Israel and help prevent any sudden escalation of warfare in the Middle East. Patrol flights of Poseidon P-8 aircraft and other aircraft will begin on Friday, Downing Street announced, tasked partly withContinue reading “The UK Will Send Spy Planes And Ships To Israel”
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Ulez And Speed Cameras Could Mistakenly Identify 2 Million Drivers A Day For Fines
More than two million motorists a day could wrongly encounter penalties for Ulez or speeding because of simple ways of gaming Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras or errors with the system. ANPR cameras are widely used to enforce road traffic regulations and are used by local councils or authorities to monitor vehicles entering or exitingContinue reading “Ulez And Speed Cameras Could Mistakenly Identify 2 Million Drivers A Day For Fines”
Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine ‘Shedding Fears’ Among Parents
Parents have been taking their children out of school for a few days during mass vaccination drives rather than have them take a live AstraZeneca nasal vaccine which they claim causes ‘shedding’. In England, parents have started to receive invites for the annual NHS influenza (flu) vaccination programme for children. Parents, alternative health activists, PTFAContinue reading “Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine ‘Shedding Fears’ Among Parents”
Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’
Rachel Reeves has said that Labour could alter planning rules to allow hundreds of thousands of vital homes to be built on the ‘Green Belt. The shadow chancellor said the party would look at reclassifying protected land as ‘brownfield’ sites ripe for development under a ‘common sense approach’ if elected. It comes as all theContinue reading “Thousands Of Homes Could Be Built On the ‘Green Belt’”
It Would Appear That Sir Keir Starmer Is An A+ In Terms Of Hypocrisy
Wine glasses had been charged, solid silver teaspoons clinked in fine bone china cups and shimmering candles were casting a warm glimmer over the gilded frames of large oil portraits as Sir Keir Starmer rose to speak. It was late one Thursday night in January 2017, and our then Shadow Brexit Secretary found himself addressingContinue reading “It Would Appear That Sir Keir Starmer Is An A+ In Terms Of Hypocrisy”
Council Cuts Threaten Bin Collections And Libraries To Plug £3.5 Billion Hole
Waste collections, libraries and leisure centres all face being hit as local authorities struggle to make ends meet. A report warns that cash-strapped councils are grappling with a £3.5 billion funding black hole for next year, risking cuts to jobs and essential services as town halls struggle to balance the books. Research by Unison foundContinue reading “Council Cuts Threaten Bin Collections And Libraries To Plug £3.5 Billion Hole”
‘Uptick In Shoplifting’ Prompts Aldi Staff To Wear Cameras
Staff at supermarket chain Aldi are to be given body-worn cameras as the German discounter becomes the latest retailer to bring in more security measures amidst increasing rates of shoplifting across the country. UK boss Giles Hurley said that the company hadn’t been immune to reported rises in people looting from shops, a rising patternContinue reading “‘Uptick In Shoplifting’ Prompts Aldi Staff To Wear Cameras”
Can Rishi Sunak Win The Election Next May?
Rishi Sunak is set to slash the despised inheritance tax and secure the triple lock that guarantees state pension payments ahead of the next election, fuelling speculation he could go to the country as soon as May. The Prime Minister could make an announcement on IHT before the Conservative Party Conference next week, pledging toContinue reading “Can Rishi Sunak Win The Election Next May?”
She Is Furious As Her Child Is Humiliated For Not Having Money To Buy School Dinner
A mother has lashed out after her son was refused a meal at school because he didn’t have enough money in his account. Kelly Bowman said that her 14-year-old boy was left starving and humiliated after a lunchtime supervisor ordered him to put his meal back, leaving him without a lunchtime meal. A newspaper outletContinue reading “She Is Furious As Her Child Is Humiliated For Not Having Money To Buy School Dinner”
RUSSELL BRAND AND ACCUSATION
Russell Brand has been accused of rape, and he’s been accused of raping a businesswoman and grooming a 16-year-old schoolgirl for sex. At the moment it’s all accusation. However, the Metropolitan Police have said that they’ve been made aware of the media information about a string of allegations of sexual aggression, and have urged anyContinue reading “RUSSELL BRAND AND ACCUSATION”