United Kingdom

Extraordinary tax on oil and gas companies: Jacob Rees-Mogg warns Rishi Sunak that no tax is “economically free of cost”

One of the government’s most loyal ministers has warned that an extraordinary tax on oil and gas companies will not be “economically cost-free”. The tax was announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak as part of a £ 21bn support package aimed at helping people cope with rising cost of living. But Jacob Rees-Mogg, the government’s minister …

Extraordinary tax on oil and gas companies: Jacob Rees-Mogg warns Rishi Sunak that no tax is “economically free of cost” Read More »

Monkeypox News: Live: Two more cases in Scotland when NI and Wales register first infections Sign up for free to continue reading Sign up for free to continue reading

The WHO doctor explains how smallpox spread among humans Two more cases of smallpox have been reported in Scotland, according to officials. It brings to three the total number of infections north of the border. Today, Northern Ireland and Wales recorded their first cases. The UK Health Security Agency said the risk to the general …

Monkeypox News: Live: Two more cases in Scotland when NI and Wales register first infections Sign up for free to continue reading Sign up for free to continue reading Read More »

Imprisoned British drug smuggler uses luxury yacht for £ 160 million international cocaine conspiracy

A British drug dealer who used a luxury yacht to smuggle 160 million pounds of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for 18 years. Andrew Cole, 33, of Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, was aboard the luxury yacht Kahu when he stopped off the coast of Plymouth. Last September, Border Force and National Crime Agency (NCA) …

Imprisoned British drug smuggler uses luxury yacht for £ 160 million international cocaine conspiracy Read More »

The Stormont assembly was revoked in a new attempt to elect a president

The Stormont assembly will meet on Monday in a new attempt to nominate a chairman after more than 30 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) signed a revocation petition. Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill said it was important for the assembly to “come together to start working” and start offering to the public. But …

The Stormont assembly was revoked in a new attempt to elect a president Read More »

“There is no humanity at all”: UK calls for visa for autistic Ukrainian child

A British man who has turned his Polish castle into a makeshift hotel for Ukrainian refugees has accused the UK government of “showing no humanity” for not allowing a teenager with severe autism to come to live with an approved reception in Lancashire. Requests for compassion are shown to 16-year-old Timothy Tymoshenko, who fled the …

“There is no humanity at all”: UK calls for visa for autistic Ukrainian child Read More »