Ancient tropical plants produce cones in UK for first time on record – CNN
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Migration: UK cannot end freedom of movement on Brexit day, experts say – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Migration experts say the UK cannot end freedom of movement from the EU on Brexit day because it has no system to work out who is legally in the country. The Home Office said on 19 August that EU freedom of movement would end immediately in a no-deal Brexit. But Oxford […]
Aras Amiri’s fiance says UK government ‘utterly blind’ to responsibility – The Guardian
The fiance of Aras Amiri, a British Council employee imprisoned in Iran on spying charges, has accused the UK government of being “utterly blind to their responsibility” to try to secure her release. An appeal against Amiri’s 10-year sentence was rejected without a hearing earlier this week, in a decision that prompted her family to […]
Scotland Brexit: 50,000 applications for EU Settlement Scheme – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images About a quarter of the estimated 220,000 EU citizens living in Scotland have so far applied to remain in the UK after Brexit. The Home Office said it received 51,600 applications from Scotland under the EU Settlement Scheme by the end of July. The scheme aims to help EU citizens and […]
Global heating: ancient plants set to reproduce in UK after 60m years – The Guardian
An exotic plant has produced male and female cones outdoors in Britain for what is believed to be the first time in 60m years. Botanists say the event is a sign of global heating. Two cycads (Cycas revoluta), a type of primitive tree that dominated the planet 280m years ago, have produced cones on the […]
UK and South Korea sign ‘continuity’ trade agreement – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images The UK has signed a “continuity” trade agreement with South Korea, allowing businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss signed the agreement with her South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee in London. The two countries agreed to a preliminary deal in June, marking the first post-Brexit deal […]
Macron delivers tough Brexit message to Johnson – CNN
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UK weather: record August bank holiday temperature expected – The Guardian
A bank holiday heatwave could set record temperatures around the country, with blue skies expected to replace the wind and rain that has dogged August. South-easterly winds would draw warm air from Europe towards the UK from Friday, bringing rising temperatures and dry, settled weather, the Met Office said. On Monday, the mercury could reach […]
UK and Korea to sign trade continuity deal to ensure businesses are ready to trade post-Brexit – GOV.UK
The UK and Korea will today (Thursday 22 August) sign a continuity Free Trade Agreement that will allow businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit on Thursday 31 October. Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss and the Korean Minister of Trade, Yoo Myung-Hee will meet in London to sign the agreement, protecting annual […]
UK should cut vehicle use to hit zero-carbon target, say MPs – The Guardian
The government should discourage personal vehicle use and reward energy-efficient homebuilding to meet its legally binding target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, MPs have said In a scathing parliamentary report, the cross-party science and technology select committee said recent Conservative governments have promised more but done less on the climate crisis, which has left […]