LONDON (Reuters) – British police will not investigate the sacked defense minister, Gavin Williamson, after a senior officer said the information that was leaked about Chinese telecoms company Huawei was too minor to count as a criminal offence. Prime Minister Theresa May fired Williamson on Wednesday, despite his denials that he was to blame for […]
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The UK government’s official climate adviser this week said that the country can zero out its contributions to climate change by the middle of the century. If the target recommended by the Committee on Climate Change was officially adopted, it would put the UK on a more aggressive timetable than its current target of cutting […]
Britain’s governing Conservatives need to be open to compromise with the opposition Labour Party in order to deliver Brexit following heavy losses in Thursday’s local elections, health minister Matt Hancock said on Saturday. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives lost 1,332 seats on local councils that were up for re-election and Labour, which would typically aim […]
Image copyright Getty Images The leak from a National Security Council meeting about Chinese firm Huawei “did not amount to a criminal offence”, the Metropolitan Police says. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was sacked after an inquiry into the leaking of details from the council. Met Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said he was “satisfied” the Official […]
(LONDON) — Britain’s dominant political parties took a hammering in local elections as Brexit-weary voters expressed frustration over the country’s stalled departure from the European Union, according to updated results Friday. Almost three years after U.K. voters narrowly decided in a referendum to leave the EU, the date and terms of Brexit remain uncertain following […]
The UK government’s official climate adviser this week said that the country can zero out its contributions to climate change by the middle of the century. If the target recommended by the Committee on Climate Change was officially adopted, it would put the UK on a more aggressive timetable than its current target of cutting […]
Image copyright PA Image caption Ruth Davidson has returned to politics after spending the past seven months on maternity leave Ruth Davidson has warned that the two main Westminster parties will suffer the wrath of voters in the EU elections unless they “get Brexit sorted”. The Scottish Conservative leader admitted that the Tories and Labour […]
Last month, researchers working on another project identified a small stream in Belgium so highly polluted that its waters could probably act as a pesticide, The Guardian reported. In 2016, researchers found a cocktail of drugs, including Prozac, in salmon in Puget Sound, off the coast of Seattle. The team working on the shrimp study, […]
The infighting among Conservatives seems certain to continue: The local results summoned calls yet again for Prime Minister Theresa May to resign. Her rival, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, is under pressure from the pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit wings of his own party. The local results show that Mr. Corbyn’s balancing act over Brexit, designed to […]
