Image copyright Paul Blatchford Image caption Lifeboats taking part in the rescue at Fistral Beach in Cornwall The Coastguard has urged holidaymakers and swimmers to be aware of lifeguards’ warnings and changeable weather after six people died in seas around Britain. Strong winds and high tides are feared to be behind the deaths of three […]
The drugs were discovered on the Bianca, a British-registered converted fishing trawler, on Thursday, in UK waters just south of Falmouth, in Cornwall. The trawler was intercepted during a joint operation involving NCA and Border Force maritime command officers, who boarded the boat and found around 50 bags containing what was suspected to be cocaine. […]
“Our scheme has been designed to accommodate these factors, so please don’t let them stop you from applying.” It comes as many working class students are put off the idea of going to university due to the huge debts incurred – with many leaving higher education after taking on more £40,000 of debt. For six […]
Suspected race hate crimes on Britain’s railways jumped sharply following the EU referendum, new figures show. In the fortnight after the poll, British Transport Police recorded 119 incidents including allegations of racist abuse and attacks at stations – equivalent to eight every day. The number of alleged race hate offences logged by the force between […]
A mother and her seven-year-old son were among three people who died on Saturday as strong winds and rain battered parts of Britain’s coast. The 37-year-old woman and the boy were among five people pulled from the sea after they got into difficulty while playing at Aberdeen beach. They later died in hospital. Another boy, […]
There is still virtually nobody in Brussels who thinks that Brexit is a good idea, for the UK or for the rest of the EU. But decision-makers are now accepting this unpalatable reality and there is a growing impatience for the process to begin in earnest. There was some understanding for the UK’s desire for […]
The U.K. economy has shown some post-Brexit strength. All it needs now is stamina. Focus is on whether the economy can sustain the initial robust readings that came last week. Labor-market resilience and the best retail-sales growth in any July since 2002 helped push Citigroup Inc.’s Economic Surprise Index, which measures the data’s strength relative […]
August 20, 2016 12:13 pm Hugo Greenhalgh Print Clip Gift Article UK inheritance tax move to hit non-doms – Financial Times
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Thae (seen on the right in this file picture) is now under the protection of South Korea North Korea has branded a UK-based diplomat who defected to South Korea as “human scum”. Thae Yong-ho, deputy envoy in London, and his family are now under the protection of the […]
A Scottish farmer has caused outrage after posing for photographs with the the bodies of an elephant, water buffalo and other African animals that he had shot dead. Ian Evans, of Wigtonshire in south-west Scotland, also killed antelope and zebra while on several trips to reserves in South Africa. His daughter-in-law, Helen Winters, who posted these photos online, has also accused […]
