Britain’s House of Commons approved legislation on Tuesday to create “buffer zones” that ban certain behavior including silent prayer outside abortion facilities across England and Wales. MPs voted 299–116 in favour of creating the zones. The Public Order Bill contains powers to make it an offence for anyone who “seeks to influence, advises, persuade, or…
Pupils More Likely to Miss School on Fridays as Parents Work From Home, MPs Told
More pupils have been missing school on Fridays since the COVID-19 pandemic because parents tend to work from home on those days, a parliamentary committee was told. An analysis of attendance data from before and after the pandemic suggests some pupils are now not going in to school on Fridays, a trend which did not…
Convincing People of Safety Is Biggest Challenge With Driverless Vehicles, Experts Tells UK MPs
A committee of MPs has been told the government needs to speed up the production of legislation to govern the use of autonomous vehicles, but the biggest challenge is persuading the general public driverless cars and buses are safe to use. Siddartha Khastgir, head of verification and validation of connected and autonomous vehicles at the…
Britain Could Invest in Spy Balloons to Boost Intelligence Gathering
Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) could invest in a fleet of spy balloons in a bid to boost surveillance and intelligence gathering. According to MoD produced magazine Desider (pdf), its military procurement wing is looking towards “balloon based” systems to successfully “exploit” the stratosphere. The new equipment—similar to the Chinese spy balloons shot down over…
UK Unveils New Law to Stop Illegal Immigration in English Channel
March 7, 2023
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The UK government has unveiled plans for new laws to crack down on illegal immigration in the English Channel, which will ban anyone who arrives illegally from claiming asylum. More than 45,000 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach the UK in 2022. And the latest Home Office figures show nearly…
Reinstate Word ‘Woman’ in NHS Cancer and Pregnancy Web Pages, Clinicians Demand
A group of clinicians has warned NHS bosses that they must remove “dehumanising” language such as “people with a vagina” and reinstate sex-based language in its cancer and pregnancy web pages. In an open letter, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) called on NHS bosses to put back the word “woman” in…
Foreign Criminals Could Have Impunity to Commit Crime in UK If Plug Pulled on ECHR
March 7, 2023
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Senior politicians have been told of the “devastating” impact on UK crime and justice if the government leaves the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). Foreign criminals would have impunity to break laws in Britain, extradition between UK and European Union countries would cease, and investigators would no longer have access to DNA, fingerprint, and…
Cabinet Wasn’t Told of Evidence in Favour of Shortening COVID-19 Quarantine, Rees-Mogg Says
The Cabinet wasn’t told during the COVID-19 pandemic about the argument for cutting short the self-isolation period, former minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has said. It comes after The Telegraph reported that England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty told former Health Secretary Matt Hancock as early as November 2020 that taking daily tests for five days would…
Nigerian Senator Tells Jury at UK Organ Harvesting Trial He Never Agreed to Pay His Daughter’s Kidney Donor
LONDON—A wealthy Nigerian senator on trial for organ harvesting has denied he ever promised money or “material advantage” to a young Lagos street trader who was allegedly brought to London to donate a kidney for his seriously ill daughter. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and daughter Sonia, 25, are on trial along with…
UK Ammunition Stockpile ‘Dangerously Low’ Because of Ukraine War: MPs
Britain and its NATO allies have allowed their ammunition reserves to fall to “dangerously low levels” as they seek to keep Ukraine supplied in its resistance against the Russian invasion, a parliamentary committee has said. The Defence Committee in the House of Commons warned on Tuesday that rebuilding Britain’s munitions stockpile could take at least…
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