Tag: UK

Aussie Violinist Chosen to Play at King’s Coronation

Australian violin virtuoso Madeleine Easton will play at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. “I feel completely honoured and a bit starstruck, I just keep pinching myself thinking, how could this have happened? How can little me be going to such an incredible event?” she told AAP. “But strange and amazing…


Senior DUP Politician Says Stormont Brake ‘Not a Great Deal’

A senior Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician has accused the British government of “spin” surrounding a new agreement set to replace controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements. MP Sammy Wilson—the DUP’s chief whip—suggested the newly negotiated Windsor Framework was “not a great deal” while also taking aim at King Charles for meeting European Commission president Ursula von…


Deepening Defense Integration With Allies and Partners: A Center for a New American Security Event

How to work with allies to reach the full potential of defense cooperation? How to break the barriers of export controls and information sharing to strengthen the allied defense industrial base and enhance preparedness for future conflicts? How to integrate deterrence and achieve the objectives of the National Defense Strategy? In a virtual conversation held…


UK PM Backs Official COVID-19 Inquiry After 100,000 WhatsApp Messages Released to Newspaper

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended an official COVID-19 inquiry as the “right way” to scrutinise the handling of the pandemic after former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages were published in a British newspaper. Based on a trove of more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages, The Daily Telegraph newspaper claimed on Wednesday that England’s Chief…


Parents of Obese Teenager who Died During Lockdown Jailed for Gross Negligence Manslaughter

The parents of a 16-year-old girl who weighed 22 stone 13 pound (321 pounds) and died as a result of medical complications from her obesity have been jailed for manslaughter owing to gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus and had been in a wheelchair since she was a young child, died at…


YouTube Accused of Illegally Gathering Data on Children in Official Complaint by UK Parent

YouTube has been accused by a British parent of illegally gathering data on children under 13, which would be in breach of a UK data privacy code. Duncan McCann, who has three children, has lodged an official complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in which he claims YouTube gathered data on children’s viewing habits….


UK House Prices Suffer Worst Annual Fall in a Decade, New Figures Show

House prices in the UK fell by 1.1 percent year-on-year in February, the biggest annual decline for more than a decade, according to new figures from the Nationwide Building Society. It was the biggest annual house price fall since November 2012, and the first annual decline of UK house prices since June 2020, when the…


Australia Should Push for US Nuclear Submarines Over UK Ones, Opposition Leader Says

Australia should push to acquire the proven U.S. Virginia class nuclear-powered submarine rather than a pioneer British model, according to opposition leader Peter Dutton. Dutton, previously the defence minister, made the comments just days before an expected announcement between U.S., UK, and Australian leaders on which submarine model will be acquired by the Australian Defence…


South Park’s Royal Roast Provides Both Humor and Insight

Satire is at the heart of free speech and expression. A recent South Park episode lampoons Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their recent worldwide privacy tour. After allegedly wanting to be left alone, the couple has written books, filmed a documentary, and moved to a hotbed of celebrities and paparazzi. The cartoon draws on…


Criminals Grooming Children With Fast Food Amid Cost of Living Crisis

The cost-of-living crisis has seen criminal gangs in the UK groom young children into their ranks by buying them food, child safety experts have said. In one case, a schoolchild who couldn’t afford lunch was bought fast food, while another was targeted with sweets and magazines, Parliament’s Education Committee was told on Tuesday. MPs heard…