SERREKUNDA, Gambia—A dead man was found in the wheel bay of an airplane that flew from Gambia to Britain, Gambian authorities said this week. The unidentified body of a black male was found on a jet operated by TUI Airways—a British charter airline—that had flown from Gambia’s capital of Banjul to London’s Gatwick airport, Ebrima…
Woman Charged Over Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Claims She Was Only in ‘Silent Prayer’
A pro-lifer who told police she “might” be praying silently has been arrested and charged on four counts with breaching an exclusion zone outside a Birmingham abortion clinic. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested on Dec. 6 and subsequently charged on Dec. 15 with four counts of failing to comply with a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO)….
UK Government and Health Unions Fail to Break Deadlock Over Ambulance Strike
Talks between the UK government and health unions have failed to break the deadlock ahead of a planned strike by paramedics and ambulance workers in England and Wales. Health Secretary Steve Barclay met union representatives on Tuesday afternoon but their attempt to avert the strike planned for Wednesday appears to have ended in failure. The…
Future of Britain’s House of Lords Uncertain, Amid Accusations of Cronyism
The official opposition may not have been thinking only of Lady Mone, baroness of Mayfair, in announcing its proposal to get rid of Britain’s House of Lords. But as Labour offers a dramatic reform of the country’s 1,000-year-old institution, recent allegations against the Tory peer have hardened perceptions it is “staffed with cronies or supporters…
UK Newspaper Editors Say Proposed Code of Practice Undermines ‘Basis of Journalism’
The wide definition of personal data in the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO’s) proposed code of practice for journalists is unworkable and poses a “serious danger” to journalism, editors from three major British publications said. In a joint letter to the Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, three editors from The Daily Telegraph,…
UK Launches Legal Action to Recover Money From PPE Firm Allegedly Linked to Ex-Tory Peer
The UK government has launched legal proceedings against a firm which won millions of pounds worth of COVID-19 contracts allegedly with the help of a former Conservative member of the House of Lords. Baroness Michelle Mone was stripped of her Conservative Party whip earlier this month after being accused of having profited personally from PPE…
Pensioner Convicted in UK’s Oldest Double Jeopardy Case
A 75-year-old man, who was acquitted of murder at a trial in 1976, has finally been brought to justice after a jury found him guilty of raping and murdering a teenager. The murder of Jacqui Montgomery, 15, in Islington, north London, in June 1975 is believed to be the oldest double jeopardy case in Britain….
Government Says It Was ‘Inappropriate’ for Crown Prosecution to Say Parts of Bible Are ‘No Longer Appropriate in Modern Society’
The government has said that it was “inappropriate” for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to argue that parts of the Bible are “no longer appropriate in modern society” in a now-dropped prosecution against a British Christian street preacher. In the House of Lords in December, Baroness Hoey asked the government what assessment they have made…
A Million Immigrants a Year Could Be ‘New Normal’ for UK: Think Tank
The record 1.1 million immigrants to the UK in the year ending June 2020 “could become new normal,” a British think tank has said. In a new report published on Monday, Jonathan Thomas, senior fellow at the Social Market Foundation, argued that British publish opinion will become “steadily more open to immigration,” but warned against…
British Manufacturing Output Falls at Fastest Pace Since 2020: Survey
British manufacturers’ output is falling at the fastest pace in more than two years, the UK’s largest business group has warned. The volume of goods and services produced by factories fell by 9 percent in the three months to December 2022, according to the latest Industrial Trends Survey conducted by the Confederation of British Industry…
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