Tag: UK

First New UK Coal Mine in 30 Years Approved to Ire of Environmentalists

The UK government has granted planning permission for the country’s first new coal mine in 30 years, provoking anger from environmental campaigners. The coking coal mine on the edge of Whitehaven in Cumbria, which is expected to extract nearly 2.8 million tonnes per year, is expected to create more than 500 jobs. But climate activists…


US Diplomat’s Wife Will Not Return to UK for Sentencing Over Fatal Car Crash

LONDON—Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, will not return to Britain for sentencing this week after admitting causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago, a British court has said. Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 after his motorcycle was hit by a car driven on…


Matt Hancock to Stand Down in Next UK General Election

Former Health Secretary and reality show cast Matt Hancock on Wednesday said he will not stand for the Conservative Party at the next general election. The 44-year-old MP for West Suffolk indicated he intends to remain as an independent MP until the next general election, before leaving Parliament. Hancock was suspended from the Conservative Party in…


UK’s Sunak ‘Shocked’ by Allegation That Tory Peer Profited From COVID-19 Contracts

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he was “shocked” by allegations that a Conservative peer has profited from COVID-19 contracts awarded during the pandemic. Baroness Michele Mone took a leave of absence from the House of Lords on Dec. 6 after being accused of having profited personally from PPE Medpro, a firm which won…


UK Murder Trial Witness Denies Hearing Defendant Shout at Co-Accused ‘You’ve Killed the Woman!’

LONDON—A witness at a murder trial, giving evidence from behind a screen, has denied a claim made by a defence lawyer that she heard a screaming match between the two co-accused in which one of them shouted: “What have you done? You’ve killed the woman!” Kusai Al-Jundi, 24, and Mohamed El-Abboud, 28, deny murdering Louise…


Homeless in London Vulnerable as UK Faces Drop in Temperatures

Emergency protocols are being put into place across the UK following a warning from the Met Office that the country is set to see temperatures fall from Wednesday night. According to forecasters, the UK could see temperatures drop as low as minus 10 degrees C as arctic weather moves in. Whilst low temperatures are not…


US Aims to Double Gas Exports to UK Under Plans to Drive Down Energy Prices

The United States aims to double its gas exports to the UK under plans to boost energy security and drive down energy prices. U.S. President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Dec. 7 that they have set up the “UK–U.S. Energy Security and Affordability Partnership,” a new high-level bilateral group to…


UK Warned by Farmers That It Is Facing a Food Supply Crisis

In an emergency press conference, the National Farmers Union (NFU) said the government needed to step in to assist farmers who are under severe strain. The British farming industry is facing major issues across almost all sectors, with the price of animal feed and nitrogen fertiliser, and fuel skyrocketing. The union warned that yields of…


UK Government Set to Miss Housing Targets by 33,000, Says Committee of MPs

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government is set to miss its national housebuilding target by 33,000 homes, according to a committee of MPs that said the national housing crisis showed no signs of easing. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC) will deliver 157,000 new homes this year against its forecast of up to…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Dr. Tess Lawrie: COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Inflammation in ‘Every Organ and Tissue of the Body’

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “There’s a loophole that they’ve slipped through in the regulatory process, because most drugs require pharmacokinetic studies … And that has not been done with the COVID-19 vaccines,” says Dr. Tess Lawrie, co-founder of the World Council for Health. Pharmacokinetics is the study…