Tag: UK

Delays in UK Police Digital Forensics Expose Victims to ‘Unnecessary Risks’: Report

Britain’s police forces are ineffective in their handling of digital forensics, causing “unacceptable” delays and exposing victims to “unnecessary risks,” a police watchdog has said. In its latest report, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) examined how effective the police are at capturing evidence from digital devices, including smartphones and…


Chinese Students Rally Across UK in Support of Protests in China

Students from mainland China held vigils and rallies in a number of cities in the UK, echoing widespread protests against the regime’s zero-COVID policies that have taken place across China and around the globe. The rare scenes of mass protests are reminiscent of the democracy movement of 1989, triggered by a fatal apartment fire in Xinjiang…


Health Secretary Says UK ‘Must Be Transparent Coming out of COVID Around Excess Deaths’

Health secretary Steve Barclay has acknowledged the issue of excess deaths as a resurfaced summer report indicates that the NHS has anticipated £1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) for COVID-19 compensation claims. On Monday in a speech at the Spectator Health Summit in London, Barclay said that “one shared point of understanding must be the scale of…


Bird Flu Wipes out Half of UK’s Christmas Free-Range Turkeys

Consumers in the UK have been warned they face a shortage of free-range turkeys this Christmas as the consequences of avian flu continue to cause disruption to the country’s food supply. Speaking to a group of MPs that scrutinises the government’s policy on food, the Chief Executive of the British Poultry Council, Richard Griffiths, said…


Inflation in UK Shops Surges to Highest Level on Record

Inflation in British shops has risen to the highest level on record amid warnings of dampened Christmas cheer and a bleak winter ahead. According to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ, annual shop price inflation rose to 7.4 percent in November, up from 6.6 percent in October and marking another record since…


Record Number of Prisoners Dying in Scottish Jails, With Drugs and Suicide to Blame

Deaths in Scottish prisons have reached record levels in the last three years and only a fraction of the number were as a result of COVID-19, say researchers from the University of Glasgow. In their report the team, led by Sarah Armstrong, a professor of criminology, found there had been 121 deaths in jails in Scotland…


Alleged People Smuggler Arrested in UK After 27 llegal Immigrants Drowned in English Channel

An alleged people trafficker has been arrested by British police in connection with the deaths of 27 illegal immigrants who died when their small boat sank in the English Channel in November 2021. Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, 32, was arrested in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday morning by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers acting on behalf of…


British Government Replaces Online Safety Bill’s ‘Legal but Harmful’ Duties

The UK government has watered down powers in its legislation regulating online spaces but some free speech advocates still fear the bill is a “censor’s charter.” On Tuesday, the government announced that “legal but harmful” duties are being replaced in the Online Safety Bill, with culture secretary Michelle Donelan saying they would have “stifled” free speech….


UK Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Beating of BBC Journalist

The UK’s Foreign Office has summoned Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang to explain the treatment of a BBC journalist, foreign secretary James Cleverly confirmed on Tuesday. Foreign Office minister David Rutley told Parliament earlier in the day that the department will demand a “full and thorough explanation” from the Chinese ambassador. Edward Lawrence, a BBC reporter in China,…


PREMIERING NOW: Dr. James Thorp: What Pfizer’s Internal Data Reveals About Vaccines and Pregnancy

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Of the 270 pregnant women, 238 were not followed up. And of the data that they did present with a miscarriage … it was 80 percent miscarriage rate,” says Dr. James Thorp. “The federal government, the CDC, and the FDA—they’re corrupt. They sat…