A security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin has pleaded guilty to eight charges of spying for Russia. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, entered pleas of guilty last week to eight counts of breaching the Official Secrets Act by “committing an act prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state,” but it could only be…
British Guard at Berlin Embassy Pleads Guilty to Spying for Russia
Chancellor Warns of ‘Tough Road Ahead’ as UK Economy Starts to Shrink
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has warned that the UK is facing a “tough road ahead” as new data shows the economy has begun to shrink. According to the latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by about 0.2 percent between July and September. Monthly…
UK Lawyer Plans to Sue Eventbrite After It Refused to Sell Tickets to Trans Ideology Debate
A British lawyer is planning to take legal action against Eventbrite for refusing to sell tickets to her debate about trans ideology after it said that the debate “violated its policy on Hateful, Dangerous, or Violent Content and Events.” Family law barrister Sarah Phillimore is fundraising to take Eventbrite to court after it pulled tickets…
Silence Reigns as Britain Pays Tribute to the Fallen on Armistice Day
Millions of people in Britain fell silent on Friday as the nation remembered those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and in other conflicts. On one of the mildest Armistice Days on record, people from all walks of life marked the two minutes’ silence in all corners of England, Wales,…
Up to 800,000 ‘Predatory’ Paedophiles in Britain: National Crime Agency
A director of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said there are between 550,000 and 800,000 paedophiles in Britain who pose a risk to children, and he said the threat from child sexual abusers continues to grow and “has not reached its peak yet.” Chris Farrimond, the NCA’s director of threat leadership, revealed the figure…
Ex-Chancellor Kwarteng Says He Warned Truss Over Pace of UK Economic Reforms
Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said he told former Prime Minister Liz Truss to “slow down” her ambitious economic reforms, which caused market turmoil and eventually led to her resignation. After Truss became prime minister on Sept. 5, she set out to implement her economic vision for the UK to become a “low-tax, high-growth economy…
Britain Says It Has Frozen 18 Billion Pounds Worth of Russian Assets
LONDON—The British government said on Thursday it had frozen assets worth more than 18 billion pounds ($20.5 billion) held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and businesses sanctioned over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia has overtaken Libya and Iran to become Britain’s most-sanctioned nation, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of the finance ministry,…
Energy Bills Nearly 90 Percent Higher in Europe Than a Year Ago
November 10, 2022
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Energy bills are nearly 90 percent higher for households across Europe compared to a year ago, according to a new report. The massive increase in energy prices throughout Europe has been caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The energy crisis caused by the Russia–Ukraine war and the resulting sanctions on Mosco have generated a cost-of…
England’s COVID-19 Mortality Rate 0.0006 Percent Among Under 20s: Official Study Finds
Six in a million children and young people under 20 years old have died from COVID-19 in England between March 2020 and December 2021 and three-quarters of them had comorbidities, a study has found. The peer-reviewed study, published on Tuesday on the PLOS Medicine Journal website, was carried out by researchers from the UK government’s…
COVID-19 Mortality in England ‘Extremely Rare’ Among Under-20s: Official Study
Deaths from COVID-19 remain “extremely rare” in people under the age of 20, according to a study of follow-up data in the UK. Between March 2020 and December 2021, while there were 185 deaths in England among children and young people (CYP) within 100 days of a lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection, fewer than half died directly because of the…
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