UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not be attending the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt next month, Downing Street has confirmed. A Number 10 spokeswoman said on Oct. 27: “The prime minister is not expected to attend Cop27 and this is due to other pressing domestic commitments including preparations for the Autumn Budget. The UK…
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Won’t Attend Cop27 Climate Summit: Downing Street
Alternative Therapist Guilty of Murder of ‘Devout Christian’ Whose Will She Forged
A woman who killed a friend she met through a church in London, decapitated her, and dumped the headless body on a public footpath 200 miles away, has been convicted of murder. The trial at the Old Bailey in London heard Jemma Mitchell, 38, murdered Mee Kuen Chong, 67, in June 2021 after they “fell…
Minister Resigns Over Gender Reform Bill That Allows Self-ID: ‘My Conscience Will Not Allow Me’
Community safety minister Ash Regan has quit hours before legislation that would allow people in Scotland to legally change gender by making a statutory declaration was due to go to a vote. The Scottish National Party frontbencher has said her “conscience” would not allow her to vote with the Scottish Government and back the Gender…
Rishi Sunak Restores Fracking Ban as Video Emerges of him Supporting it During Leadership Contest
The new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has restored the moratorium on fracking only weeks a month after Liz Truss’s government lifted the ban. A Downing Street spokesman confirmed the news after Sunak was asked about the issue at his first Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which high-pressure…
UK House Prices Will Fall 8 Percent Next Year: Lloyds Bank
House prices in the UK will fall by nearly 8 percent next year, the Lloyds Banking Group has predicted. According to the bank, house prices will fall by 7.9 percent over the next year, with its worst-case model assuming a crash of 17.9 percent. Prices of commercial properties are expected to fall by a much…
UK Lawmakers Question Suella Braverman’s Return to Cabinet Days After Dismissal Over Security Breach
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure as both opposition and Conservative MPs question his decision to reappoint Suella Braverman as home secretary just six days after she was forced to resign by Liz Truss over a security breach. Braverman resigned as UK home secretary on Oct. 19 after she was caught sending…
Rochdale Sex Grooming Pair Lose Appeal Against Deportation to Pakistan
Two men who were convicted of being part of a gang that groomed and sexually exploited under-age girls in the town of Rochdale, near Manchester, have lost their appeal against being deported to Pakistan. Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Abdul Rauf, 52, are being deported for “the public good” after their arguments failed to impress…
UK Urges Iran to Release British-Born Environmentalist Morad Tahbaz
The UK government has called on the Iranian regime to release a British-born environmentalist from the notorious Evin prison. Morad Tahbaz, 66, a British-U.S.-Iranian wildlife conservationist, was arrested in 2018 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was granted bail in July, but his family said he has now been returned to Evin…
Home Office Official Tells MPs Numbers Crossing Channel in Boats Is ‘Unacceptable’
A senior Home Office official has praised the French for intercepting 28,000 illegal immigrants and destroying more than 1,000 boats but has admitted the number of people crossing the English Channel was still “unacceptable.” Dan O’Mahoney, the Home Office’s Clandestine Channel Threat Commander, told the Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday 38,000 people had crossed the…
Man Faces Life in Jail for Joint Enterprise Murder of London Drill Rapper 16Shotz
A man has been convicted of murdering a drill music performer who drove a stolen car onto the territory of a rival gang in south London, crashed it, and then attacked a rival rapper with an “enormous knife.” On Wednesday, a jury found Darius Kwakye, 29, guilty of the murder of Salem Koudou, 20, who…
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