WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has tested positive for COVID-19, his wife Stella Assange confirmed on Monday, adding that she is concerned for his health. “Julian was feeling unwell last week but started feeling sick on Friday,” Stella Assange told the PA news agency. “He started coughing and had a fever. He was given some paracetamol. He tested positive for COVID…
Julian Assange Tests Positive for COVID-19, Locked in Cell for 24 Hours a Day: Wife
UK Prosecutor: Nurse Poisoned 2 Babies With Insulin
LONDON—A hospital neonatal nurse in Britain accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor said Monday. Lucy Letby, 32, has been charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five…
UK Prime Minister Opposes Placing Solar Panels on Farmland, Downing Street Says
October 10, 2022
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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss does not think solar panels should be installed on productive agricultural lands, Downing Street has said. According to a report in The Guardian, Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena wants to protect farmland amid concerns over food security and is seeking to restrict the development of solar projects on farms in England….
London Stock Exchange Sets Listing Rules for Firms Financing Carbon-Reduction Projects
October 10, 2022
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) established listing rules for companies that finance carbon-reduction projects in a bid to ensure greater transparency in the market. According to the new rules, a company or fund intending to finance a project aimed at reducing carbon emissions must issue a prospectus—containing details of the project—vetted by the Financial Conduct…
UK Expands Scheme Helping People With Mental Health Issues Find Jobs
The UK government has expanded a scheme aimed at helping people with mental health problems find work. The government is investing £122 million ($135 million) to extend a service providing those who receive mental health support with employment advice to help them stay in work or return to the job market quicker, the Department of…
Anglo-Spanish Police Operation Smashes Albanian People Trafficking Gang
A joint operation between Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Guardia Civil in Spain has led to the arrest of seven men from an Albanian organised crime group who were allegedly involved in smuggling illegal immigrants into the UK on board freight lorries. The NCA said the gang brought in around 50 illegal immigrants—mainly…
UK Chancellor Brings Forward Debt-Cutting Plan to Oct. 31
The UK government’s plan to reduce debt will be published on Oct. 31, more than three weeks before it was originally due, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng said on Monday. In a letter to Parliament’s Treasury Committee Chair Mel Stride, Kwarteng said he had decided to move up the date from Nov. 23 to Oct….
UK Climate Activists Arrested After Blocking Road Outside Buckingham Palace
October 10, 2022
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Over two dozen climate activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after they blocked The Mall outside Buckingham Palace in protest against the expansion of oil and gas projects in the UK. The Metropolitan Police said 25 arrests had been made at The Mall, after members of Just Stop Oil, a spin-off from Extinction…
UK Barristers’ Strike Ends as Criminal Lawyers Accept New Government Offer
The barristers’ strike, which crippled courts in England and Wales, is over after the members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) accepted the government’s new pay offer. The CBA announced on Twitter: “The Criminal Bar has voted to accept the proposal made by the government. With 57% voting to accept the offer made by Government,…
EXCLUSIVE: One of UK’s Most Wanted Criminals Is Released by Supreme Court in Portugal
One of Britain most wanted men, who is suspected of distributing large amounts of Class A drugs in the southwest of England, has been allowed to walk free by the authorities in Portugal, despite an extradition request by Britain. Alex Male, 30 ,was arrested at Lisbon Airport on April 30 on suspicion of using a…
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