Britons hosting Ukrainians who fled to the UK say they are “worried” about the future and where refugees will live after the six-month commitment required by the government’s “Homes for Ukraine” scheme ends—as it is about to for many. Under the official refugee programme, British sponsors, or hosts, had to commit to house Ukrainians for…
National Lottery Pauses Funding for Transgender Charity Mermaids
A £500,000 lottery-funded grant to Mermaids, a charity that promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, has been paused while it is probed by a watchdog over safeguarding concerns. The National Lottery has frozen future funds from the leading LGBTQ+ charity amid a recent series of revelations and accusations. It comes days after a trustee who sat…
3 Stabbed in Central London in Suspected Robbery
Three people were taken to hospital on Thursday morning following a stabbing in central London, police said. A fourth victim was discharged after being treated at the scene outside 22 Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station, according to London Ambulance Service. The City of London Police said the incident is being treated as a suspected robbery,…
Nurse Sues NHS Trust Claiming She Was Forced to Attend ‘Racist’ Critical Race Theory Training
The team supporting a nurse’s lawsuit that claims she was forced by a National Health Service (NHS) Trust to attend a course that branded all white people as “racist” and is aiming to go after more institutions that have adopted a “highly politicised, divisive set of ideologies.” Amy Gallagher, a mental health professional undertaking training…
Weaker Refining, Gas Trading to Hit Shell’s Third-Quarter Results
LONDON—Shell said on Thursday its third-quarter profit would be pressured by a near halving of oil refining margins, crumbling chemical margins, and weaker natural gas trading. The British energy giant reported two consecutive quarters of record profit in the first half of the year amid soaring oil and gas prices, and stellar earnings from its…
UK Man Accused of Murder Tells Jury He Ran After Victim Because He Was ‘Curious’
LONDON—A man on trial for murdering a gang member who was stabbed to death on a London street in broad daylight has told the jury he only chased after the victim because he saw others running and he was “curious.” Donte McCalla, 21, Tristan Bullock, also 21, and Darius Kwakye, 29, all deny murdering Salem…
UK Rail Industry Pay Compares Favourably With Private Sector: Report
Pay and conditions for British rail workers compare favourably with those of private sector employees, a report commissioned by the UK’s rail regulator has found. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) commissioned independent consultants to establish whether employment costs for more than 64,000 railway workers are higher or lower than “market comparators.” The study…
23-Year-Old Irish Man Killed Fighting in Ukraine
An Irish man who enlisted to fight in Ukraine in March has been “killed in action” his family confirmed on Wednesday. Rory Mason, 23, from Dunboyne in Co Meath, died on Sept. 28 while fighting in Kharkiv in the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine. The legion said Mason was “killed in action” after his unit…
Going ‘Woke’ Doomed Boris Johnson’s Premiership: Trump
Going “woke” cost former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson his political career, according to former President Donald Trump. Trump’s comments were made in an Oct. 4 interview with Laurence Fox on GB News, a free-to-air television and radio news channel in the UK. Fox, who recently played President Joe Biden’s second son in Breitbart’s film “My Son Hunter,”…
UK Police Chiefs Pledge Officers Will Attend All Home Burglaries
Police chiefs in England and Wales have promised that their officers will attend all residential thefts, following the UK government’s call for a shift of focus from “symbolic gestures” to “commonsense policing.” The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said on Oct. 5 that chief constables will work to ensure the approach is implemented “as soon…
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