Tag: UK

Universities Feeding Students With Critical Race Theory, Sociological Marxism: UK Minister

Some UK universities are not equipping students with useful skills but indoctrinating them with “a diet of critical race theory, anti-British history, and sociological Marxism,” a minister has said. Andrea Jenkyns, minister for skills, further, and higher education, criticised the current education system, which she said would rather have young people get a degree in…


Criminals Taking Advantage of ‘Scandalous Delays’ in UK Courts: Senior Magistrate

Criminals are opting for crown court trials, rather than hearings before magistrates, in the hope that “scandalous delays” will force victims and witnesses to give up and withdraw their statements, according to Britain’s most senior magistrate. Mark Beattie, the new chairman of the Magistrates Association, told The Telegraph defendants were playing the system by opting…


Anti-CCP Protests Held in More Than 10 Cities in UK on China’s National Day

Oct. 1 marked the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party regime. Under the “Hong Kong National Security Law,” protests have disappeared in Hong Kong. However, Hongkongers have held demonstrations against the CCP in the UK, the U.S., Canada, Taiwan, and other places. Demonstrations took were held in many places in the…


Pound Recovers to Levels Before Mini-Budget Announcement

Sterling continued to rally on Tuesday after bouncing back to levels before the UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget announcement. It was last trading at $1.1363, more than 10 percent up since the mini-budget. The dollar slid against a basket of major currencies, as the euro and the pound made upward headway and Treasury yields slipped in light…


UK’s Truss Stresses Fiscal Responsibility, Refuses to Rule out Real-Term Benefit Cut

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has stressed she must take a responsible approach to the public finances, refusing to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits. Both the Cabinet and the wider Conservative Party are split on whether benefits should increase in line with inflation. Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, who ran against…


UK at ‘Significant Risk’ of Gas Shortages This Winter, Regulator Warns

The UK is facing a “significant risk” of gas shortages this winter as a result of the war in Ukraine, the country’s energy regulator Ofgem has warned. Great Britain may face a “gas supply emergency” in the coming months, the regulator said. Britain produces a lot of its own gas, but the majority is still…


Scottish Authorities Launch Investigation Into Unexplained Newborn Baby Deaths

The Scottish Government has ordered a review into two mystery surges in deaths of newborn babies that happened over a six-month period. On Friday, the Scottish Government announced that it had commissioned Healthcare Improvement Scotland to lead a wider inquiry into increased neonatal death rates, which are at their highest in a decade (pdf). According…


Man Appears in UK Court Charged With 9-Year-Old’s Murder

LONDON—A man appeared in a court in the English city of Liverpool on Monday charged with the murder of a 9-year-old girl who was shot dead in her own home. Thomas Cashman, 34, is accused of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was fatally shot when a gunman chased another man into her house in Dovecot, east…


Former Sinn Fein Councillor to Be Key Prosecution Witness in Gangland Murder Trial

A former Sinn Fein councillor will be the key prosecution witness at the trial of alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch, who is accused of ordering a murderous attack on a boxing press conference in Dublin in 2016. One Sept. 28 Jonathan Dowdall, 44, and his 65-year-old father Patrick pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder…


UK Manufacturing Downturn Continues as New Orders Dwindle Amid Market Uncertainty

The UK’s manufacturing sector has been tipped into a third monthly contraction as new order intakes decline, an influential survey has found. The S&P Global/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI scored 48.4 in September, a slight recovery from 47.3 in August, a 27-month low. Anything below 50 is considered to show that the sector is shrinking. Although…