Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) airlifted 1,888 people on 21 flights from war-torn Sudan in the UK government’s evacuation operation, which ended on Saturday evening. The final UK evacuation flight departed from the Wadi Saeedna airfield near the Sudanese capital Khartoum at 10 p.m. local time on Saturday, the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO)…
UK Ends Evacuation From Sudan
British nationals in Sudan were given until midday on Saturday to arrive at the airfield near Khartoum to board the last evacuation flight from the war-torn country. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it’s wrapping up the campaign because of declining demand for seats and the risk of renewed conflict. British diplomats and their…
Cash Use Rises as Households Struggle to Cope With High Inflation
Cash payments have made a comeback as households struggle to cope with high inflation, according to a new study. After decades of falling cash use, the impact of the rapid inflation growth has been reversing the trend toward digital. Credit Karma and The Harris Poll conducted a survey last month, which showed that 53 percent of…
UK Surgeon: ‘Very Few’ Doctors Willing to Speak Out Against Prevailing Opinion on COVID-19
Some health professionals in the UK felt they had to self-censor during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect their jobs, a veteran consultant surgeon has said. In an interview with NTD’s British Thought Leaders (BTL) programme, Dr. Tony Hinton, an independent consultant ENT surgeon who has spent 30 years working in the National Health Service (NHS), said…
Rents Hit Fresh High as UK Housing Supply Remains Squeezed
Average rents have continued to hit new record highs as the amount of available housing continues to fall short of demand, a property website has said. The average rent being asked across Britain outside London, which has been rising every quarter since the end of 2019, has reached a new record high of £1,190 per…
British University Received Over £20 Million From China
A British university has accepted over £20 million in funding and donations from China in just four years. The Epoch Times can reveal that London’s Imperial College is one of a staggering number of UK universities receiving millions of pounds from the Beijing regime, as well as Chinese companies accused of crime and human rights…
130,000 Civil Servants Strike Over Pay Dispute
More than 130,000 civil servants across the UK walked out on Friday over an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions, redundancy terms, and job security. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members’ all-out strike affected 132 departments and public bodies ranging from the British Museum to the Cabinet Office. The British Museum said it would restrict entry…
Energy Security at Risk as UK Set to Miss Net Zero Green Electricity Target, Say MPs
Britain’s energy security is at risk as the country is on track to fail to meet its targets to generate all of its electricity without burning gas by the middle of next decade, MPs have warned. In its “Net Zero Strategy” published in October 2021, the UK government set an ambition for all electricity generation…
Government Gives Police New Powers to Tackle Just Stop Oil Slow-Walking Protests
Police will now be given the power to stop “slow walking” by climate activists under new proposals by the government. New legislation introduced on Thursday will give officers the power to intervene and stop the tactic used by Just Stop Oil protesters. The Conservative government’s Public Order Bill, which passed on Wednesday, was designed to strengthen…
Fed Chair Tricked by Russian Pranksters Posing as Zelensky
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell was tricked by a pair of Russian pranksters in January posing as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky via a phone call. In a video shown on Russian state television, Powell, who thought he was speaking to Zelensky, answered several questions ranging from his outlook on inflation to the Russian central bank. The…
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