Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail have voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting an offer to end the dispute that has caused a series of strikes in recent months. The union said the deal includes an uplift on salaries of between 14.4 percent for the lowest paid grades to…
RMT Union Members at Network Rail Accept Pay Offer but Disputes Continue With Train Operators
Psychotic Who Stabbed Social Worker Carrying out Welfare Checks on 3 Children Sentenced
LONDON—A psychotic man who tried to kill a social worker who was conducting welfare checks on three children who were being home schooled during a COVID-19 lockdown has been given an indefinite hospital and restriction order. Sulai Man, 34, was convicted in October of the attempted murder of 61-year-old Themba Nkomo, who was attacked in…
Reform UK Brings Former Brexit Party MEPs Back Ahead of General Election
Reform UK has brought prominent former Brexit Party MEPs back into the party and announced that it will stand hundreds of candidates in the next general election. On Monday, Reform UK’s current leader Richard Tice told a conference, under a new “Make Britain Great” slogan, that 11 former Brexit Party MEPs, or members of the…
Chinese Research Centres Recruiting British-Trained Tech Talent
March 20, 2023
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Three state-funded Chinese institutes have posted job adverts this year targeting Chinese scientists in Britain in a bid to recruit high tech talent. The institutes, which advertised on the Chinese Embassy website, are looking for candidates for the National Natural Science Foundation’s (NSFC’s) Science Fund Programme for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas)—a recruitment and funding scheme similar…
DUP Says It Will Vote Against New UK–EU Deal on Post-Brexit Trading in Northern Ireland
March 20, 2023
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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will vote against the UK government on the new UK–EU deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said. The so-called Windsor Framework—which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month—aims to solve the dispute between…
Elgin Marbles Should Not Be Loaned Back to Greece Until British Museum’s Ownership Accepted: Historian
March 20, 2023
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One of the world’s leading historians has rejected claims the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from the Parthenon in Athens and has recommended they not be loaned back to Greece unless they accept the British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures. The Greek government has been campaigning for decades for the 2,500-year-old artefacts—sometimes referred to as…
UK Financial System ‘Safe and Sound,’ Central Bank Says After Credit Suisse Deal
March 20, 2023
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Britain’s central bank has said the UK financial system remains “safe and sound” as it seeks to calm fears after the Swiss government mediated the merger between the country’s two largest banks to save Credit Suisse from collapse. Swiss investment banking company UBS announced on Sunday evening it will purchase its rival Credit Suisse in…
England to End Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Rule for Arrivals From China
LONDON—The British government said it would end the requirement for people flying from mainland China to England to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from April 5. From Friday, the UK Health Security Agency’s voluntary, on-arrival testing program of travelers arriving from China to London’s Heathrow airport will also end, the government said….
Government to ‘Get Cracking’ With Sending Illegal Immigrants to Rwanda If Policy Clears Legal Hurdle, Minister Says
Ministers will “get cracking straight away” if the courts determine that it’s lawful to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda, the UK’s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden said on Sunday. It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman expanded the two governments’ refugee resettlement deal to include all illegal immigrants during her weekend visit in Rwanda….
UK to Send Emergency Alerts via Mobile Network
UK residents will get a loud siren-like alert from their smartphones on April 23 as the government tests its new emergency alert system. Launching the system on Sunday, the government said the system has already been tested in East Suffolk and Reading, and is now ready for a nationwide test. The government said similar systems have been “widely…
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