Category: United Kingdom

Video showing Israeli diplomat plotting takedown of UK ministers causes uproar

A video showing an employee at the Israeli Embassy in London saying he wishes to “take down” various British parliamentarians considered to be against Israel caused outrage in the United Kingdom over the weekend, The Guardian reported. The Israeli Embassy in the UK was quick to issue an apology, with Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev personally apologizing to Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan, who was one of the parliamentarians “targeted” by the employee.

Why do you want Nnamdi Kanu dead, IPOB asks UK govt

By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU- INDIGENOUS People of Biafra condemned British Government for seeking the death of leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and that she was an accessory to the genocide on Biafrans. IPOB also said that it has classified classified information which incontrovertibly placed the British Government as an accessory to genocide on Biafrans.

Tube workers are due to walk out for 24 hours from 6pm on Sunday

Last ditch talks aimed at averting a strike by London Underground workers will be held today, with little sign of the action being called off. Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are due to walk out for 24 hours from 6pm on Sunday, causing travel chaos for millions of passengers.

Crack in Antarctic ice shelf grows by 11 miles; break could be imminent

An enormous rift in one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves grew dramatically over the past several weeks, and a chunk nearly the size of Delaware could break away within months, British scientists reported this week. If this happens, it could accelerate a further breakup of the ice shelf, essentially removing a massive cork of ice that keeps some of Antarctica’s glaciers from flowing into the ocean.

Deal made to shut down Indian Point power plant

This Dec. 16, 2009, file photo, shows the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y., as seen from across the Hudson River in Tomkins Cove, N.Y. The aging facility just north of New York City will close by April 2021 under a deal with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered to protect the millions of people living nearby.

Full House: Weymouth panto Jack and the Beanstalk

Some 17,000 people saw Jack and the Beanstalk at Weymouth Pavilion during its run over Christmas and the New Year. Audience numbers have increased from an average of 10,000 people who viewed pantomime productions at the Pavilion when it was run by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council .

Fitter launches compensation claim over asbestos-related cancer

David Bennett, 63, was one of thousands of people employed by Smart and Brown, in Spennymoor, during the 1960s and 70s David Bennett, who is now retired and lives in Croxdale, County Durham , was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March 2016 – a cancer of the lung’s linings usually caused by exposure to asbestos. The 63-year-old instructed lawyers at Irwin Mitchell to investigate how and where he was exposed to asbestos dust.

Man stabbed in stomach in Knutsford alleyway

Police taped off an alleyway in the Lowe Drive area at around 3.45pm after attending reports of an assault, and found a 31-year-old man with a puncture wound to the stomach. Sgt Matt Ashton said: “The investigation is in the very early stages but I would like to reassure people that this appears to be an isolated incident.

Nappies and human faeces left in bucket during Christmas break

Brian Chisholm, of Gaddesden Crescent, in Garston, allowed two employees from Watford Community Housing Trust into his back garden on Christmas Eve as they were inspecting sewage systems. In Mr Chisholm’s garden he has two drains – one for his sewage and the other for his neighbours – after draining his neighbours, the men filled a big blue bucket full of raw sewage including nappies and human faeces.

Important travel information – Wirral line closure

Liverpool FC would like to remind fans using Wirral Line rail services to travel to Anfield on a matchday that this service will be affected for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. This is due to the Wirral loop line track renewal taking place from Tuesday January 3 to Sunday June 18. Services on the Northern Line will not be impacted.

Aldwick venue SeaFish ceases trading

A statement posted on its Facebook page said the venue had been ‘the home of live music and the arts in Bognor Regis through 2016, but is sadly no longer trading’. It added: “It is hoped however that the vision and ethos of SeaFiSh will emerge elsewhere soon, with many if not all of the brilliant artists we’ve witnessed participating.

Review of the Year 2016

PARENTS were able to see how their local school compared to others in Wales, when the Welsh Government’s latest schools ‘colour banding’ evaluation was released. The report showed an improving picture for the county, with 13 primary schools placed in the green category , while only one – Tasker Milward School – remained in the red .

Tube strike: here’s everything you need to know

Hundreds of thousands of Londoners face major travel disruption as strike action looks set to close London Underground network for 24 hours. Nearly 4,000 station and ticket staff are walking out for 24 hours on Sunday evening in a dispute over job losses and ticket closures.

Want a Sharper Brain as You Age? Volunteer

People who are active in local community groups may have slightly sharper mental skills at the age of 50, a new study suggests. The findings were based on over 9,000 adults from the United Kingdom who’d been part of a long-term health study since they were children.

Babbling on in Brussels

“What do a Turkish olive grower, a Danish farmer, and an Irish fisherman have in common?” That sounds like the beginning of bad joke. But it was the question my father posed to me when I visited him in England a couple days after British voters decided to cut ties with the European Union.

Exhibition by John Breakey

The show by a leading member of the Royal Ulster Academy is a mixture of oils, pastels, and lithographs, and date from 1960, when he was still studying at the Slade School of Art in London, through to some of his most recent paintings, completed in November 2016. John was born in Belfast in 1932 and showed a raw talent in art from an early age, studying first under the tuition of the renowned Irish painter, Charles Lamb , before enrolling in the Belfast College of Art in 1953.

Mentally-ill man to be sentenced after eleven attacks in town centre

A mentally-ill man who went on the rampage attacking nine people and two police officers in a town centre is due to be sentenced. Ross Greenwood, 27, of Byron Avenue, Alfreton, carried out the attacks on members of the public and two officers in Heanor and has also admitted exposing his genitals, stealing an electronic cigarette from one of his victims and damaging a door at Peacocks clothing store.

Isle of Man property sales: January 5, 2017

Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. Trevor McCullough and Helen Julie Simpson, both of Old Ballacorris, Mullinaragher, Santon, sold Field House, Sir George’s Bridge, Onchan, for A 900,000, to Martin Voster, care of MMDGPHC, The Promenade, Laxey.

Julie Edge well qualified to see how the wheels of government turn

Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. In the latest instalment of the Isle of Man Examiner series of interviews with the new MHKs elected in September, Paul Speller talks to Onchan MHK Julie Edge about her Liberal Vannin membership, whether the village has a problem with unruly youths and how government departments can be better scrutinised Plain-speaking and already putting some civil service noses out of joint, Julie Edge appears to be set from the same mould as her party leader Kate Beecroft.

Whether Cuba or Key West, it’s all about having fun

After a recent, somewhat hysterical spate of Citizen’s Voice comments about the supposed misuse of the terms “drag queen” and “female impersonator” around here – which, by many, many accounts are interchangeable – I decided to excavate an old image from an interesting evening in Havana in 2008 that featured just that. An elderly writer from New York City and I became acquainted during a trip to see Raul Castro speak on the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Santiago de Cuba, and once back in the capital, she invited me out to “dinner and a show.”

‘Use it or lose it’ – Sunderland shoppers are urged by…

Businesses in a forgotten shopping street have urged people to use it or lose it as they battle for the area to be improved. Retailers in Blandford Street spoke out after the Echo reported that independent clothing shop Arc is set to close, with owner Adam Clarke bringing an end to his family running shops in the city for 90 years.

Flood warnings lifted as tides abate along east coast

Tidal levels dropped sufficiently for flood warnings to be lifted along much of the east coast following yesterday’s storm surge. Minor flooding had been predicted on this region’s coastline and tidal waterways – with alerts remaining in place overnight for the River Yare, in Norfolk, and homes near the New Mills Sluice, in Norwich.

Councillors to consider 250k cuts to Torfaen libraries

PROPOSED changes to Torfaen’s library service will be scrutinised by councillors this week as part of planned council cuts totalling A 250,000. In March 2016, Torfaen County Borough Council agreed measures to address a project shortfall of A 26 million in its budget from 2016 – 2019.

Bennington MFA writing program hosts reading series

Critically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington College Writing Seminars will offer an evening reading series during the MFA program’s winter residency from Thursday, Jan. 5 through Friday, Jan. 13. Each event in the Writers Reading series occurs from 7 to 8 p.m. in Tishman Lecture Hall, with one exception . All events are free and open to the public.

Appeal after rise in cat poisonings

CAT owners are being urged to be cautious after new figures have revealed a jump in poisoning incidents across certain areas in the past year. The latest figures depict a rise in Caerphilly borough while their has been a slight drop in nearby Torfaen.

Hospital staff set to strike over pay ‘anomalies’

Members of public sector Unison working in the sterilisation and disinfection units and the x-ray departments at Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot and Princess of Wales hospitals have voted in favour of strike action. Union members say the action, by band 2 assistant technical officers in the units, will “seriously disrupt” non-emergency surgery and follows a dispute with employers Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.