At the Conservative Party Conference last week, the one thing that seemed to cheer the party’s MPs up was Rishi Sunak’s net zero policy. There was a feeling that the watering down of targets had landed well with voters. And if it did, that would make sense. After all, polls suggest people do tend to support the ambition to reach ...
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Virgin Group wins $250 mln London court battle over brand reputation
LONDON, Oct 12 : British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group on Thursday won a $250 million London lawsuit against U.S. train operator Brightline over a cancelled branding deal. Virgin Group sued Brightline after the latter cancelled a deal to use the Virgin brand in 2020, just over 18 months after it was signed. Brightline said it terminated the deal because ...
Read More »Jake Marlowe, British man who was missing after Hamas attack in Israel, is confirmed dead
As the conflict intensifies, 17 British nationals are feared dead or missing after the attack in Israel by Hamas on Saturday. The violence since the weekend has already claimed more than 2,000 lives, with many expecting further escalations. A 26-year-old British man who was working as a security guard at a music festival in Israel when it was attacked by ...
Read More »British Airways suspends all flights to Tel Aviv after diversion
British Airways said on Wednesday it would suspend all of its flights to Tel Aviv after it diverted a flight from London back to Britain due to security concerns in Israel. Israel’s airports authority said there was no security threat at the airport at the time. Governments and airlines have sought to add flights from Israel to evacuate their country’s ...
Read More »Democracy must continue in Bangladesh at any cost: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said democracy must continue in Bangladesh at any cost, reiterating her commitment to hold the next general election in a free and fair manner. “Democracy should continue in Bangladesh at any cost. In no way, the undemocratic forces can assume power,” she said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London, said this when a ...
Read More »“Nitrous oxide can damage your spinal cord and cause serious, permanent disability”
Tower Hamlets and Queen Mary unite to reduce the risks of nitrous oxide misuse “Nitrous oxide (NOX/N2O) can damage your spinal cord and cause serious, permanent disability” – that is the message to young people in Tower Hamlets as part of a programme to highlight the consequences of using the drug. ‘N2O Know the Risks’ is a new ...
Read More »Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in London Heathrow Airport.
A commercial flight of the British Airways carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at the London Heathrow Airport at 11:07am today local time. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneem received the Premier at the airport. The flight had departed the Dulles International Airport, Washington DC, for London at 11:40pm (Washington ...
Read More »Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership praised at IMO for empowering women in maritime
Speakers at a high-level panel discussion ‘Empowering Women in Maritime and Oceans Diplomacy’ praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership to encourage women in the maritime industry including inducting women in the marine academy. The event was organised by Bangladesh High Commission, London at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on Wednesday. High Commissioner for Bangladesh to the UK Saida Muna ...
Read More »UK approves new North Sea oil production, angering green groups
Britain on Wednesday authorised oil and gas production in its largest undeveloped field to bolster its energy security, one week after the government diluted its net zero targets, triggering further condemnation by environmentalists. Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor and Ithaca Energy, a subsidiary of Israeli group Delek, will together invest $3.8 billion in developing the Rosebank field in the ...
Read More »British PM likely to ban cigarettes in bid to make UK smoke-free
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, The Guardian reported on Friday, citing government sources. Sunak is looking at anti-smoking measures similar to laws New Zealand announced last year, which include a ban on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, ...
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