Snow disrupted the trips of Spring Festival travellers in northeast China on Thursday, causing multiple accidents and temporary closure of an airport and expressways. Two people were killed and three injured in collisions which damaged more than 40 ve… read more
Six illegal Hampshire anglers had their day at Southampton Magistrates’ court on 23 January, three of them having to pay out over £800 each. read more
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, commenting on the Prime Minister’s meeting with President Trump, said:
“Theresa
May must stand up for our country’s values when she meets Donald Trump and
oppose his support for torture, which is inhumane, illegal and delivers false
intelligence. There can be no indulgence of the US President’s renewed threat
to ban Muslims or build a wall on the Mexico border.
“The
Prime Minister must assure the British people that any trade deal with the
United States won’t open up the National Health Service to privatisation and
control by US companies. We won’t let Theresa May turn Britain into a bargain
basement tax haven off the coast of Europe to be ripped off by the world’s
biggest corporations.
“And
for the future of the planet, Theresa May needs to remind President Trump that
climate change is real and not a hoax invented by the Chinese.”
The Evolving English VoiceBank is an audio archive of approximately 15,000 voices created by visitors to the Library’s Evolving English exhibition in 2010/11. This collection is only partly catalogued and a new placement opportunity at the British Library offers a PhD student the chance to work on this unique and… read more
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, speaking after the release of police workforce statistics, said:
“With over 20,000 officers lost since 2010, the Tories are risking public safety with these extreme cuts.
“They slashed police budgets in the last Parliament and are reducing funding even further now.
“The latest crime statistics show the true scale of the challenge our officers now face. This is the worst time to cut the police.”
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