Stormont: Sinn Féin agree deal to return to assembly in Northern Ireland January 11, 2020 Sinn Féin and the DUP will re-enter Stormont on Saturday after agreeing a deal to end a three-year deadlock. The devolved government will start up again today after nine months of talks. British and Irish governments published the draft proposals on Thursday, which have now been agreed by both major parties. Read more: Stormont: Northern Ireland secretary [...]
Iran admits ‘unintentionally’ shooting down Ukrainian plane January 11, 2020 Iran has accepted that it was responsible for shooting down a Ukrainian jet and killing all 176 people on board for the first time. President Hassan Rouhani said an investigation had found that “missiles [were] fired due to human error”. He said it was an “unforgivable mistake”. Read more: West blame Iran missile for shooting [...]
Carlos Ghosn warns the future of Nissan is ‘in doubt’ January 10, 2020 The former boss of Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, has said the future of the Japanese company is in doubt. Ousted chief Ghosn said the car firm’s struggling results and drop in share price were a concern, days after accusing Nissan executives and the Japanese government of plotting against him. He also said that if Brexit affected [...]
Stormont talks: Northern Ireland secretary ‘holding the people to ransom’ with deal January 10, 2020 Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith has been accused of “holding the people of Northern Ireland to ransom” by trade union Unison. Smith and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney announced a draft Stormont deal on Thursday to restore Northern Ireland’s devolved government. Read more: Bridge over troubled waters: Boris backs Scotland to Northern Ireland bridge [...]
West blames Iran missile for plane crash as new video emerges January 10, 2020 Western leaders believe it is highly likely that a missile is to blame for the crash of a passenger jet over Iran that led to the death of all 176 people on board. Officials from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia have all agreed it is likely an Iranian missile was the cause of the [...]
This Veganuary, I’m trusting people to eat what they want January 10, 2020 Welcome to January, the month of new year’s resolutions. Dietary transformation has always been central to the post-Christmas madness — eating “better” is probably the most cliched resolution there is. But whereas this used to be framed primarily in terms of weight loss, with fads like intermittent fasting and protein shakes taking centre stage, in [...]
Government decision to scrap Erasmus scheme will harm UK’s bottom line January 10, 2020 The UK has always lagged behind its European neighbours in foreign language learning, and the vote this week to eradicate the Erasmus scheme will only slow that adoption further. For many, Erasmus was an opportunity to live and learn a new culture and language, free from class and income boundaries. The programme gave the UK’s [...]
Reinvigorating the regions is crucial for the whole of our country January 10, 2020 The Prime Minister had victory to savour on holiday in Mustique, and when he returned foreign policy was very much top of the agenda, with the escalating tensions between Iran and the US. But if Boris Johnson is to remain in power for a decade, he must not take his eye off the ball domestically [...]
Hiring conditions improved following the Conservative election victory January 10, 2020 Hiring conditions in the UK job market improved following the Conservative victory in the General Election, a report published today showed. Permanent staff appointments rose for the first time in a year, while temp billings growth picked up from November, the survey from KPMG and the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) found. According to some [...]
World leaders blame Iran for accidentally shooting down plane January 9, 2020 World leaders have lined up to blame Iran of accidentally shooting down the Ukrainian passenger plane which crashed outside Tehran with no survivors in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that “there is now a body of information that the flight was shot down by an Iranian surface to air [...]