Russia using trained bottlenose dolphins to protect its Black Sea fleet April 28, 2022 Russia is using bottlenose dolphins to stop its warships from being sabotaged. New satellite images analysed by the US Naval Institute show dolphin pens in the occupied Black Sea port of Sevastopol. The animals have been trained to detect mines and warn of hostile scuba diving soldiers, known as frogmen. This comes after the Kremlin’s [...]
Prince Harry’s role at $5bn life coaching firm at centre of employee anger over ‘sneaky pay cut’ April 28, 2022 Employees at a life coaching and mental health firm have questioned the role of Prince Harry as its “chief impact officer”. Staff at $5bn Silicon Valley company BetterUp have complained about the Duke of Sussex’s high-profile role, as it implements a payment restructure which staff have claimed amounts to a “sneaky pay cut.” It did [...]
Porn-gate is about much more than just dirty videos, says defence secretary: ‘Late sitting, long nights with bars’ April 28, 2022 Ben Wallace said “there’s no place for pornography in any workplace” and said there needs to be a cultural change in Westminster. The Defence Secretary told Sky News: “There is a range of allegations that go right across the House, go right across the parties. “This is a problem, I think, about the overall culture [...]
Former top executive at Russia’s Gazprombank flees Kremlin’s reach and joins Ukraine’s defence April 28, 2022 A former senior executive at a major Russian bank has fled the country and joined Ukraine’s army. Former vice-president at Gazprombank, Igor Volobuyev, said he “couldn’t stay with those people, shake their hands, watch the war on my phone as if this were a horrible film and pretend I didn’t care. Speaking to Ukrainian media [...]
Putin warns ‘retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast’ if West intervenes in Ukraine April 28, 2022 Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned the Kremlin’s “retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast” if the United States or a Nato country intervenes in the Ukraine war. In a television address, he responded to President Joe Biden committing to more military aid to Kyiv continuing to ramp up sanctions on Moscow with European allies. This comes [...]
28-year-old man charged with four murders in Bermondsey stabbing, will appear in court today April 28, 2022 A man will appear in court charged with the murder of four people at an address in Bermondsey, South London. Joshua Jacques, 28, stands accused of killing Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and Samantha Drummonds, 27. He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on today charged with the murders. [...]
MPs urge government for more funding to tackle fraud and economic crime April 28, 2022 The government must pump more money into tackling economic crime amid an “alarming” increase in instances of fraud, according to Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee. A new report from MPs on the committee also called for the government to entrust a single body with policing economic crime and one Whitehall department with responsibility for the area. [...]
Online Harms Bill: Lawyers warn new rules will have ‘chilling effect’ and hit businesses unnecessarily hard April 27, 2022 Broad and far-reaching legislation to tackle online harms could place a major burden on companies, particularly small businesses, lawyers told City A.M. today. The Government’s Online Harms Bill, published in March, seeks to address illegal and harmful content on the Internet with the aim of safeguarding UK citizens online. Companies that don’t comply with the [...]
Johnson: 287 UK MPs sanctioned by Russia should wear it as ‘badge of honour’ April 27, 2022 Hundreds of British MPs have today been hit with Russian sanctions, with Boris Johnson telling them they should wear it as a “badge of honour”. The Russian foreign ministry today said 287 MPs were being sanctioned for taking “the most active part” in organising sanctions over Ukraine and engaging in “Russophobic hysteria”, however a chunk of [...]
It is ‘perfectly legitimate’ for Priti Patel to attend James Bond film premiere, says Raab April 27, 2022 It is “perfectly legitimate” for Priti Patel to attend a James Bond premiere in her role as Home Secretary, pointing to both “fictional” and “factual” links between the security services and the Home Office, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said this morning. It comes after Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis suggested Ms Patel accepted an invite [...]