Home Office under investigation for searching hundreds of migrants’ phones March 14, 2022 The Home Office is under investigation after migration officers took data from hundreds of mobile phones seized from migrants who crossed the English Channel. As first reported by Sky News as part of a freedom of information request, the case relates to 850 individuals who were part of a departmental programme called Project Sunshine. It [...]
Israel will not be a ‘route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia’ March 14, 2022 Israel’s foreign minister has insisted the country will not be a “route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia”. Centrist politician Yair Lapid made his comments in Bratislava with his Slovakian counterpart, amid growing concerns that some Russian-Jewish oligarchs could use Israel to get around harsh sanctions. This come after the UK, US and European Union [...]
Police called to John Bercow’s Battersea home over domestic disturbance following assault claim by wife Sally March 14, 2022 Police were called to a domestic disturbance at the home of former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow. Authorities attended his Battersea home last August over claims of ‘common assault’ reportedly made by his wife, Sally Bercow, according to The Times. This comes after Bercow was banned from Parliament after the conclusion of a two-year [...]
Angry activists storm villa of Putin’s youngest daughter, plant Ukrainian flag and plan to house refugees March 14, 2022 French activists in the city of Biarritz, in the south of the country, have taken over the luxury villa of the daughter of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, Catherine Tikhonova. The mansion, locally known as the Alta Mira villa, was seized by local activists on Sunday evening and will be made available for a number of [...]
Isolated Kremlin in overdrive as Russia pounds Kyiv while Putin arrests own security chiefs and begs China for new weapons March 14, 2022 Russia’s military forces have kept up their punishing campaign to capture Ukraine’s capital with fighting and artillery fire in Kyiv’s suburbs. It comes after an air strike on a military base near the Polish border brought the war close to Nato’s doorstep overnight. It raised the possibility that the alliance could be drawn into the [...]
Oil round up: India weighs up Russian oil as Boris Johnson calls on Saudi Arabia to boost output March 14, 2022 India is considering a Russian offer to buy crude oil and other commodities at discounted prices through a rupee-rouble transaction.
Pandemic leads to major spike in whistleblowers turning to SFO to report alleged fraud March 14, 2022 The pandemic has led to a near 20 per cent rise in whistleblower reports about alleged fraud. Workers may have falsified accounts to cover up theft or inflated sales figures in a bid to achieve bonuses during the pandemic, a new report by consultancy firm Accuracy has found. There was a 17 per cent rise [...]
Russian aviation on brink as Bermuda revokes 745 plane licenses, half of country’s fleet March 14, 2022 Bermuda is preparing to revoke the licenses of 745 Russian planes, a move which could ground half the country's entire fleet.
‘Putin go F*** yourself’: Squatters occupy oligarch’s London mansion March 14, 2022 Squatters have occupied a mansion in London believed to be owned by a Russian billionaire who was sanctioned by the UK government last week.
Labour opens up 30-point lead over Tories in London, says new poll March 14, 2022 Labour has a 30-point lead over the Conservatives in London with less than two months until a crucial set of local elections, according to a new poll. A new survey by Deltapoll, and commissioned by the London Communications Agency, has Labour on 54 per cent, the Tories on 24 per cent and the Liberal Democrats [...]