French Election 2022: Le Pen backs ‘rapprochement between Nato and Russia’ April 14, 2022 French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has committed to a “rapprochement between Nato and Russia” if she gets elected. The right-wing candidate, who is facing off against incumbent Emmanuel Macron on 24 April, made her comments after a poll showed her as being on 47 per cent, to her rival’s 53. She said at a [...]
Boris Johnson announces £120m plan to send tens of thousands of Channel migrants to Rwanda in new partnership April 14, 2022 Boris Johnson has announced a partnership with Rwanda, which will involve the UK sending “tens of thousands” of migrants found trying to cross the English Channel to the African nation. Johnson made a speech in Kent to announce a crackdown on illegal boat crossings, with the PM saying the “British people voted several times to [...]
Swiss banker who paid for strip clubs on expenses sentenced to almost four years for fraud April 14, 2022 A banker who has been jailed for fraud put strip club visits and holidays on expenses, a court was told. Former banker of the year in Switzerland, Pierin Vincenz, will spend almost four years in jail, after he was sentenced at the culmination of a high-profile case in the country. The ex chief executive of [...]
Kwarteng tells XR activists: The UK won’t switch off domestic oil and gas production April 14, 2022 The UK “won’t switch off domestic oil and gas production”, the energy secretary has said in response to activists glueing themselves to his department’s building. Kwasi Kwarteng’s comments came scientists aligned to the Extinction Rebellion group protesting at the department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) building. In images and footage posted on social [...]
Exclusive: Unicorn Bank of London announces new deputy chief executive April 14, 2022 A new deputy chief executive has been appointed by the Bank of London, the second clearing bank to launch in the UK within the last 250 years. Tom Wood has joined the technology-based company which landed with a bang last year, being valued at £1.1bn. The first pre-revenue bank to reach unicorn status upon entering [...]
Sweden and Finland consider Nato application to deter Russia, as Estonia asks for more troops April 14, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “dramatically shaped mindsets” of people in Nordic states when it comes to applying for Nato membership, Finland and Sweden’s prime ministers have suggested this week. Finland’s premier Sanna Marin said the country would need to decide “quite fast, in weeks not months”, if it would join the military alliance, amid [...]
Russia’s flagship vessel ‘seriously damaged’ and in danger of sinking after Ukrainian missile strike April 14, 2022 A key Russian vessel in its Black Sea fleet was reportedly struck by a missile and is in danger of sinking after being engulfed in flames. The Moskva was said to be on fire after being hit near Odessa on Wednesday night, with AFP saying that in Russian media, it was reported as being “seriously [...]
Tanker carrying 42,000 tonnes of Russian oil stopped by activists off UK coast April 14, 2022 A tanker carrying 42,000 tonnes of Russian oil was stopped by environmental activists off the Linconshire coast. Greenpeace campaigners confronted the vessel, the Seavictory, near the port of Immingham, demanding it turn around. The boat’s captain said it was carrying Russian cargo – which the UK has committed to banning by the end of 2022 [...]
Sainsbury’s and Waitrose ‘investigating as a matter of urgency’ after worker at sushi supplier has finger tips cut off April 13, 2022 Waitrose and Sainsbury’s are investigating “as a matter of urgency” after a worker had finger tips chopped off in Taiko Foods’ factory, which supplies sushi to the retailers. The retailers are looking into the incident, in which Viraj Kakadia operated reportedly unsafe and dangerous vegetable cutting machine at the Taiko Foods factory in Acton. The [...]
French Election 2022: Macron accuses Le Pen of secret ‘Frexit’ plan April 13, 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron has accused his right-wing rival Marine Le Pen of a secret ‘Frexit’ plan. The head of state made his comments as polls predicted a tight race for the top job, which comes to a head on 24 April. Speaking at a rally in eastern France, he said Le Pen is disguising [...]
