21 jan 2024 om 22:01 Update: 2 dagen geleden Cyclone Isha has already caused problems in the UK. Biggest problems are expected next night and Monday morning. Isha also causes problems in Ireland. The Sellafield reactor complex has suspended operations due to the storm. Sellafield writes that the UK’s plutonium…
Read MoreStorm Isha causes major problems in United Kingdom and Ireland Abroad
21 jan 2024 om 22:01 Update: 6 uur geleden Cyclone Isha has already caused problems in the UK. Biggest problems are expected next night and Monday morning. Isha also causes problems in Ireland. The Sellafield reactor complex has suspended operations due to the storm. Sellafield is currently used to store…
Read MoreThere is no train service to the United Kingdom due to a strike by Channel Tunnel workers
There is no train service to the United Kingdom due to a strike by Channel Tunnel workers There is currently no train service to the UK due to a strike by Channel Tunnel workers. (Photo: Billy69150) Due to an unexpected strike by Channel Tunnel workers, the fifty kilometer long…
Read MoreSevere weather continues in United Kingdom, 3 dead | Abroad
A fourth person who tried to help them was safely brought to dry land, police said, adding that the local weather made the route too dangerous. Many parts of the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland and the north of England, have been ravaged by Storm Gerrit since Wednesday. During the night…
Read More‘Long strike’ among junior doctors in UK
Junior doctors in England are set to begin a week-long strike today, an extension of their months-long strike and the country’s ‘longest doctors’ strike ever’. Promotion ends next Tuesday. They argue for their drastic measures as follows: As workloads and waiting lists reach record levels, salaries for doctors in training…
Read MorePrince Harry’s best-selling book memoirs in 2023 in the United Kingdom | Book & Culture
Door onze entertainmentredactie 05 jan 2024 om 11:58 Update: 2 uur geleden Spare, Prince Harry’s autobiography, is the UK’s best-selling book of 2023. The British newspaper reported this Bookseller. According to the magazine, the book, published in January, has sold more than 700,000 copies. Prince sold about 180,000 more copies…
Read MoreA record number of people crossed the Channel to the United Kingdom last year
Never before have so many migrants – mainly Albanians, Iranians and Afghans – made the dangerous crossing. This is about a total of 45,756 immigrants, which was 28,526 in 2021, which was already a record. The ever-increasing figures put pressure on the British government. After Brexit, the fight against immigration…
Read MoreOnline bank Bunq returns to the UK
Finance•Dec 5 ’23 at 10:51Author of the book: Mirth Koopman Online bank Bunq is relocating to the United Kingdom. The bank previously left the country due to Brexit, but is now returning. CEO Ali Nighnum calls London a ‘hotspot for tech companies’. FD journalist Matthijs Rotteveel said the bank mainly…
Read MoreSelf-driving cars in the United Kingdom in 3 years
December 27, 2023 at 2:17 pm Self-driving cars could be on British roads within 3 years, says Transport Secretary Mark Harper. The British Parliament is yet to consider legalizing self-driving cars, but according to the minister, laws surrounding the technology should be finalized by the end of next year. Last…
Read MoreRadical neoliberal Liz Truss becomes the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, party leader Graham Brady announced that he had received 81,326 votes from party members, 20,000 more than his rival Sunak. That’s 57.4 percent of the vote, compared to Johnson’s 66.4 percent in 2019. As he took over the leadership, he had kind words for…
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