Thursday, 7 Nov 2024

Europe

Find all the latest Europe News and breaking stories across Europe. Expert analysis and comment on politics, business and foreign affairs…

Sainsbury's to follow Tesco and return £440,000,000 it saved in Covid crisis

Sainsbury’s has announced it will return around £440 million it saved during the coronavirus pandemic. It follows in the footsteps of both Tesco and Morrisons, which both announced yesterday they will return the money they saved from the Government’s business rates holiday in the crisis. Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts said: ‘We believe it is now […]

UN drug agency loosens global controls on cannabis, following WHO advice

VIENNA (REUTERS) – The UN drug agency’s member states on Wednesday (Dec 2) narrowly voted to remove cannabis from the most tightly controlled category of narcotic drugs, following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation to make research into its medical use easier. The annual Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s […]

Tearful husband, 84, finally hugs wife with Alzheimer's after months apart

An elderly husband and wife cruelly forced apart by the pandemic were finally able to cuddle for the first time in nine months. Bob Underhill, 84, was overcome when he was reunited with wife Patricia, 82, who has Alzheimer’s, as the couple shared a tearful kiss through face masks today. Patricia has been living in […]