LONDON (REUTERS) – The British government did not properly document key decisions nor was it open enough about billions of pounds of contracts handed out during the Covid-19 pandemic, its spending watchdog has said, as critics accuse ministers of running a “chumocracy”. The National Audit Office (NAO) said on Wednesday (Nov 18) that there had […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – The British government did not properly document key decisions nor was it open enough about billions of pounds of contracts handed out during the Covid-19 pandemic, its spending watchdog has said, as critics accuse ministers of running a “chumocracy”. The National Audit Office (NAO) said on Wednesday (Nov 18) that there had […]
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be phased out by 2030, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The move brings the ban on new conventional cars and vans forward by 10 years from 2040, although sales of some hybrid vehicles will be allowed until 2035. It aims to accelerate the transition to electric […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Pandemic restrictions meant Jim Pass, 102, could not hold wife Rita’s hand for five months after he was taken into care following a fall at their home. His stepdaughter Kerensa Welsby said […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The air ambulance was called out to the incident at about 1am this morning. Surrey Police remain at the scene. Highways England warn there are “long delays” on the anti-clockwise carriageway this […]
A man wearing just a towel scared off a thug who had threatened his friend with a knife and tried to get into his neighbour’s apartment. Adbiwahid Aden was jailed for using a knife to get his victim to show him where a man named Jacko lived to demand money. Jacko’s neighbour, who does not […]
A man wearing just a towel scared off a thug who had threatened his friend with a knife and tried to get into his neighbour’s apartment. Adbiwahid Aden was jailed for using a knife to get his victim to show him where a man named Jacko lived to demand money. Jacko’s neighbour, who does not […]
LICKO PETROVO SELO, CROATIA (AFP) – Once used to warm men’s private parts during harsh winters in rural Croatia, the woollen codpiece or ‘nakurnjak’ is making a comeback as a popular souvenir, thanks to a handful of women preserving traditional handicrafts from oblivion. “The nakurnjak sparks laughter, a lot of positive energy, jokes. Many (tourists) […]
LICKO PETROVO SELO, CROATIA (AFP) – Once used to warm men’s private parts during harsh winters in rural Croatia, the woollen codpiece or ‘nakurnjak’ is making a comeback as a popular souvenir, thanks to a handful of women preserving traditional handicrafts from oblivion. “The nakurnjak sparks laughter, a lot of positive energy, jokes. Many (tourists) […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. After posing for photos with his fiancée on his arm wearing his late mother’s engagement ring, William discussed his plans for marriage and starting a family. The couple had been dating for […]