White paper, common rulebook, facilitated customs arrangement… what do all the terms likely to be used in Brexit proposals actually mean? Here’s what you need to know: :: White paper White papers are documents produced by the government that set out their policy proposals. They are published with the intent of further consultation before the […]

BERLIN (AFP) – The leaders of France and Germany meet in Berlin on Sunday (Nov 18) to jointly remember the victims of European wars, presenting also a united front in countering global turmoil stoked by the mercurial US President Donald Trump. President Emmanuel Macron will visit France’s former enemy turned key EU partner from 1000 […]

More than 680 reports of unlicensed music events were recorded last year – up 9% on the previous 12 months – amid a rise in nightclubs shutting down, a Sky News investigation has found. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said illegal raves were “inherently unsafe” and officers had to consider the safety of residents […]

The men have been charged in connection to the stabbing of 38-year-old Rocky Djelal. Stephen O’Rourke, 46, of Grosvenor Park, Southwark, was charged with murder on Saturday. Jason O’Rourke, 34, of Foundry Close, Southwark, was charged with assisting an offender. Both of the men have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at […]

ATHENS (REUTERS) – Greek police clashed with young protestors in central Athens on Saturday (Nov 17) after thousands marched to mark the anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the military junta. More than 10,000 demonstrators marched peacefully through the centre of Athens, which was heavily guarded by police. They […]

A protester has been killed and 47 others injured during roadblocks set up around France to demonstrate against rising fuel taxes, in a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron. The protester was killed when a driver caught in traffic accelerated in a panic at Pont-de-Beauvoisin, near Chambery, said Louis Laugier, the top state official […]

LONDON — On the day that Prime Minister Theresa May presented her draft plan for Britain’s exit from the European Union, also known as Brexit, worries about the country’s future spiked across the land and a fellow Conservative politician stood up in Parliament and suggested it was time for a no-confidence vote against her. The […]

President Emmanuel Macron has angered opponents by accusing French “Gauls” of being resistant to change. On a visit to Copenhagen, Mr Macron said his attempts to remodel labour laws were impeded because the French were not as open to reform as “Lutheran” Danes. Opposition politicians accused him of showing “contempt” for his own people. Mr […]

The murder of a 50-year-old man, whose apparently tenuous links to the Hutch family was enough to end his life, is a depressing reminder that after three years of savagery, despite huge efforts by the Garda, the madness is far from over. When a hitman walked up to Clive Staunton’s work van on Thursday night […]

Gardaí investigating the murder of street trader Clive Staunton are probing whether his involvement in the lucrative counterfeit cigarette market may have led to his death. Officers are investigating whether the Kinahan cartel murdered the father-of-one in a sinister “cloak of convenience” hit. The murder of Mr Staunton is the 19th in the Hutch/Kinahan feud. […]