Former government minister Douglas Ross has been confirmed as the new Scottish Conservative leader. The 37-year-old takes on the role after winning the leadership without a contest. The Moray MP was the only candidate to put their name forward to replace Jackson Carlaw, who quit as the Scottish Tories‘ leader last month. Mr Carlaw said […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work “around the clock” with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week, as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life. Following an afternoon meeting of the four main negotiators, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin […]
The council with the highest rate of coronavirus infections in England has launched its own contact-tracing scheme because the government’s national system isn’t fast enough, a local official has claimed. Dominic Harrison, the director of public health and wellbeing at Blackburn with Darwen Council, revealed the local authority is developing its own contact-tracing system as […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The EU’s chief negotiator said firms and citizens have just five months to prepare for Britain leaving the bloc’s single market and customs union. The Frenchman said: “The Brexit transition ends on […]
Denver City Council passed a measure to the November ballot Monday which would increase the city’s sales tax rate by a quarter of a percent to fund renewable energy goals over the coming decades. If approved by voters, the tax would charge shoppers an extra 2.5 cents on every $10 purchase of goods and services. […]
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat isn’t just from foreign governments, but any fortune-seeking criminal. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Scottish Conservatives have written to Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, saying SNP ministers’ actions have had “harrowing and devastating consequences for the residential care home sector”. The party claims the decision in […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Former Brexit Party MEP June Mummery warned Mr Barnier the fishing industry and coastal communities “don’t care what he thinks”. Fishing has been a major stumbling block in trade talks between Britain […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday demanding documents he provided to Republicans investigating presidential candidate Joe Biden. A Republican-led U.S. Senate committee has been gathering information related to Hunter Biden, son of the Democratic former […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The rows could break out as Irish, Dutch, Belgian and French vessels lose access to the UK’s fishing grounds if the transition period expires without an agreement in place. Sean O’Donoghue, CEO […]