London police have raided an Extinction Rebellion building and made arrests ahead of Monday’s environmental protests in the capital. Retired senior police officers have joined the climate activist group and will also face arrest when demonstrators try to emulate April’s protests and bring parts of London to a halt. Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors said they […]
London mayor Sadiq Khan has told organisers of the ‘world’s biggest arms fair’ to “get out of London”. Police made more than 116 arrests during protests leading up to the start of the three day event held at London’s ExCel in Custom House. London mayor Sadiq Khan sent a letter to the event organisers, Clarion […]
Homes, roads and farmland around Britain’s coast will be claimed by the sea due to climate change, a Government advisory group has warned. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says it will be ‘unaffordable’ to protect a third of the UK’s coastal property and infrastructure as sea levels rise. In its latest report, the CCC […]
Campaigners have accused the North Sea Transition Authority of cosying up to oil and gas producers. The UK’s oil regulator, they fear, is no longer impartial. The North Sea Transition Authority is the rebranded body formerly the Oil and Gas Authority. Since its inception, the NSTA has issued hundreds of new licences, much to the […]
The British government has abandoned plans to repeal or at least review thousands of EU laws by the end of this year. During the leadership contest, Rishi Sunak had promised to scrap the bulk of all EU legislation within 100 days of taking on the leadership. Jacob Rees-Moggs and Liz Truss introduced the Retained EU […]
Welcome to the UK in 2023, a true Blue Monday where King Charles is suing Elon Musk for unpaid rent while new investigations have been launched into more Tory shenanigans. The third Monday of January, aka ‘Blue Monday’ is, for a combination of factors, considered the most depressing day of the year. This particular Blue […]
On 5 December, scientists in the US successfully completed a nuclear fusion experiment with a net energy gain. Experts believe that this clean energy breakthrough could deliver a “clean energy source that could revolutionise the world”. Researchers revealed at a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California press briefing that the “amazing” achievement culminated from “60 […]
Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure with growing numbers of disgruntled Conservative MPs rebelling over onshore wind farms, planning reforms and a proposed crackdown on overseas students. Former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss signed a rebel amendment last week against Sunak’s de-facto ban on onshore wind farms. Cop26 president Alok Sharma also signed […]
Police have arrested and held for 13 hours a documentary filmmaker and a press photographer filming a Just Stop Oil protest on the M25. Police also searched one of their homes at 11pm and seized an iPad belonging to a daughter, claims filmmaker Rich Felgate who is making a documentary about Just Stop Oil. The […]
Beachgoers in England and Wales have been warned to stay out of the water, not because of sharks but for something else beginning with ‘sh’. Pollution alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency after sewage was discharged on more than 50 beaches on Britain’s west, south and east coasts, including popular leisure spots. An […]