Environmentalists criticized the Berdenshire Council on Saturday for approving plans to build a second golf course in the area by President Trump’s family business. Driving News: The council on Friday approved plans for an 18-hole golf course, which will be named after Trump’s Scottish-born mother, Mary Ann M. Claude, despite …
Read More »British government gets more criticism after latest issue of school exams
LONDON (Reuters) – The government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced fresh criticism over the treatment of school diplomas after results were drawn for hundreds of thousands of students. People take part in a protest over the government’s handling of exam results, outside the Department of Education, …
Read More »Britain to introduce mass tests to limit the spread of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to introduce regular, population-based testing for COVID-19 so that it can suppress the spread of the virus and reduce restrictions that have plagued its economy without triggering a second wave in any of the least affected countries in the world. A warning sign with hygiene …
Read More »Truss promises to protect Scotch whiskey from ‘unacceptable and unfair’ US tariffs
Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss has promised to lower US tariffs on Scotch whiskey after the ‘bucket of history’, as she accused Brussels of not doing enough to protect British interests. The Secretary of Commerce wrote in The Telegraph on Monday that whiskey is a “jewel in …
Read More »‘Serious injuries’ reported after train derails in Scotland
Three people were killed and at least six others injured Wednesday morning when a passenger train exploded off the east coast of Scotland as the country was hit by storms, according to reports. Police were called to the scene at Stonehaven, about 100 miles northeast of Edinburgh, at 9:45 a.m. …
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