[ad_1] Armed police fire rubber bullets to shoot down the ‘gunman’ who was’ shouting threats and pointing a RIFLE at children near the village school ‘, while the 50-year-old man is arrested for’ intent to endanger life’ Armed police have been dispatched to the scene in Quorn, Leicestershire today. Locals …
Read More »UK coronavirus deaths in hospital rise by 478 amid warning vaccine is not ‘out clause’
[ad_1] The death toll in hospitals from coronavirus in the UK has skyrocketed by 478. England reported 361 deaths, Scotland 64, Wales 45 and Northern Ireland 8 announced to bring the overall tally to 478. The number is a big jump from Tuesday, which recorded 372 deaths in hospitals, and …
Read More »UK Capital Gains Tax Review Urged
[ad_1] The annual allocation on capital gains tax in the UK would be drastically lowered and CGT rates would come closer to those of income tax according to a far-reaching review commissioned by Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, which has potential to raise billions of pounds for the Treasury. The Tax …
Read More »Group linked to foam supplier Grenfell wins building security contract | Society
[ad_1] A government contract issued in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire to investigate the toxicity of burning building materials has been awarded to a research group linked to the foam plastic insulation industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has awarded the £ 600,000 research …
Read More »Live: Reports of ‘gunman’ on the street in Quorn
[ad_1] There are reports of a police incident in the town of Quorn, near Loughborough, this afternoon after a man was seen wielding what appears to be a gun in the street. LeicestershireLive has received multiple reports that someone with a firearm was seen in the Rawlins Academy area on …
Read More »Massive Covid Testing Will Allow Students To Return In January, Minister Says | Education
[ad_1] Students will return to campuses in January using massive tests of the kind to be implemented next month before going home for Christmas during a travel period, the university minister said. There will be a mass exodus on staggered exit dates set by universities from December 3-9 after England’s …
Read More »Death of Harry Dunn: the family starts a court case against the Foreign Office | Foreign policy
[ad_1] The family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old motorcyclist killed outside an American air base, has started their court case seeking a decision that the Foreign Office acted illegally by granting diplomatic immunity to the American driver of the car that killed him. . Dunn was killed when his motorcycle …
Read More »Vote Leave’s Lee Cain Named Next Downing Street Chief of Staff | Boris johnson
[ad_1] One of Boris Johnson’s most loyal allies, Lee Cain, is in the running to become Downing Street chief of staff, in a move that would consolidate the power of former Vote Leave officials over the prime minister. Cain’s appointment, which is not confirmed, is likely to cause trouble in …
Read More »Austerity Left Northern England More Vulnerable to Covid, Report Finds | UK News
[ad_1] A decade of public spending cuts meant that the north of England was hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than the rest of England, scientists have said. A report by the Northern Health Science Alliance, made up of academics from several leading universities, says that the economic cost to …
Read More »EU Summit on November 19 Billed as Deadline for Draft Brexit Agreement | Brexit
[ad_1] Brussels now regards a summit of EU leaders on November 19 as the deadline for a draft Brexit deal, and negotiations on Britain’s future trade and security relationship with the bloc are set to go all the way. Negotiating teams working in London had hoped to pass an agreement …
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