The UK Post Office Scandal revolves around the Horizon computer system, a digital accounting system installed by the IT multinational Fujitsu, which wrongly said post office branches had cash shortfalls. UK Post Office Scandal: The Shocking Truth Revealed By A TV Show | EXPLAINED Washington: A gripping ITV drama series, “Mr. Bates vs. the Post … Read more
The United Kingdom sure seemed to be heading towards encouraging walkable communities, typically referred to as 15-minute cities. However, the ruling Conservative Party government made a U-turn on the policy direction and started promoting driving seemingly based on almost nothing but conspiracy theories, the Guardian reports. Even the country’s transport minister Mark Harper has made … Read more
“My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year,” he said on a visit to Mansfield, central England. UK’s Sunak nears first anniversary in power with little to celebrate The Tories, who have had five leaders and prime ministers in 14 years, are widely expected to lose the … Read more
New Delhi: The UK has introduced new student visa rules that prevent international students from bringing their parents, partners or children with them starting 1 January, unless they are pursuing a PhD or postgraduate research courses. Under the dependent visa, international students, barring undergraduates, could bring their family members, including spouses and children, to the … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. When is the vote due? The maximum term of a UK parliament is five years. The last nationwide vote took place on December 12, … Read more
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni may have just touched a raw nerve with a loaded comment at a far right gathering in her country. According to various media reports, Meloni’s potentially explosive observation came at a political event held by the far-right Brothers of Italy in Rome, where she reportedly said that “there is no … Read more
AT least 61 people, including children, have been killed in a “tragic shipwreck” after a boat carrying 86 migrants left Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya made the announcement on social media on Saturday. 1 At least 61 people are thought to have died in the tragedy. Image shows an overcrowded wooden … Read more
RUSSIA hailed Hungary yesterday for blocking a £42billion package of aid from the EU to Ukraine. PM Viktor Orban, a pal of Vladimir Putin, kiboshed the deal in a rage at talks over Ukraine joining the bloc. 2 Viktor Orban kiboshed the deal in a rage at talks over Ukraine joining the blocCredit: Reuters 2 … Read more
Rome — Elon Musk will attend a conservative political festival in Rome on Saturday organized by Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her far right-wing party, the Brothers of Italy, the party says. In addition to the tech billionaire, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Spanish far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal and Albanian Prime Minister Edi … Read more
Some 6.44 million patients were waiting for 7.71 appointments or procedures in October, down from 6.50m waiting for a record 7.77m in September. It was the first time the total had fallen since November 2022, when it stood at 6.93m. The Prime Minister blamed the impact of NHS staff strikes for slower than hoped progress … Read more
