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2 weeks ago | 
macaubusiness.com | Peter Hutchison |Helen ROWE
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a judge overturned a last-minute legal challenge. Labour leader Starmer said the agreement, supported by Washington, was “the only way” to maintain British and American control of a key military base on the archipelago’s largest island of Diego Garcia.
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2 weeks ago | 
barrons.com | Helen ROWE |Peter Hutchison
A British court on Thursday was reviewing the government's deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after imposing a last-minute block on the accord. The hearing at London's High Court followed an urgent pre-dawn application for an injunction which was granted to temporarily put the deal on hold.
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1 month ago | 
nst.com.my | Marie Heuclin |Helen ROWE
Marie Heuclin, Helen RoweHARD-RIGHT upstarts Reform UK delivered a stinging blow to Britain's two establishment parties last Friday, winning a string of victories in English local elections and snatching a parliamentary seat from Labour. Reform, led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage, also seized control of their first regional councils in Thursday's vote, and captured their first two mayoral posts.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
London's Metropolitan Police on Friday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences. Brand, 49, who became known internationally as the husband of pop star Katy Perry after forging a career as a stand-up comedian with risque routines, was charged with one count of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault, the force said.
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2 months ago | 
newsbug.info | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
Some flights began to land at London's Heathrow Airport late on Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes at Europe's busiest air hub, causing travel chaos for thousands of people around the world. The electricity substation fire shut down the airport for most of the day, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights and raising questions about the infrastructure's vulnerability.
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2 months ago | 
kdhnews.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
By Helen Rowe, James Pheby and Alexandra del Peral AFP London's Heathrow Airport said it would resume "some flights" later Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes at Europe's busiest air hub, causing travel chaos for thousands of people around the world. The electricity substation fire late on Thursday shut down the airport, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights and raising questions about the infrastructure's vulnerability.
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2 months ago | 
elkharttruth.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
Some flights began to land at London's Heathrow Airport late on Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes at Europe's busiest air hub, causing travel chaos for thousands of people around the world. The electricity substation fire shut down the airport for most of the day, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights and raising questions about the infrastructure's vulnerability. kAmp? pu! ;@FC?2=:DE D2H A=2?6D =2?5:?8 @? E96 E2C>24 2E w62E9C@H =2E6 @?
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2 months ago | 
citizentribune.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
London's Heathrow Airport said it would resume "some flights" later Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes at Europe's busiest air hub, causing travel chaos for thousands of people around the world. The electricity substation fire late on Thursday shut down the airport, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights and raising questions about the infrastructure's vulnerability.
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2 months ago | 
insidenova.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
London's Heathrow Airport said it would resume "some flights" later Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes at Europe's busiest air hub, causing travel chaos for thousands of people around the world. The electricity substation fire late on Thursday shut down the airport, leading to the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights and raising questions about the infrastructure's vulnerability.
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2 months ago | 
kdhnews.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby
By Helen Rowe, James Pheby and Alexandra del Peral AFP Counter-terror police on Friday launched a probe into an electricity substation fire that shut down Heathrow airport causing travel chaos for passengers around the world and the cancellation or diversion of hundreds of flights from Europe's busiest air hub.
