1 year agoManchester Airport (MAN) has ran out of fuel. Due to aircraft stand congestion, no arrivals until 20:00 UTC, according to Eurocontrol. Flights are diverting; some airlines are operating positioning flights to alternate airports
UK advises against all travel for British-Iranian dual nationals and for Iranian nationals who work for organisations seen as linked to UK government. Follows conviction this week of a British Council employee. Means even essential travel to Iran be avoided by dual nationals.
1 year agoThe Guardian's editor has just issued this new guidance to all staff on language to use when writing about climate change and the environment.
British PM: Government negotiations with opposition Labor Party about BREXIT ended without agreement
Official - @jeremycorbyn writes to @theresa_may saying brexit talks have 'gone as far as they can'
British Foreign Secretary: We agree with the U.S. assessment on Iran's grave threat
Contingency plans in case the UK decides it has to remove personnel from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Qatar have started to be activated, though this is only at a very early stage and is currently precautionary in case the crisis escalates, sources said.
UK raises threat level for personnel in Iraq due to 'heightened risk from Iran'
1 year agoUnited States Navy Los Angles-class USS Olympia (SSN-717) arriving at HM Naval Base Gibraltar
1 year agoUK MoD explains Maj. Gen. Ghika's comments: "the UK has long been clear about our concerns over Iran's destabilizing behavior in the region"
Eight-vehicle crash on A90 near Stonehaven
1 year agoCENTCOM is pushing back on a statement made by a senior British general that "there has been no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria.". CENTCOM says comments "run counter to the identified credible threats available to intelligence from U.S. and allies."
A Downing Street spokesman says the Prime Minister will bring back the Brexit withdrawal agreement bill to the House of Commons in the week beginning 3 June
A Downing Street spokesman has called the death of a man who appeared on ITV's 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' "deeply concerning" and said that "broadcasters and production companies have a responsibility for the mental health and wellbeing of participants"
High Court judges order that the former founder of the English Defence League, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name Tommy Robinson, should face full contempt of court proceedings.
Jeremy Hunt calls for defence spending to increase above 2% of GDP because Britain has "to earn a central position on the world stage" after Brexit.
Juncker speaks in French at opening of EasternPartnership EaP10 conference, explains that "Everybody understands English but nobody understands England."
Swedish prosecutors have announced they are reopening an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Britain is concerned about the risk of a war between Iran and the United States in the Gulf
An Iranian national working at the British Council has sentenced to 10 yr in prison after being convicted of spying for Britain, a judiciary spox is quoted as saying by Fars. Iran has a record of jailing dual nationalsand others on spying charges rejected by their families as false
British Foreign Minister expresses concern over risk of conflict with Iran
Ecuador will deliver to the US all the documents that Julian Assange left at the Embassy in London
1 year agoPlane has crashed on the A40 south of Abergavenny. There is a private landing strip nearby
1 year agoPlane crashed on Abergavenny - Raglan Road
1 year ago#USSRoosevelt fires an SM-3 missile during exercise #FormidableShield2019 - FS19 improves allied interoperability in a live-fire, integrated air and missile defense environment
1 year agoSeven Kings mosque shooting: Worshipper 'feared it was terror attack'. Abu Chowdhury heard people shout 'he's got a gun, he's got a gun' before a shot was fired at the Seven Kings mosque in Ilford, London
1 year agoPM @Theresa_May met Libyan PM Serraj at Downing Street. She expressed her concern about the ongoing conflict in Libya and encouraged progress towards a ceasefire.
Police are responding to reports that a building has collapsed on Vittoria Street in Birmingham.
U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo says it is "disgusting" to see leaders in Britain and other countries backing Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro
Asked about Huawei at press conference with @jeremyhunt @SecPompeo says he has "great confidence UK will never take an action that would break the special relationship".But adds US has an obligation to make sure that where US operates it operates inside "trusted networks"
