French president Macron launches unprecedented op-ed in in 24 languages: Calls for "European renaissance"; Reconfiguration of Schengen (joint border/asylum system); European security council (WITH UK.); - Higher defense spending
11 month agoThree Russian navy ships have been anchored off Inverness (Scotland) for the better part of the day. A tanker, a rescue tug, and a logistics vessel. They are support ships for the frigate Admiral Gorshkov (which doesn't not transmit an AIS signal).
Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Hunt: "The interim president of Venezuela returns to the country today, the Maduro regime must ensure his freedom and security" "The world is watching."
Britain's May visits Salisbury on anniversary of nerve-agent attack
EU's chief negotiator Barnier to meet UK Brexit negotiators on Tuesday: spokesman
11 month agoPolice were called at 21:30 to High Road, Chadwell Heath in Barking and Dagenham to reports of a man with a firearm. He was located on CCTV and armed officers moved in to detain him where he was searched and found in possession of a handgun. Image: @MPSBarkDag
11 month agoCatford: A 17-year-old male was found with a stab wound after Police were called to people refusing to leave a private party at an address in Castillon Road, in the Whitefoot area, around midnight last night. The injury is not life-threatening. The crowd had dispersed by 1:30am.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is expected to arrive today in the UAE for the last leg of a three-country tour of the Middle East
Greater Manchester Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy tonight. The 17 year old suffered fatal stab injuries in an attack in Hale Barns. Two other 17 year old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The docks of the sea shore in Calais in France is on lockdown because hundreds of Illegal migrants of the "Calais jungle" stormed and breached through the fences and barriers, trying to sneak into a ship heading towards the UK.
11 month agoFollowing a phone call from a vigilant member of public, two males were arrested by ERPT A officers for possession of these knives in Chingford this afternoon - a potential serious incident has been prevented.
London Stansted Airport is open - operations are resuming - flight PC1163 is the first to land - flight FR5998 the first to takeoff following Lauda A320 incident on runway
11 month agoLauda flight OE327 from London Stansted to Vienna was evacuated after aborted takeoff due to engine issue
All flights to London Stansted are diverting to Birmingham and Southend airports
11 month agoStansted Airport in the UK grounds ALL flights after 'incident on runway' after a loud boom on a airplane after it's take off was aborted.
11 month agoLondon Stansted Airport: Flights at @STN_Airport are currently suspended due to an aircraft on the runway following an aborted take off due to a suspected engine problem.
The Novichok decontamination of Salisbury and Amesbury has been declared complete Government has deemed both cities officially "safe", a year after the nerve agent attack against the Skripals. Govt today set to hand over the 12 cleared sites to Wiltshire Council.
11 month agoGavin Williamson looking over the new Rheinmetall Challenger 2 LEP upgrade proposal today at Brize. A prominent position for the MBT at the UK-German Defence Ministerial Council is probably indicative of where CR2 LEP is going.
British parliament approves ban on Hezbollah
Conservative minister George Eustice resigns in protest at Theresa May's plan to allow Brexit delay
UK MPs back May's revised Brexit plan which could delay EU exit
The UK national Police chief says that the knife crime spate is a 'national emergency' in the country. He says we have a larger murder rate then New York in London.
The Tories accepted £146,750 of donations in November and December from Lubov Chernukhin, the wife of one of Putin's former ministers, eight months after the Skripal poisonings. She donated another £100,000 to the party in March.
11 month agoThe scene right near Marsden where there's a massive moorland fire
UK Prime Minister @theresa_may says choices remain unchanged, deal, no deal or no Brexit
British PM May offers new Brexit commitments: "meaningful vote" on deal by March 12; if that fails, vote on March 13 on whether to leave EU with no deal; if that fails, vote on March 14 on whether to ask EU for short extension.
British Prime Minister: the agreement to withdraw from the European Union is to vote in Parliament before March 12
Britain will only leave the EU without a deal if Parliament backs it, Theresa May says
Teresa May: If the House of Commons rejects the withdrawal agreement, we will ask for a vote on a limited extension of Article 50
Theresa May is considering a plan to delay Brexit and stop the U.K. leaving the European Union with no deal next month, according to people familiar with the situation
