Former Prime Minister Sir John Major says at Number 10 the Prime Minister and officials "broke lockdown laws" and "brazen excuses were dreamed up" with the public "asked to believe the unbelievable" over Downing Street parties For more visit
1 year agoThe first of a number of B-52 bombers, callsign 'HATE14', is now arriving in the United Kingdom and is currently west of Glasgow and descending for RAF Fairford
Johnson: Russia's threats to Ukraine are very high
Johnson: No country should have the right to veto the accession of other countries to NATO
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says that people are "rightly angry that those making the rules have had allegations against them that they did not stand by them" amid ongoing reports of parties held at Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown
Ben Wallace heads to Moscow tomorrow for talks with defence minister & key Putin ally Sergey Shoigu. He'll be accompanied by Tony Radakin and commander of field army Lt Gen Ralph Wooddisse. Wallace tells us today we need to look at "lessons from the [ending of the] Cold War"
British Foreign Secretary: We are concerned about the Russian military build-up on the border with Ukraine
Meeting between Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Lavrov started in Moscow
British Defense Minister: The government is ready with a package of sanctions against Russia and will present them to Parliament
1 year agoFour USAF B-52H Stratofortress bombers HATE11-14, departed Minot AFB, North Dakota en route to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom for a Bomber Task Force deployment
Britain sending another 1,000 troops to Poland "to support a humanitarian response in the region should it be needed" per UK government PM @BorisJohnson also traveling to Brussels, Warsaw for discussions with @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg & Polish leaders re Russia-Ukraine
1 year agoDublin Fire Brigade:Firefighters extinguishing a make shift skip fire in West Dublin fire
Detectives investigating alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations in Downing Street and Whitehall will begin contacting more than 50 people believed to have taken part in the events by the end of the week to get their accounts, the Metropolitan Police said
1 year agoBoeing RC-135W Rivet Joint JAKE11 and Boeing E-8C Joint STARS REDEYE6 on reconnaissance missions
1 year agoUkrainian Minister of Defense:Feb 8-9 the cargo with military-technical aid arrived to Ukraine from UK military goods& & equipment for the Territorial Defense Forces of @ArmedForcesUkr: bulletproof vests,helmets,etc
1 year ago[email protected] is flying to Moscow today on 2-day trip to discuss Ukraine crisis - 1st visit by a UK foreign secretary in more than 4 years. She'll urge Kremlin to pursue diplomatic solution & say further invasion "would bring massive consequences for all involved"
Britain is to supply anti-ship weaponry to Ukraine to counter the Russian Navy in the Black and Azov Seas, Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko has said
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been appointed to minister for "Brexit Opportunities and Government efficiency" in the Cabinet Office. He will attend Cabinet, but it's a demotion to Minister of State
1 year agoRoyal Air Force (RAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III RRR6400 from Brize Norton over Kyiv
1 year agoRAF BAe 146-200 RRR1509 en route to Ukraine from Warsaw
British opposition leader Keir Starmer was evacuated by police on Monday after being harassed by an angry mob. Videos show Starmer being tackled by protesters near Parliament in London
The 1st few of an extra 350 UK forces (Royal Marines) to be sent to Poland amid Russia tensions have already gone there. Rest to follow in coming weeks. From 45 Commando, they'll do joint exercises & other training. They're being diverted from cold weather training in Norway
1 year agoRAF BAe 146-200 RRR1509 en route to Ukraine from Poland
Liz Truss:We completely reject any questions over sovereignty of the Falklands. The Falklands are part of the British family and we will defend their right to self determination. China must respect the Falklands' sovereignty
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss: The depths of Russian attempts to subvert and threaten Ukraine are clear. Russia's actions show their claims to have no plans to invade are false. We and our allies stand united in support for Ukraine and our resolve to raise the cost to Russia if they take further action
[email protected] pointed out this U.S. Transportation Command flight currently over the Netherlands. Judging by the route and callsign CMB332, N701CK might be heading for Kyiv, Ukraine, which would make it the 8th recent Boeing 747 military support flight
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party cranks up the prospects of a prolonged political crisis following the resignation of the First Minister, warning it won't return to the power-sharing Executive unless issues related to Brexit are resolved
Four teenage boys, two aged 16 and two aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder in Manchester after a 20yr old was stabbed to death last night
1 year agoDUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has warned that his party will not support the restoration of the power-sharing Executive at Stormont after elections in May, if the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol is not resolved to its satisfaction
1 year agoNATO fighter aircraft from Norway, the UK & the US escorted 2 groups of Russian military aircraft for a 2nd day running. The intercepts, occurring over the Barents Sea & off Scotland
