"Are you dreaming of becoming part of a friendly, dynamic island community and a slower pace of life? We have a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic school principal - a job at Foula" - reads the announcement of the Shetland Islands municipality. The job offer is very unusual as the school is attended by only four students.more
Initially, many people laughed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a former comedian, and today he is compared with Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II, noted the Russian-language BBC.more
The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee with a four-day weekend full of events, from the annual Trooping the Colour parade to the Platinum Party and the palace.more
Russia is ready to use global food security for its own political ends, and the offer to create a corridor for food ships in exchange for the lifting of the sanctions indicates that they are severe, the British Ministry of Defense said today.more
The BBC has promised “bigger investment in programming from the nations” and less from London as part of a cost-cutting shift away from broadcast and to on-demand digital audiences.more
Historians were left blushing when they deciphered ancient Roman graffiti carved into stone near Hadrian's Wall. The insulting comment, inscribed more than 1,700 years ago, was unearthed near Hexham, Northumberland.more
The findings suggest that the underfunding of labour-rights enforcement, combined with the rapid expansion of the seasonal worker scheme – which aims to plug shortages created by Brexit and Covid-19 – could be putting thousands of migrant labourers at risk of exploitation.more
Ministers who break standards rules in a "minor" way will not be expected to resign or face the sack, under new government guidelines. It has long been a convention that MPs should quit government for breaking the Ministerial Code in any way.more
Five members of a Polish gang that dealt with human trafficking and pimping were sentenced yesterday by a court in London to terms ranging from eight years in prison to two years suspended. According to the police, over 300 women fell victim to them.more
Six soldiers and a veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drug, money-lending and money-laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD said six Irish Guards troops and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran were arrested by the Royal Military Police as part of a "planned operation".more
However, this does not mean that there has been a grand reconciliation between the Dukes of Sussex and the rest of the royals. Meghan and Harry will once again stand alongside the rest of the royal family members only at London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Figure Museum. The wax likenesses of the couple were removed from the royal family section after the couple made the so-called Mexit.more
Customers are buying fewer items and turning to cheaper products after witnessing a plunge in their household incomes, the chair of Asda has warned.
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday that another 16 infections were confirmed in England, bringing the total there since May 7 to 101.more
Wales is the last UK nation to remove all its restrictions after more than two years of measures. The Welsh government has said COVID hospital admissions are falling but the NHS is still under pressure.more
Andy Fletcher, British musician and co-founder of the band Depeche Mode, of which he was a member for over 40 years, died yesterday at the age of 60. He played keyboards and bass guitar.more
Cleaners and security staff are set to protest outside Downing Street tomorrow in disgust at their colleagues’ treatment by those at the top of Government.
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Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement released May 26 that charges against Kevin Spacey for four counts of sexual assault against three men have been approved. The charges were brought after reviewing evidence gathered by the London Metropolitan Police during an investigation that has been ongoing since 2017.more
