Rishi Sunak defends granting new North Sea oil and gas licences
Rishi Sunak says the Acorn project will strengthen the UK’s energy security strategy Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the decision to grant 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. The UK government has also said it will support a carbon capture project in the north east of Scotland. Campaigners said that extracting more fossil […]
Bad Brexit deal ‘Cardiff jobs risk’
tattywelshie/Getty Images The services sector in Cardiff is worth £1.1bn in exports Cardiff is one of the most vulnerable cities in the UK to a bad Brexit deal for the financial services sector, according to the Centre for Cities think-tank. More than half of all exports from Cardiff are based around finance as the city’s […]
Travel disruption set to worsen with climate change, warns government adviser
BBC Stranded rail passengers at London’s King’s Cross station during the July 2022 heatwave Travel disruption will be worsened by climate change unless more money is spent on the UK’s transport networks, a government advisor has warned. Intense rainfall and heatwaves have hit road and rail travel with flash floods, landslips and equipment failures. Sir […]
Phil Childs to play hometown Hanley Only Fools and Horses show
BBC Phil Childs, who was born in Stoke-on-Trent, plays Grandad in the stage show version of Only Fools and Horses One of the stars of Only Fools and Horses The Musical says he is nervous, but looking forward, to playing his home city. Phil Childs is set to play Grandad in the stage show, which […]
Strep A warnings and Matt Hancock diaries
Reuters The first extracts from the former health secretary’s diaries were published on Friday It has conducted research suggesting that up to 140,000 patients could have operations and consultations cancelled because of the action. The paper’s leader says the prime minister must work out how to prevent the wave of walk-outs in the NHS and […]
‘Threat to quit ECHR’ and ‘mortgage price war’
EPA The Daily Telegraph says Rishi Sunak will face calls from a third of his cabinet to put leaving the European Convention on Human Rights at the heart of the Conservative election campaign if the courts block migrant deportation flights to Rwanda. The Supreme Court is due to decide on the policy soon. Flights have […]
Lamb sector ‘contingency planning’ for UK
BBC The Welsh Governments wants the “UK government to ensure unfettered access to EU markets” A four nations approach to “contingency planning” for the lamb sector is being discussed between the Welsh and UK governments. NFU Cymru has criticised a lack of no-deal planning, saying “implications haven’t been taken seriously”. The UK government said “no […]
Social media links to violence investigated
BBC Researchers worked with the parents of Olly Stephens who was stabbed to death in 2021 Links between harmful social media content seen by children and serious violence have been underestimated, a report has found. Criminal justice consultancy Crest Advisory has called for a safety rating system to limit children’s access to social media content. […]
Cargo unloaded from ship that blocked Suez Canal
PA Media Some 2,000 containers are being unloaded from the Ever Given at Felixstowe The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal is being unloaded after it arrived in the UK. The Port of Felixstowe said 2,000 containers were being unloaded by crane and the process would take about 24 hours. It said the […]
‘Reality TV show Meet the Rees-Moggs is a calculated risk’
Discovery+ “I don’t want to be a celebrity,” former Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg insists when I ask him why he, his wife and six children have decided to take part in a Kardashian-esque reality series called Meet the Rees-Moggs. “You have to be open if you’re a public figure and if you’re telling people […]