French MEPs demand EU action over UK sewage discharge into Channel
Three French MEPs are calling on Brussels to take action against the UK after it allowed a significant amount of raw sewage to be dumped in the English Channel and … Read More
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Brexit: UK starts legal action over exclusion from EU science programmes
The UK has launched a formal appeal against its exclusion from EU scientific research programmes, using a provision in the post-Brexit agreement, the British government has confirmed. It is the … Read More
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour to sell controversial $18.1M home
He don’t need no seaside mansion. Following local contention over his conversion of an abandoned, 19th-century UK bathhouse into a private estate, English rocker David Gilmour is reportedly selling the … Read More
Why Brexit made top UK wine seller move to France amid spiralling costs and red tape
For 30 years, Daniel Lambert ran a thriving wine business from the UK — but on New Year’s Day in 2021 everything changed. The completion of Brexit saw his costs … Read More
Pregnant woman says she found a knife in her Subway sandwich order
Subway needs to cut that out! Nerice Moyce, a 21-year-old woman from Suffolk, England said she ordered delivery from a nearby Subway two Sundays ago, and noticed something fishy the … Read More
Plant-based diet is not so virtuous or healthy, says new book
Watch out, Big Broccoli — Jayne Buxton has your number. The investigative journalist has combed through more than 1,200 sources and interviews to write “The Great Plant-Based Con” (Hachette), available on … Read More
UK farmers’ fields dry out amid heatwave and drought
In 48 years of farming, Sam Jones has not seen anything like it. The award-winning farmer who runs a 205-hectare family farm near Redditch, Worcestershire in the West Midlands has already … Read More
Europe’s drought could be the worst in 500 years, warns researcher
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) has warned that the current drought could be the worst in 500 years. And it has predicted that severe drought will worsen in … Read More
UK mom dies in her sleep on flight with husband and two kids
A mother of two traveling back to the UK to see her parents died in her sleep on a flight with her husband and two children, according to a grieving … Read More
Parents of British boy in life-support battle go to European court
The family of a comatose British boy at the centre of a life-support battle said on Wednesday that it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a … Read More
