Boris Johnson will not let the European Union ‘push Britain around’, as Attorney General insists ‘We will do whatever it takes to get a good settlement’ The Prime Minister has threatened to axe parts of the Brexit agreement Attorney General Suella Braverman says Mr Johnson is doing ‘all he can’ DUP’s Arlene Foster says hampering … Read more
European newspapers lashed out EU leaders on Saturday after the bloc tried to impose Covid vaccine controls on the Northern Ireland border. EU chiefs had been accused of an ‘incredible act of hostility’ after announcing controls on the export of jabs to the UK, including Northern Ireland. In a move which would have effectively created a … Read more
A teacher wrote a gossip blog about his pupils saying the girls ‘look like Eastern European prostitutes and trans-human Kardashian clones’ and boys snorted cocaine at their end-of-year prom, a hearing was told today. Alexander Price, 43, offended pupils, parents and colleagues at Denbigh High School in Denbigh, North Wales, with his mystery blog called … Read more
MONTANARO EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST: Fund finds big returns from its small firms By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 23 January 2021 London-based investment manager Montanaro eats, sleeps and breathes ‘good’ smaller companies. Its investment view is simple: smaller companies offer the potential to … Read more
Confident: Peter Hargreaves believes European firms will move to London It takes a large food delivery from his local supermarket to stop Peter Hargreaves in his tracks. The billionaire tycoon is lamenting the state of Brexit – and showing no sign of letting up – when the door bell rings. ‘Are we nearly finished because … Read more
Thousands of UK expats living in Europe face having to revamp their finances in the aftermath of Brexit as British banks close their current accounts and European ones hike the cost of sending money overseas. Customers of some of Britain’s biggest banks including Barclays, Lloyds and Nationwide Building Society living in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands … Read more
European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed … Read more
Premiership rugby will take a two-week ‘circuit-breaker’, with no games for a fortnight, choosing not to fill the gap left by the suspension of the European Cup over Covid fears. Both the Champions and Challenge Cups will now be paused until at least the Spring after the French government banned their teams playing sides from … Read more
When it comes to creating incredible images of trains, Tamas Rizsavi is definitely on the right track. As is manifestly evident from his breathtaking portfolio. For the past five years, the 29-year-old, from Hungary, has travelled around Europe – sometimes by railway, but also by car and plane – snapping stunning photos of trains in … Read more
AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is not ready to be approved in Europe yet, health bosses on the continent revealed today — despite Britain being on the brink of giving the jab the green light. European Medicines Authority (EMA) chiefs claimed the drug firm, which is working alongside Oxford University to manufacture the jab, said they had … Read more