Day: February 17, 2024
Sinkholes open up above HS2 tunnel in Buckinghamshire
February 17, 2024The holes were discovered on land where the Chiltern Tunnel is being constructed on the outskirts of South Heath near Great Missenden, roughly 30 miles from central London.
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Labour will deal with Trump if he becomes president, says Starmer
February 17, 2024Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer travelled to Munich for a major security conference (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire Sir Keir Starmer has said that a Labour government would work with whoever becomes the next US president, amid questions about what a second Trump administration would mean for Nato and transatlantic ties. The Labour leader on Saturday […]
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Taoiseach contests claim Ireland is ‘reliant’ on UK armed forces
February 17, 2024He responded: “In relation to protecting our seas, we have our own navy, it’s not as strong as it needs to be, and we’ve entered into agreements with Pesco and Nato’s Partnership for Peace which particularly relate to the cables that are around the island which are important to us, and also important to our […]
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Hundreds of protesters descend on Biggin Hill for ‘Funeral for Ulez’ march
February 17, 2024“The Mayor has been clear that the decision to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone London-wide was not an easy one, but necessary to tackle toxic air pollution, which is leading to children growing up with stunted lungs and thousands of people in our city developing life-changing illnesses, such as cancer, lung disease, dementia and […]
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Twelve arrested as more than 200,000 pro-Palestine marchers walk through London to Israel embassy
February 17, 2024Twelve people have been arrested at a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London. The arrests were for a string of alleged offences, including inciting racial hatred, suspicion of support for a proscribed organisation in relation to a placard, and assaulting emergency workers. But the Metropolitan Police said the “overwhelming majority” of people who took part were […]
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Horror at Heathrow as airport baggage handler gets caught in conveyor belt
February 17, 2024Tom SandersPublished Feb 17, 2024, 9:14am|Updated Feb 17, 2024, 9:18am A baggage handler at Heathrow airport was sent to hospital in critical condition last night after her scarf got caught in a conveyor belt. The woman was dragged by the neck along the machinery used to transport passenger’s luggage while crew members and colleagues onboard […]
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A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery
February 17, 2024For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia‘s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of […]
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‘Our old way of life will be gone forever’: The tenant farmers targeted by solar developers
February 17, 2024It’s a frosty morning on Kidsley Farm in Derbyshire, a rare thing in this unusually warm winter. Andrew Dakin’s beef herd is housed in the old brick barns, their breath steaming in the chill air. Alongside scuttling chickens and tractors of varying vintages, this is the very image of a traditional farmyard. But for how […]
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Cows or solar? The lucrative future for farmland
February 17, 2024Solar farms in the UK only account for 0.1% of land – that’s less than that of golf courses. But, as the government aims to meet its clean energy targets, more agricultural land is being lost to solar panels. On this episode of ClimateCast, Tom Heap visits farmer Andrew Dakin, whose family have farmed the […]
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