Day: March 17, 2024
UK armed forces would be in independent Scotland for decades – think tank chief
March 17, 2024The Trident nuclear deterrent is based at Faslane on the Clyde (Jane Barlow/PA) PA Archive The UK’s armed forces would likely remain in Scotland for at least 20 years if the country became independent, the deputy director general of a leading defence think tank has said. Professor Malcolm Chalmers also said Trident could stay in […]
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Varadkar criticises US weapon supply to Israel ahead of White House visit
March 17, 2024Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at Blair House in Washington, DC (Niall Carson/PA) PA Wire The US should not be sending arms to Israel, the Irish premier has said. Leo Varadkar is meeting US President Joe Biden at the White House on Sunday, at the end of a week of engagements which involved […]
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Councils will have to consider resident support over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
March 17, 2024Bollards in a street in Cowley near Oxford to create a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (Steve Parsons/PA) PA Archive Councils will be obliged to consider whether residents support the implementation of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in their area before schemes can be introduced, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. LTNs are an area where […]
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