EU leaders are being urged to select at least one woman when replacing Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk as the presidents of the European commission and council, positions that have only ever been held by men. The call is being made by 70 leading politicians, including the top candidates for the jobs as well as…
Month: May 2019
UK government may face court action after EU citizens denied vote
The government is facing calls to launch an urgent investigation into the treatment of EU citizens in the European elections after many people reported being denied their democratic right to vote. Voters across the country told of their devastation at finding their names crossed off the register due to clerical errors by local councils. Experts…
‘We need everyone’: Greta Thunberg calls on adults to join climate strikes
Greta Thunberg and leading youth strikers for climate action from across the world have called for all adults to join a global general strike on 20 September. They are asking citizens to walk out of work just before a crucial UN summit at which nations are being urged to declare much stronger ambitions to tackle…
British Steel enters insolvency after rescue talks with government fail
British Steel has entered insolvency, putting 5,000 jobs directly at risk and endangering thousands more in the supply chain after talks with the UK government failed to reach an agreement on emergency funding. Click Here: Liverpool FC T Shirts The business secretary, Greg Clark, issued a statement on Wednesday following confirmation that the court has…
Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 44th season
Saturday Night Live finished its 44th season this past weekend – which means it’s time to look back at the period’s best moments. If there’s anything to be gleaned from this highly subjective list, it’s that the show is at its best when avoiding political and pop culture headlines (which, to be fair, no one…
Eco-friendly ending: Washington state is first to allow human composting
Ashes to ashes, guts to dirt. Click Here: Liverpool FC T Shirts Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains. It allows licensed facilities to offer “natural organic reduction”, which turns a body, mixed with substances such as wood chips…
Michael Gove refuses to confirm Brexit bill vote will go ahead
Michael Gove has refused to confirm Theresa May will bring forward her withdrawal bill as planned in the first week of June after MPs from across the political spectrum rejected her 10-point “new deal”. The environment secretary, who supports May’s deal, said it was a time to “reflect” and consider the options, raising the prospect…
Pacific Ocean coup: how Ronald Reagan helped bury a Beach Boy at sea
Minutes after sunset on 4 January 1984, the body of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson entered the Pacific Ocean from the deck of a US Coast Guard ship. For civilians, burials at sea happen only with approval from a vice admiral or higher authority. That authority, in Wilson’s case, was also one of the biggest…
Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis – study
People across Europe will need to work drastically fewer hours to avoid disastrous climate heating unless there is a radical decarbonising of the economy, according to a study. The research, from thinktank Autonomy, shows workers in the UK would need to move to nine-hour weeks to keep the country on track to avoid more than…
22 arrested across Europe in swoop on ‘dangerous drug gang’
Police have arrested 22 suspects in an operation across five countries that dismantled one of Europe’s top criminal groups behind drug trafficking and assassinations, the EU’s police agency has said. The operation, codenamed Icebreaker, which took place last week, led to the arrest of the 48-year-old Lithuanian alleged ringleader in Spain and other suspects in…