British Isles
Thursday, 15 September 2022 23:14
Preparing for the Queen’s funeral
Early on 15 September a major rehearsal took place for the 4,500-strong military parade ahead of the funeral of the Queen on the 19th. The funeral will be the biggest parade of its kind in living…
Thursday, 15 September 2022 23:12
Another family mourns
As groups of people streamed into London last week to offer tributes and tears to their Queen, another faction with heavy hearts filed through the capital’s congestion. The group of supporters marching with the family of…
Thursday, 15 September 2022 23:09
Council asks 'affluent' residents to help others
An appeal fund has been started by Buckinghamshire Council to help people facing a cost-of-living crisis. It is working with the charity Heart of Bucks; about £17,000 has been raised to date. Martin Tett, its Conservative…
Thursday, 15 September 2022 23:07
Kickstart fracking revolution?
Liz Truss is being urged to relax the limits on earthquakes caused by fracking to kickstart an energy revolution. She is poised to end the fracking freeze, to make Britain energy independent by 2040. Fracking businesses…
Thursday, 15 September 2022 22:32
Therese Coffey and Liz Truss: moral issues
A charity has criticised the decision to make Catholic MP Therese Coffey the secretary of state because of her views on abortion. The newly-appointed deputy PM voted against extending ‘pills by post’, allowing women to take…
Thursday, 15 September 2022 22:27
Isle of Man and Guernsey: politics
400 Isle of Man teachers are demanding a pay rise and have stopped covering breaks or setting or assessing work to cover other teachers' absences. They are balloting on industrial action, including strikes. The department of…