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Hundreds of protesters gather to rally against an arms dealers conference
They gathered outside the SEC centre in where The Undersea Defense Technology held an armaments conference showcasing new weaponry innovations and technology.
UK investment in car industry has halved due to Brexit uncertainty with sector facing “extinction”
The UK motor industry has seen investment half in the first half of this year, according to the latest research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). During the first six months of this year, the SMMT found that investment has “stalled”, with just £347.3m earmarked for new models, equipment and facilities in the UK, around half the sum in the same period in 2017. The group’s demand for action followed the comments last week from CBI president, Paul Dreschler,...
Jobs linked to foreign investment drop 54% amid Brexit headwinds
Safeguarded jobs in the UK have fallen 54 per cent in the past year as the number of UK projects funded by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) dropped nine per cent, the Department for International Tradrevealed today. Wales is the worst affected region, with projects down 33 per cent, Scotland has seen a 23 per cent fall, Northern Ireland an 18 per cent drop and London a 17 per cent decline. England has seen the number of projects rise slightly by...
CETA “makes a mockery of Government’s stated objective of ‘bringing back control’.”
CETA amounts to a full frontal attack on Parliamentary democracy and any concept of national sovereignty and makes a complete mockery of the Government’s oft-stated objective of ‘bringing back control’ says Union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has criticised a Government plan to sign away UK sovereignty in a mega trade deal without MPs having their say in Parliament. On June 26, the House of Commons will be asked to ratify the 2,255 page Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between...
Students ‘vandalised their university in fossil fuel protest’ Court heard
Four face charges of criminal damage over the protest at King's College in London on February 1 last year
Urban trees can absorb as much carbon as a rainforest, scientists have discovered
The study on 85,000 trees in north London shows the importance of planting and protecting urban forests to offset fossil fuel emissions.
Worrying cancer risk found in flight cabin crew
A study of more than 5,000 flight attendants found cases were higher for every form of the disease examined
Businessman dubbed ‘rush hour prowler’ admits sex assaults on girls as young as 8
Former nightclub manager Kevin Bond, 51, was exposed as the sexual predator, who may have attacked 26 girls and got his nickname from the time of his assaults, at around 8am and 5pm.
Even Tories call for Boris to resign as Theresa May’s Heathrow lies emerge
As Boris Johnson went AWOL on the day he would have had to vote against the Government or with them against his principles on a new Heathrow runway, the Foreign Secretary was ridiculed by all sides. Fellow anti-Heathrow expansion campaigner and international trade minister, Greg Hands could easily have avoided tonight’s vote with a foreign trip, but instead took ministerial responsibility seriously and resigned on principle on Friday. Despite the junior minister having thrown the gauntlet down to his Conservative...