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Liam Fox puts pen to paper on a trading agreement for post-Brexit era…. with the Faroe Islands
Liam Fox has finally put pen to paper on a post-Brexit trade agreement. The Secretary of State for International Trade signed a continuity agreement with the Faroe Islands which will see British businesses and consumers benefitting from continued trade with the archipelago after we leave the European Union. Britain imports some £200 million worth of fish and crustaceans from the islands, which will remain unhinged following the UK's divorce with the union. Imports from the United Kingdom to the Faroes had a total value...
Urgent Windrush debate: Sajid Javid slammed for “Government’s pandering to far-right racism, sham immigration targets, dog whistle of the right-wing press”
“I am half Jamaican and very proud of it, but I feel that what he says is unhelpful to the Jamaican community in this country. Like him, I am second generation, but I feel that he sounds like a reincarnation of Enoch Powell.”
Pilot who died in Essex plane crash had “practically rebuilt” entire plane
Stuart Penfold, 54, who died in a light aircraft crash in Essex on Sunday, had almost rebuilt the entire body of the Luton Minor
Man refused request to be jailed because he was homeless threatens probation officer – is then JAILED
Grant Henry, 26, demanded to be sent to jail because he had nowhere to live
Steven Spielberg battles Stonehenge conservationists over WWI movie shoot
Big Hollywood names want to shoot the blockbuster on Salisbury Plain but local groups say building work could impact on historic features and rare species
Scotland Yard release this CCTV footage to catch vandal who defaced memorials to WWII dead and PC Yvonne Fletcher
Footage of man with "distinctive gait" released three weeks after vile vandalism
Brexit & global economic concerns cause UK economy to stall
UK's service sector stagnated in January according to the IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index. The figures showed a reading of 50.1 in January, lower than December's 51.2. The pound fell 0.17 per cent to $1.3017 following the disappointing data. Britain’s didn't fall into a recession after the 2016 referendum vote However, growth slowed sharply in late 2018 as the Brexit deadline approached with no agreement, on how to leave the European project, set in place. IHS Markit's Chris Williamson said: "Growth...
Four children have died in a house fire in Stafford
Police, firefighters and paramedics are currently dealing with the blaze on Sycamore Lane in the Highfields area of Stafford
Scientists have come up with an eye-watering new treatment to shrink enlarged prostates
Researchers at Imperial Collge London said the treatment ‘could improve the lives of thousands of men’ by significantly shrinking the uncomfortable ailment.