HICL buys HS1 channel tunnel link
HICL buys HS1 channel tunnel link - HICL Infrastructure Company Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 35 per cent equity interest in the entities that comprise the High Speed 1 Project ("HS1"). HICL is a member of a consortium, alongside funds managed by Equitix Investment Management Limited and third party funds managed by InfraRed, which has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of HS1 from Borealis Infrastructure (on behalf of OMERS Administration Corporation) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan...
Is this the first sign that Theresa May’s days are numbered?
After building an election campaign in her image the Conservatives have removed Theresa May’s image from the Conservative party website homepage for the first time since she became Prime Minister. In a sign that the PM's days may be numbered the Tories switched their focus from “team Theresa May” to one that completely rids them of the association altogether. And it isn't the first time her absence has been noted. Raising the issue at the weekly session of Prime Minister’s...
Labour reveal damning Tory catalogue of child health failures & cancelled NHS children’s operations
The Labour Party are set to reveal that over 12,000 surgical procedures on children and young people have been cancelled in the last year alone. The Labour Party is to announce its intention to make child health “a national priority”, highlighting a series of failings from cancelled operations to staff shortages on children's wards under the Conservative Government. Speaking to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will today (Monday) accuse the Government of failing children’s health across the...
In pics – Jeremy Corbyn attends a service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorset
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a memorial service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorest. The group were 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. On 18 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia. The Tolpuddle Martyrs festival is held annually in Tolpuddle. Recent festivals have featured speakers such as Tony Benn and musicians such as Billy Bragg and...
Academic recreates Ealing comedy “Passport to Pimlico” & declares his house a republic to avoid Brexit
A Europhile academic declared his home an independent Republic in a bid to avoid Brexit, recreating Ealing comedy 'Passport to Pimlico'. Dr William Riches, 77, made his wife the President and gave his children and grandchildren citizenship of the Independent Republic of Middlewatch - the name of his house - so they do not need passports to cross the threshold. However, when Britain does leave the European Union visitors will require a visa costing at least £50 to enter the...
Male model becomes first amputee to be crowned Mr England
A male model has become the first amputee to be crowned Mr England - and hopes to go on to be Mr World. Jack Eyers, 28, won over the judges at the final of the pageant and made history. He accepted the crown at an awards do after he triumphed over 24 other finalists. Two years ago the handsome personal trained became the first disabled person to take to the catwalk at New York Fashion Week. Jack Eyers on the...
Cyclist plays bike thieves at their own game and steals it back!
A cyclist who had her bike nicked played thieves at their own game when she set up a sting to steal it back. Jenni Morton-Humphreys, 30, planned a sting operation with a stranger and had her expensive German racing bike back within the space of 24 hours. She met a man on a street corner to 'test drive' the bike, but then sped off. She told police what she planned to do but they didn't help her with the sting...
Couple get married in first ever wedding in British Antarctic Territory
A British couple have got married in one of the most remote places on Earth in the first wedding in the British Antarctic Territory. Polar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tied the knot in sub-zero temperatures surrounded by the continent's beautiful snowy mountains. They shared their special day with 18 colleagues living and working at the British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) largest research station. It was the first official wedding on the territory in Adelaide Island with magistrate and...
Watch – Of course he can’t! John Mcdonnell asks Hammond if he can live on struggling cleaner’s £297 a week
Tory Philip Hammond refused to deny saying public sector workers are “overpaid” even when the Shadow Chancellor showed him a pay slip from a cleaner who made £297 a week. Millionaire Hammond still was dumbstruck by McDonnell's clever ploy. John McDonnell slammed the Chancellor for the comments, allegedly made during a cabinet meeting last week. McDonnell told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “I was at Bart’s Hospital yesterday with the cleaners, who are on strike. Why are they on strike? Because...