The seven bosses of doomed company, Carillion, were given a grilling by MPs yesterday and it was an uncomfortable day for them all. They all faced a joint inquiry by the work and pensions and business select committees. Some of them accepted they had failed and others blamed anything but their ...
By Robert Seiler One of the first concrete signs of Brexit’s approach came late last year when two EU agencies, currently located in London, were sent off to new pastures on the European mainland. In November, an EU-wide vote saw the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocate to Amsterdam and the European Banking Authority ...
ISIS’ dream of a Middle Eastern caliphate might be over but history shows that we can never win the war on terror with force alone. As politicians celebrate small victories in Iraq and Syria, experts are warning that the real battle lies in cyberspace – and it has only just ...
A homeless woman said she was told by a "cruel" waste collection man she could not take a bit of cardboard from a skip to sleep on - as the company gets MONEY for it. Mum Stacey Himkinson, who has been sleeping rough for more than six months, said she ...
Recently, there have been reports of Britain’s construction industry suffering from it’s ‘least optimistic’ period for five years, a slump that the reports put down to ‘fears over Brexit’ and ‘an economic slowdown’. However, the construction industry in London is still alive and well, and there are plans underway for ...
A note from a man found dead in a burned-out car is being analysed by hand-writing experts amid claims he was murdered by the RUSSIAN secret police. Police say human remains found in the vehicle were those of Latvian national Mikus Alps, 33, who had been reported missing earlier that ...
I doubt I'm the only one in Britain currently feeling uneasy: the world seems to have gone a little bit topsy-turvy, hasn't it? For months and months, even the vaguest suggestion of a second referendum, or a 'final say' on the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union, well... ...
Canada’s first funicular, officially named ‘the 100 Street Funicular and Frederick G. Todd Lookout’, has now opened as an attraction to members of the public in downtown Edmonton. Designed in its entirety by Dialog Design, this $24 million project has been publicly funded to improve access to Edmonton’s river valley ...
Meet intrepid backpacker Tony Giles who has visited 125 countries around the world on his own - despite being BLIND and DEAF. Daredevil Tony, 39, lost his vision at the age of 10 but learned to travel solo while commuting to his special school as a teenager. He then set ...