Bath City Council keeps true to its foie-gras ban after vegan charity campaign
Bristol-based vegan charity, Viva!, have been campaigning against the sale of foie-gras since 2009. One of their greatest achievements in this campaign was in 2011 when, with the support of Bath Animal Rights Group, Bath City Council passed legislation to ban the sale of foie-gras on all of their registered food outlets. Despite the ban, local pub the Star Inn planned to sell foie-gras at Pub in the Park festival in Bath next month. However thanks to the vigilance of...
Five people appear in court accused of throwing foxes into hound kennels to “get a taste for killing”
Anti-hunt activists contacted police after installing hidden cameras at the South Herefordshire Hunt kennels in 2016.
How Trump’s Steel Tariffs Against China Can Impact the UK and EU
With the surprise announcement by President Trump to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, many countries have been scrambling to deal with the potential ramifications. Trump has since exempted the European Union, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea. But what does this mean for EU trade with China? And how does it affect the United Kingdom? When Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum,...
Single Sign-On: What It Is and How It Works
Single sign on, abbreviated as SSO, is an authentication service that allows a user to access multiple services or applications using one set of login details. It authenticates the user for all applications he/she has been given the right to access eliminating the need to re-enter login credentials when switching between applications. With SSO, a user is signed on to different applications regardless of the domain, technology, and platform the user is using. An example of single sign-on is Google’s...
Another company is moving away from UK due to Brexit
As the date to leave the EU comes ever closer another company is jumping ship before Brexit actually begins. This time it is Thomson Reuters who have said they will shift their foreign exchange derivatives trading to Ireland. The outfit will relocate to Dublin so they can continue to do business within the EU. There are fears of a mass exodus of companies, especially in financial services, in the run up to Brexit. A spokesperson said: “Thomson Reuters has commenced...
A “very dangerous” former public schoolboy caught carrying knives after repeatedly stabbing best friend “for personal gratification”
Harry Schick, 24, who was given a nine-year sentence for attempted murder in 2010, was collared by police during a crackdown on moped-enabled crime.
Student activists have spray painted the outside walls of Cambridge University
They targeted the Senate House which is over a thousand years old.
Scientists are using the most unlikely part of Britain to model as Mars
The Dorset countryside - forever associated with the novels of Thomas Hardy - has stood in for Mars as scientists hunt for life on the red planet
Ex-youth coach for Norwich City, Peterborough United & Cambridge United in court over child abuse charges
Michael Carson, 74, is charged with 12 counts of historic child sex abuse.