Around 2,000 protesters, many carrying signs and bearing trade union logos, marched towards Downing Street, the prime minister’s official residence. Other protests took place in Scotland and Wales. Source link
Read More »Buy a piece of history: WWII army fort yours for US$230,000
Fort Hubberstone, in the Welsh coastal town of Milford Haven, has been put on the market for around US$230,000. The listed building, built in the 1860s, housed US soldiers during the D-Day landings in 1944. Photo: West Wales Properties Source link
Read More »Actor Ryan Reynolds says Wrexham football adventure is ‘greatest experience’
‘In Canada, where I am from, people are obsessed with this club,’ said Reynolds ahead of Wrexham’s FA Cup match against Sheffield United on Sunday. Reynolds and fellow actor Rob McElhenney took over the Welsh team in 2020. Source link
Read More »Don’t get drunk: UK government urges caution amid ambulance strike
Ambulance workers across England and Wales staged their biggest walkout in three decades. They are seeking big raises in the face of decades-high inflation that was running at 10.7 per cent in November. Source link
Read More »Last-gasp Iran sink Wales 2-0 at FIFA World Cup – SUCH TV
Iran claimed a famous 2-0 victory over 10-man Wales on Friday as Carlos Queiroz’s men scored two goals deep into added time to keep their Fifa World Cup campaign alive. It had been building up to that first goal and when it came, there was delirium, pandemonium and an eruption …
Read More »PM Liz Truss to accompany King Charles on tour of Britain to lead mourning for queen
Truss was appointed prime minister by the late Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday in her last public act and was one of several senior politicians who swore an oath of allegiance to the new king. Source link
Read More »Footprints of early dinosaur discovered on Welsh beach
Footprints discovered on a south Wales beach could have been made more than 200 million years ago by an early relative of a dinosaur, experts believe.Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum in London believe the footprints – known as a trackway – were most likely left by a very early …
Read More »Coronavirus: Daily infections in Britain and France hit record high
Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions this year to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.Johnson said on Monday he would not introduce new restrictions …
Read More »London mayor declares ‘major incident’ as Omicron cases surge
Britain reported a surge in cases of the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, and London’s mayor declared a “major incident” to help the capital’s hospitals following a sharp rise in Covid-19 admissions.The total number of Omicron cases recorded across the country hit almost 25,000 as of 6pm local time …
Read More »UK announces booster drive to fight Omicron coronavirus variant
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned of a looming “tidal wave” of the Omicron coronavirus variant, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December.“No one should be in any doubt: there is a tidal wave of Omicron …
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