Tag: London

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  UK top surgeon proposes dexterity courses for medical students: top grades are insufficient

  

  A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients. Roger Kneebone, professor of surgical education at Imperial College, London, says young people have so little experience of craft skills that they struggle with anything practical.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

  

  Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister in political and business visit to United Kingdom

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie will be visiting the United Kingdom this week where he is scheduled to address an important political and economic agenda, meetings with top level British officials and a conference on Latin America at Chatham House.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:38 UTC

  Thousands flood central London in support of a new Brexit referendum

  

  An estimated 700.000 protesters gathered in central London on Saturday to call for a new referendum on Britain's departure from the European Union. Organizers want the public to have a final say on the government's Brexit deal with the EU, arguing that new facts have come to light about the costs and complexity of Britain's exit from the bloc since Britons voted to leave in 2016.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Scotland urges London to rule out a “deeply damaging and disruptive” no deal Brexit

  

  Scotland's Brexit secretary has urged the UK government to rule out a “no deal Brexit”, arguing that it would be “deeply damaging and disruptive”. Michael Russell was speaking ahead of a major speech by his UK government counterpart Dominic Raab.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  Brexit debate: government manages to save Customs Bill, and on Tuesday must defend the Trade Bill

  

  The British government has narrowly avoided a defeat on its Customs Bill after agreeing to Brexiteers' demands to change its wording. It twice survived by just three votes after a backlash from pro-EU Tories who accused Theresa May of “caving in” to the party's Eurosceptic MPs.

• Friday, July 13th 2018 - 10:26 UTC

  Donald Trump unwelcome in London: ‘Trump baby’ blimp will fly over the Parliament

  

  The unpopularity of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shown apparent by Thursday night, when protests started as soon as he landed in London for a meeting with the PM Theresa May. The US president, as the main event of his trip, will hold talks with the prime minister May and the new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, at the PM’s Chequers country retreat.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Heathrow is in World Cup fever and it pays off

  

  London Heathrow Airport its busiest June on record, as more than 7 million passengers traveled through the UK’s hub (+5.4% vs June 2017). On June 26th Heathrow saw a 50% increase in the number of passengers traveling to Russia, compared to the same time last year, as fans traveled out for the football

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 20:47 UTC

  Tension for the Brexit: Theresa May will meet with Angela Merkel and leaders of the EU

  

  The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will visit Berlin and the Netherlands in the coming days to meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch authorities before assembling her government to finally decide what commercial relationship her country wants with the European Union (EU) in the future, commented her spokesman on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Heathrow airport third runway approved in Parliament, but hurdles remain

  

  British lawmakers on Monday approved plans to expand Heathrow Airport near London after years of study and debate, but the construction of a third runway still faces significant hurdles.