Tag: United Kingdom

Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Brexit reaches Falklands: EU Galileo sensor station to be removed from the Islands

As it is increasingly likely that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union without a deal on 12 April, the European Commission is completing its “no-deal” preparations, says the EC' daily news report.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:08 UTC
Commons takes control to try and find a majority Brexit option; PM May remains defiant

MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option. The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on the cross-party amendment, a majority of 27. It means MPs will get a series of votes on Wednesday to find out what kind of Brexit they will support.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 06:13 UTC
British Airways flight to Dusseldorf lands in Edinburgh: paperwork error?

British Airways passengers were mistakenly flown to Edinburgh rather than Dusseldorf due to a paperwork error. The pilot of Flight BA3271 took off from London shortly after 7.30am on Monday and followed instructions to fly to the Scottish capital instead of the German city. The destinations are more than 800km apart.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Vessel linked to Falklands' history and turned into Bristol museum competing for the EU Museum of the Year

A vessel closely linked to the Falkland Islands' history and which was later to become the heart of the SS Great Britain in Bristol museum, is one of three British museums nominated along with the British Motor Museum and the D-Day Story at Portsmouth which have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 European Museum of the Year, (EMYA) Award. Last year’s EMYA winner was London’s Design Museum.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:46 UTC
UK cabinet in state of disarray: PM Theresa May's post on the line

Two British ministers touted as a potential caretaker PM in reports of a cabinet coup say they fully back Theresa May. Environment Secretary Michael Gove told reporters it was “not the time to change the captain of the ship”. And the PM's de facto deputy David Lidington insisted he was “100% behind” Mrs May.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Scotland's First Minister predicts another independence referendum

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has predicted that another independence referendum will take place in Scotland. But she said it was reasonable for her to wait for clarity on Brexit before setting out a firm position.
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Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 06:11 UTC
Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon joins the march and tells PM May “put it back to the people”

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has joined hundreds of thousands of people on a march in London to demand a second Brexit referendum. She spoke to crowds gathered at the end of a rally organizer of the “Put It To The People” campaign say more than a million people attended.
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Sunday, March 24th 2019 - 05:50 UTC
London flooded by anti-Brexit protestors demanding a new referendum

Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands on Saturday, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union. The “People's Vote March” snaked from Park Lane and other locations to converge on the U.K. Parliament, where the fate of Brexit will be decided in the coming weeks.
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Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Theresa May not sure of a third vote on her Brexit deal next week: “there is not sufficient support”

Theresa May has told MPs that a third vote on her Brexit deal may not take place next week “if it appears there is not sufficient support”. It comes after European Council President Donald Tusk said Brexit's fate was “in Britain's hands.”
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Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:09 UTC
UK and US markets tumble on fears of a global slowdown

Markets in the UK and US have tumbled with analysts attributing the drop to growing fears of a global slowdown. The FTSE 100 saw its worst day of trading this year, closing 2% lower. In the US, the three main indexes ended between 1.9% and 2.5% lower.
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