Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Theresa May steps down; Brexit waiting for the next British Prime Minister

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control over the direction of Britain's tortuous departure from the European Union.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands announces Liberation Day 2019 anniversary program

  

  To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentinean occupation in 1982, the following program has been arranged for Friday 14 June 2019. A thanksgiving service will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.45am.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Trump bets strongly on Brexit and anticipates a “phenomenal trade deal” with UK

  

  United States President Donald Trump emerged from a meeting on Tuesday with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May talking up a “phenomenal trade deal” between the two countries once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. But he also hinted that any such deal would have to include opening up Britain's cherished National Health Service (NHS) - a proposition certain to stir controversy.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Boris Johnson warns the Conservative party faces extinction if Brexit is not delivered by October 31

  

  Boris Johnson the front runner to replace Theresa May as British prime minister, warned Conservative Party colleagues that they face “extinction” if they didn't deliver Brexit by the current deadline of Oct 31.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  New wharf for South Georgia: extra berth for polar vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough

  

  An £8.15 million contract to build a new wharf at the remote Sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia is awarded to BAM Nuttall this week. The contract is part of a major investment programme to modernize the UK’s Antarctic infrastructure.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  A major protest and a Baby Donald inflatable blimp over Parliament will mark Trump's second day in London

  

  A giant inflatable blimp depicting Donald Trump as a pouting baby in a diaper will fly outside the British parliament in London on Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be one of the city's largest protests against a foreign leader. The six-meter-high blimp will fly above Parliament Square for two hours from 0900 GMT when Trump is due to hold talks with the outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May nearby in Downing Street.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Trump and Queen Elizabeth hailed the US/UK bond and the “special relationship”

  

  Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth hailed the bond between the United States and the United Kingdom on Monday after the US president was distinguished with a day of pomp designed to bolster an alliance strained by discord over Brexit and China.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump begins a three-day visit to UK; besides the pomp, massive protests and the inflatable Baby await in London

  

  United States president Donald Trump lands in London on Monday morning for a three-day visit. He will travel to Buckingham Palace, where he will be greeted by the Queen and her son, Prince Charles.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  British Industry warns Tory leadership candidates of severe damage in a no-deal Brexit scenario

  

  The Confederation of British Industry has warned Conservative leadership candidates over a no-deal Brexit. Such a scenario would do “severe” damage to businesses, the body - which supported Remain - told all the MPs running to lead the party.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 22:25 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates 50 years of the 1969 Constitution

  

  Today marks 50 years from the day Gibraltar’s 1969 Constitution was commenced on 30 May 1969. The Constitution had come about following a Constitutional Conference in 1968 between the United Kingdom Government, Gibraltar’s Elected Members and the Integration with Britain Party.