Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 21:23 UTC

  Ascension Island MPA; satellite data suggests conservation success likely

  

  If United Nations goals are met, 10% of the world’s oceans could be marine reserves by 2020, but it has been suggested that many of these reserves will represent protection on paper but not in practice. However, new research trialling remote satellite monitoring of illegal fishing activity in the protected waters of Ascension Island from the Oxford Program of Sustainable Oceans suggests that here at least these “paper park” fears are not fully supported by evidence.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 21:10 UTC

  UK Transport minister in Chile to boost bilateral trade relations

  

  Jesse Norman MP, the UK Minister of State for Transport, visited Chile last week focusing on strengthening the UK-Chile relations in areas of mutual interest including: Urban transport, ground and underground interconnectivity and electro-mobility.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Japan' s Abe to the rescue: The “whole world” wants UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit

  

  The “whole world” wants the UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit, Japan's PM has claimed, after talks with Theresa May. Shinzo Abe pledged “total support” for the withdrawal agreement she has negotiated with the EU, which faces a crunch vote in the Commons on Tuesday.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Second defeat of May's Brexit deal in Commons vote: several Tories crossed lines

  

  Rebel Conservative MPs joined forces on Wednesday with Labour to inflict a fresh blow on Theresa May's government in a Commons Brexit vote. It means the government will have to come up with revised plans within three days if Mrs May's EU withdrawal deal is rejected by MPs next week.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Jaguar Land Rover is cutting 5.000 jobs from its 40.000 strong UK workforce

  

  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will announce on Thursday it is cutting up to 5,000 jobs from its 40,000 strong UK workforce. Management, marketing and administrative roles are expected to be hardest hit, but some production staff may also be affected.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Brexit plan's five-day debate takes off; Westminster shuts off “no-deal option”

  

  MPs will begin debating Theresa May's Brexit plan again on Wednesday, nearly a month after she postponed the crunch Commons vote on her agreement. There will be five days of discussion on the terms of the UK's withdrawal and future relations with the EU ahead of an expected vote next Tuesday.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Ireland extends a friendly hand to embattled PM May's government

  

  Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has said the country will not stand in the way if the British Government asks for an extension to Article 50. Simon Coveney said they want to avoid a no-deal Brexit scenario as “everyone loses”.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:07 UTC

  London City airport with record of annual passengers last year

  

  London City has published its official passenger figures for 2018, showing the number of travellers passing through the airport last year totalled a record-breaking 4,800,190.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  First Minister Sturgeon: Brexit has strengthened the case for Scottish independence

  

  Brexit has “materially strengthened” the case for Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister said Scotland’s interests are being “completely ignored and sidelined” and that what has happened in the last two years has reinforced the case for it to leave the UK.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 07:32 UTC

  Ryanair, UK's least liked short-haul airline for sixth year running

  

  Ryanair has won the dubious honor of the UK's least-liked short-haul airline for the sixth year running. The results from a Which survey of airline passengers ranked Ryanair at the bottom of 19 carriers flying from the UK. A Ryanair spokesperson said the airline's success was not reflected in the survey.