Tag: United Kingdom

• Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 04:39 UTC

  British Airways: Hackers access details of 380,000 passengers

  

  UK media are reporting the information includes credit card details, residential addresses and email details but the airline said the hackers had not accessed itineraries or passport details.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Message for Rosh Hashanah from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt

  

  British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt sends warm wishes to the Jewish community as they prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  World's largest working offshore wind farm opens off the coast of Cumbria

  

  The world's largest working offshore wind farm - covering an area equal to 20,000 football pitches - has opened off the coast of Cumbria, north west England. The £1bn Walney facility already had 102 turbines before the completion of a further 87 earlier this year - dubbed the Walney Extension.

• Friday, September 7th 2018 - 14:26 UTC

  Agreement on recognition of university degrees between Argentina and the United Kingdom

  

  The governments of the UK and Argentina today signed an agreement that will facilitate academic cooperation through the mutual recognition of university degrees awarded by the universities of both countries.

• Friday, September 7th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Multiparty support for Gibraltar: 32 Parliamentarians attend National Day

  

  A total of 32 parliamentarians will be coming to Gibraltar on a working visit to participate in the BOT's National Day events, September 10. That number includes Members of the House of Commons, of the House of Lords, of the Northern Ireland Assembly and of the European Parliament.

• Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  British prosecutors name two Russian intelligence agents as perpetrators of nerve agent attack in UK

  

  British prosecutors named two Russian men, believed to be officers in Russia's intelligence service, they believe were behind the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. earlier this year. They named the men as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, and said they are officers in Russia's foreign military intelligence agency, the GRU.

• Thursday, September 6th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  UK voters support for Remain in the EU at its highest

  

  Data released in an academic-led report on Wednesday shows that 59% of UK voters would now vote to remain in the EU, versus 41% who would vote to leave.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Falklands' penguins at risk from Brexit and an end to EU conservation funding

  

  The Falkland Islands have warned that a million penguins are at risk from a funding black hole caused by Britain’s exit from the European Union. The Islands rely on European conservation projects to care and protect the penguin colonies, rookeries, in its shores. But with the U.K. fast approaching Brexit Day in March 2019, Falklands' lawmaker Teslyn Barkman has urged clarity on the future of Islands’ flippered friends.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  Brexit debate: PM May “on a narrow path with people chucking stones from both sides”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May's brief summer holiday from Brexit battles came to a noisy end Monday, as she faced attack from both sides of her divided Conservative Party. Archrival Boris Johnson inflamed speculation that he aims to oust May by branding her plan for Brexit “a disaster”.

• Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  EU and UK clash openly over Theresa May's Chequers plan

  

  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said he is “strongly” opposed to key parts of Theresa May's proposals for a future trade deal. On Sunday morning the prime minister said she would not compromise on the UK government's Chequers plan.