Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  UK car production falls 40.5% to pre-pandemic levels; electric cars manufacturing boom

  

  The United Kingdom car production fell to its lowest level since 1956 in 2022 as output was hit by global shortages of semiconductor chips, figures show. A total of 775,014 cars were built in 2022, down 9.8% from the 859,575 made during the previous year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  UK Prime Minister celebrates Scottish culture in Burns Night Downing Street reception

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to celebrate Scottish culture this evening by hosting a reception in Downing Street to celebrate Burns Night. Guests, including faith group leaders, will be welcomed to the event with sounds of traditional bagpipes and drums, and will be able to enjoy Scottish cuisine from stalls in an indoor-street market.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

  First steel cut on second Type 31 Frigate, HMS Active

  

  Construction is underway on the second Type 31 frigate being built for the Royal Navy. The first steel has been cut on HMS Active at the Babcock shipyard in Fife, by Defense Minister Alex Chalk.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:40 UTC

  Chinese port in Tierra del Fuego controversy: Argentine media and UK blamed for spreading “fake news”

  

  The head of the Malvinas Secretariat from the Tierra del Fuego province, southern Argentina, blames the media, the opposition, the UK, and all those pleased with the current status of the South Atlantic for the spread of “fake news” allegedly reporting that China will be setting a military base and naval outpost in Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:22 UTC

  Buckingham Palace announces further details of Charles III Coronation Weekend, May 6 to Monday May 8

  

  Buckingham Palace has announced further details on the ceremonial, celebratory and community events that will take place over the Coronation Weekend between Saturday 6th and Monday 8th May 2023. The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May, 2023.

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  UK cost of living: King Charles wants profits from his wind farm be distributed among the public

  

  King Charles III has requested that the annual profits from his wind farm deal be directed towards helping the cost of living crisis in the UK rather than support the royal family, the Crown Estate confirmed this week.

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  British PM Sunak fined for riding a car without a seat belt

  

  British police issued Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a fine on Friday evening for riding in a car without a seat belt in a video clip that Sunak's team had published on social media. Sunak's spokesperson had apologized the previous day for a “brief error of judgment” after people had noticed and criticized the indiscretion published on Sunak's Instagram account.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Taiana says UK attitude a “lack of respect for international law”

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Thursday demanded once again that Great Britain agrees to discuss the Malvinas/Falklands issue and insisted that the latter's reluctance to do so was a “lack of respect for international law.” Taiana also argued that “the powerful should not use force to impose their interests.”

• Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands Customs and Immigration Service: Fee increase for new Passports from next February

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Customs and Immigration Service has announced on Wednesday that the UK Passport Office, have made a fee increase to passports, which will be implemented Thursday 2 February 2023.

• Thursday, January 12th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

  UK, Japan sign reciprocal defense treaty for troop deployments

  

  Following an agreement signed Wednesday between Prime Ministers Rishi Sunak and Fumio Kishida, Japan and the United Kingdom will be able to deploy military forces in one another’s territory, as Tokyo draws closer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) concerns over Chinese warfare growth in recent years.