The United Nations has ruled that the Falkland Islands are in Argentinian waters, giving the country fresh impetus to continue its claims to the British overseas territory. The decision by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf was welcomed by Argentina, but concern has been expressed elsewhere over ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Conservative Party sneakily announced their plans to sell-off the Land Registry just before Parliament shut down for the Easter Holidays, at 5pm last Thursday. The Chancellor has been trying to off load the agency for several years. The Land Registry is responsible for controlling ...
Many of you may have heard the government’s latest wheeze to interfere in education: to force all schools to become academies. Now, in times past, the term academy as a title of an organisation was seen as a sign it was quite good. When someone found out I worked at ...
Almost two-thirds of Brits don't use their university degree, according to new research. A study of 2,000 graduates found 64 per cent felt their degree was not relevant to their current role, with a quarter of respondents in job roles that are completely different to the degree they completed. With the average ...
Cyprus state TV has released new information on the EgyptAir hijack, claiming the hijacker could be a deluded romantic. Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport in Cyprus this morning. The man who hijacked the plane claimed to ...
An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked by a man claiming to be wearing an explosives belt. According to local sources Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo, was hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport in Cyprus. BREAKING Airbus A320-20 flight #MS181 from Cairo has ...
Review by Michael Ewins/@E_Film_Blog Over guttural bass and wobbly drum loops spill a barrage of localized sprechgesang, and from the other side of the pit, stomping boots and tributes of spit. This is what a Sleaford Mods gig sounds like - intoxicated, caustic, and very funny. But a Sleaford Mods ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor 2015 was a record year for renewables, which also saw investment by developing countries overtake that of the developed world. It was the first time that renewable energy made up a majority of all the new electricity generation capacity under construction around the globe. This ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Nicky Morgan was the first Tory Education Secretary to address the NASUWT since 1997, but it all went wrong, which seems to be the way things go for Morgan at the moment. She was viciously heckled by teachers angry at the Conservative plans for academy ...