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Dowden asked about what Boris Johnson should do next SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The outgoing Prime Minister was scheduled to meet in Warsaw yesterday, August 8, but Mr Morawiecki's office told Downing Street he no longer had time to meet. The visit was part of several calendar in-person and by-phone appointments set by Number 10 for Mr Johnson's final weeks in power. Related articles UK meringue company ends all exports to EU over Brexit 'disaster' GB News guests lock horns over Commons partygate probe into Boris After weeks of deliberations, the Warsaw visit was finally set for this week only to be cancelled with no further notice by the Polish leader. Mr Morawiecki's office told Mr … [Read more...] about ‘No time for you!’ Boris Johnson snubbed by EU state Poland with official visit CANCELLED

Boris Johnson 'should call a Cobra meeting' says Howie SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Boris Johnson has a matter of weeks left in No 10 as Prime Minister with the winner of the Conservative party leadership debate, and the new leader of the country, due to be announced on September 5. Mr Johnson’s time in office will be remembered by many for numerous reasons, parting ways with many Westminster traditions. One saw him become the first Prime Minister to live in No 10 with a girlfriend after the-then Carrie Symonds moved in with him. Related articles Devon cliff dramatically COLLAPSES into beach below Boris Johnson misled Parliament claims ex-staff 'Don't use!' Britons warned against … [Read more...] about Boris and Carrie’s matchmaker recalled how pair bonded during Brexit vote

By Karen Hoggan Published 22 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Energy bills for a typical household could hit £4,266 next year, consultancy Cornwall Insight has warned. The higher estimate means the average household would be paying £355 a month, instead of £164 a month currently. Cornwall cited regulator Ofgem's decision to change the price cap every three months instead of six and higher wholesale prices for its high forecast. But Ofgem said no forecast for next year could be "robust" at this stage and had "limited value". The latest price cap - the maximum amount suppliers can charge customers for average energy usage in England, Scotland and Wales for October - is due to be announced at the end of this month. Cornwall expects this to rise to £3,582 a year, compared to the regulator's prediction of £2,800 a year . Dr Craig Lowrey, … [Read more...] about Energy bills forecast to hit over £4,200 a year

Published 15 March Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A US astronaut will now be returning to Earth, after fears his Russian lift home might not materialise. It was originally thought Mark Vande Hei - who has been in space for 355 days - might be left behind on the ISS due to heightened tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But it has been confirmed he will travel aboard a Russian capsule to Kazakhstan. The American and two Russian cosmonauts will be brought back to Earth. "I can tell you for sure Mark is coming home... We are in communication with our Russian colleagues. There's no fuzz on that," Joel Montalbano, Nasa's International Space Station (ISS) programme manager said. He admitted the astronauts were "aware of what's going on" in the world, but they still work as a team. Under international space law , astronauts from all nations must "provide … [Read more...] about Russians to give American astronaut ride to Earth in spite of tensions

Published 30 minutes ago comments Comments Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Tory leadership Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss has insisted tax cuts were still the best way to ease the burden of soaring living costs. Ms Truss and her rival Rishi Sunak are under pressure to outline how they would support people with rising bills. When asked what she would do, Ms Truss said cutting taxes would let people "keep more of their own money". The worsening UK economy has been central to the Tory leadership campaign. Ms Truss and Mr Sunak, who are competing to be the next British prime minister, have clashed over their rival plans to deal with the economic fallout of skyrocketing energy prices. The Bank of England has predicted inflation - how fast prices are rising - will hit 13% and the UK will plunge into a recession later … [Read more...] about Tory leadership: Liz Truss still favours tax cuts to ease economic crisis

Published 7 September 2015 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Two British Islamic State jihadists who died in Syria were killed by an RAF drone strike, David Cameron has said. Cardiff-born Reyaad Khan, 21, and Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, died last month in Raqqa, alongside another fighter, in the first targeted UK drone attack on a British citizen, Mr Cameron told MPs. Khan - the target - had been plotting "barbaric" attacks on UK soil, he said. The "act of self defence" was lawful, despite MPs previously ruling out UK military action in Syria, the PM said. Khan was killed in a precision strike on 21 August by a remotely piloted aircraft, "after meticulous planning", while he was travelling in a vehicle. Another British national, Junaid Hussain, 21 and from Birmingham, was killed in a separate air strike by US forces in Raqqa on 24 August. Both Khan and … [Read more...] about Islamic State conflict: Two Britons killed in RAF Syria strike

06.06.2022 06:32 Key points to know for Monday: Ukrainian forces are "holding on" in Sievierodonetsk, President Zelenskyy said on Monday. Earlier the regional governor said the local situation had 'worsened' for Ukrainian forces under intense Russian bombardment. Russian forces continue to push towards Sloviansk in the Donbas, says UK military intelligence. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cancelled a Monday visit to Serbia after neighbouring countries closed their airspace to his plane. Moscow has criticised the move . Lavrov followed Putin in warning the West on Monday against providing Ukraine with long-range rockets. Earlier the UK said it would supply new rocket launcher systems to Ukraine, with a range of 80km. Russian car sales fell by 52% in April, a year-on-year drop of 83%, industry figures show, largely due to Western sanctions. The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has said Ukrainians are facing the "same horrors" as the French did in World … [Read more...] about Ukraine war: Ukrainian forces ‘holding on’ in Sievierodonetsk, says Zelenskyy

Boris Johnson marries Carrie Symonds 'in private ceremony' SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Boris Johnson married fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, with details emerging today. The couple announced their engagement in February last year, and have one son together, Wilfred. Their quiet wedding comes after more than a year of lockdown restrictions preventing lavish ceremonies. Related articles Carrie Symonds' wedding dress: Bride stuns in unique embroidered gown Royal poll: Should Brexit flagship be named after Prince Philip? This marriage is Mr Johnson's third, having previously been married to Allegra Mostyn-Owen from 1987 to 1993, and Marina … [Read more...] about How did Boris Johnson marry in catholic Westminster Cathedral after divorce? ‘Not valid’

Boris Johnson moaned his £145k-a-year job as Foreign Secretary was like being 'imprisoned in a steel condom’, it has emerged. The future PM suggested he couldn’t say anything controversial while representing Britain overseas, Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said. She added the comment seemed “odd” to her, because she hadn’t asked him what he thought or raised the subject of condoms at all. He also landed himself in hot water as Foreign Secretary regardless - making incorrect claims about British-Iranian prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that her husband said "enabled a propaganda campaign" against her. Boris Johnson was forced to give up his £250k-a-year weekly column for the Daily Telegraph when he became Foreign Secretary. He was then rehired on £275k without consulting the post-government jobs watchdog. Mr Johnson became foreign secretary in 2016 and resigned in 2018 over Theresa May's Brexit plans. Boris Johnson boards an RAF plane while he was … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson moaned his £145k job was like being ‘imprisoned in a steel condom’

Published 29 September 2015 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Four high-profile UK jihadists fighting or recruiting for Islamic State militants in Syria are to be subjected to UN sanctions, at the UK's request. The UN's updated sanctions list named the four as Omar Hussain from High Wycombe, Nasser Muthana from Cardiff, Aqsa Mahmood from Glasgow and Sally-Anne Jones from Chatham in Kent. They will face a travel ban and a freeze of their assets. The move is a new tactic to stem the flow of recruits to the IS group. At least 700 Britons have travelled to support or fight for jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, according to British police. About half have since returned to the UK. 'Grandstanding' It is the first time since 2006 that Britain has submitted names to the UN sanctions regime, which was set up to tackle suspected al-Qaeda terrorism and extended to IS. … [Read more...] about Four British jihadists face UN sanctions