@Nibbledbyducks said: "I can't quite believe we cancelled our holiday to Crete to rebook to go to France instead in one-and-a-half weeks as assumed it would be safe as it all seemed to by going so well." … [Read more...] about Brit holidaymakers cancel France holidays as coronavirus spike sees country edge closer to quarantine list
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UK and France promise new migrant crossings plan, says minister
PM considers law change for migrant removals Why are migrants crossing the English Channel? What happens to migrants found in the Channel? The Ministry of Defence said on Monday it had sent an RAF Atlas transport aircraft to help Border Force spot small boats trying to cross the Channel. … [Read more...] about UK and France promise new migrant crossings plan, says minister
Help us blockade the Channel: Priti Patel issues ultimatum to French officials and threatens to withhold cash if they refuse to help UK battle migrant crisis
He added: ‘We’ve got a problem which is that there are people who want to come from around the world to this country because obviously it’s a great place to be. There’s no doubt that it would be helpful if we could work with our French friends to stop them getting over the Channel.’ … [Read more...] about Help us blockade the Channel: Priti Patel issues ultimatum to French officials and threatens to withhold cash if they refuse to help UK battle migrant crisis
Bafta-winning Syrian activist Hassan Akkad who worked as NHS cleaner slams ‘myth’ that migrants flock to Britain for benefits and ‘ironic’ claims of an ‘invasion’ when British bombs are killing Yemeni people
He added: 'Hundreds of thousands of Brits live in Spain, and south of France and Dubai and Vietnam why are they allowed to live there and people from Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan aren't allowed to live here? It's a myth.' … [Read more...] about Bafta-winning Syrian activist Hassan Akkad who worked as NHS cleaner slams ‘myth’ that migrants flock to Britain for benefits and ‘ironic’ claims of an ‘invasion’ when British bombs are killing Yemeni people
Monet’s Water Lilies bloom again
They are among the most popular paintings in the world but for decades they were starved of natural light and displayed in a building likened to an oversized garden shed. Now, after six years of renovation work delayed by archaeological mishaps, Claude Monet's giant Water Lilies are finally back on display at the Orangerie museum in Paris, in a space restored to match the French impressionist's vision of how his work should be hung. … [Read more...] about Monet’s Water Lilies bloom again
