Trade union officials and MPs have voiced fresh concerns about the prospect of British Steel being sold to the Turkish military pension fund. Ataer Holdings, owned by the Turkish army retirement fund Oyak, is in exclusive talks to buy British Steel out of liquidation, with the result of discussions likely to be announced within weeks. If it goes ahead, the takeover is expected to secure the future of a site in Scunthorpe, one of the UK’s last two blast furnace steelworks, as well as the jobs of more than 4,000 staff. But reports of alleged atrocities committed during the Turkish army’s incursion into Syria have resulted in misgivings among campaigners, trade union officials and MPs about the prospect of British Steel being subsumed into the investment portfolio of Oyak, which funds soldiers’ retirement payouts. Union staff are also seeking assurances the Scunthorpe site won’t be used to supply the Turkish military in future. The Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle, … [Read more...] about Prospect of Turkish rescue of British Steel raises union concerns
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Steel union’s plan to save Tata’s Orb plant in Newport
Wales By Jordan Davies BBC News 14 October 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50017748 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A plan is being put together by workers to save the Orb steelworks in Newport.The proposal is based on a new … [Read more...] about Steel union’s plan to save Tata’s Orb plant in Newport
Secrets of how British spy Christopher Steele compiled his bombshell Trump dossier will be revealed in book out next month by political research firm that hired him
The co-founders of a political research firm behind allegations about President Donald Trump's ties to Russia have a book coming out next month. Random House announced Monday that 'Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump' will be published 26 November. The book was co-written by Fusion GPS founders Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch. Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, can be seen arriving before a closed House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. He and Peter Fritsch are releasing a 'never-before-told inside story' at the end of November into Trump's relationship with Russia. An announcement made by publishers Random House yesterday said that the 'never-before-told inside story' would be released on the 26 November RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Adam Schiff has a dossier of insider information from Donald... Lindsey Graham formally requests Department of Justice... … [Read more...] about Secrets of how British spy Christopher Steele compiled his bombshell Trump dossier will be revealed in book out next month by political research firm that hired him
Second World War defences transform British beach into scenes reminiscent of the film Saving Private Ryan as heavy rain and high tides uncover them for the first time in a decade
The discovery of Second World War barricades have transformed a beach on the Northumberland coast into scenes reminiscent of the film Saving Private Ryan. The coastal defences are believed to have been built in 1940 after the Dunkirk evacuation to protect against potential invasion. The steel barriers have been exposed for the first time in ten years on Blyth beach following heavy rainfall and high tides. War time anti tank traps have been exposed on a Northumberland beach for the first time in a decade following high tides and heavy rains which stripped away much of the sand The metal poles were driven into the sand to protect the beach in the early 1940s when fear of a possible German invasion were at their highest Around four feet of sand was stripped from the beach following the high tide and storms to hit the beach at Blyth A giant sinkhole opened up on the same beach last week. Colin Durward, director and chairman of Blyth Battery said: 'After Dunkirk there was a … [Read more...] about Second World War defences transform British beach into scenes reminiscent of the film Saving Private Ryan as heavy rain and high tides uncover them for the first time in a decade
BA’s early dive into carbon offsetting gives it an edge in the climate PR battle
The pledge by International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways, to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is bold, in the context of a global aviation industry that has been accused of reacting slowly to the climate crisis. But someone needed to set an example. The onus to act is clear: although aviation’s current share of total carbon emissions is less than 2.5%, its share is projected to grow rapidly. This is even before factoring in the more onerous effects of emissions at altitude, and the warming effect of aircraft contrails. Yet airlines remain in a bind. While other sectors have clear, achievable methods of decarbonising, aviation struggles to see a route ahead – bar the fraught, unsatisfactory system of offsetting. The energy sector, the previous chief emitter ahead of transport, has rapidly found cleaner alternatives to coal. Within the transport sector, those sustainable forms of energy could transform much of road usage. But battery or hydrogen power … [Read more...] about BA’s early dive into carbon offsetting gives it an edge in the climate PR battle