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Published 29 November 2018 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing About 200 jobs will be cut when car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) moves production to Slovakia, the BBC understands. The firm announced in June it planned to move production of its Land Rover Discovery SUV from its Solihull plant. There will also be a "temporary pause" in production at the Wolverhampton engine manufacturing centre, understood to affect about a third of workers. JLR said "the external environment remains challenging" for business. The company, which is owned by the Indian group Tata Motors, said it was taking "decisive actions to achieve the necessary operational efficiencies to safeguard long-term success". The job cuts come as a response to "fluctuating demand", JLR said, and are on top of the 1,000 cut in April at the Solihull plant . The company previously blamed a sharp … [Read more...] about JLR to cut 200 jobs as production moves to Slovakia

Sergey Lavrov, Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister , seemed outraged as he accused the EU of “theft”. The bloc’s officials were discussing the possibility of using frozen Russian state assets to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine. Yet the cash in question is not inconsiderable, particularly when taking the devastation of entire cities into account. At the onset of the war in Ukraine, the West froze about half of Putin’s $640bn (£524bn) war chest of foreign assets, cutting the Kremlin off from $300bn held in overseas accounts. Seventy-three European Parliament members have now called for the assets to be liquidated and sent to Kyiv, writing in a letter to foreign policy head Joseph Borrell: “it is equally fair that Russia’s state assets are also dedicated to support the victims of Putin aggression”. As signs of normal life return to Ukraine with some construction works beginning again and businesses reopening, there are questions over how it will fund its post-conflict rebuild. … [Read more...] about How the West can make Putin pay for what he’s done to Ukraine

The room filled with curiosity when a resident in Narva, on the Russian border, confronted Estonia's defense minister with fears of Russia "needing to rescue its own compatriots." For some onlookers, it signaled an easing of the complex ties between Russian and Estonian speakers in Estonia. Defense Minister Kalle Laanet came to "Estonia's Russia" for the town-hall-style meeting on Monday to address residents' concerns in the wake of the war launched by their neighbor . Would there be shelters in case of bombing? How could friction between Ukrainian refugees and local Russians be prevented? "We have 70,000 gray passports in Estonia, we have 80,000 Russian citizens in Estonia," Narva native Margarita Källo told Laanet at Tartu University's Narva College. "I see it as a big problem, first of all for Estonia, for our security." After the Soviet occupation, the Estonian government took a hard line toward residents seen as having been imported by the USSR to work in the Baltic … [Read more...] about Amid war in Ukraine, are Estonia’s Russian speakers ready to embrace the West?

Vladimir Putin likes to use Moscow’s Victory Day parade , the annual event to mark the triumph over Nazi Germany, as a means of messaging the West. There had been speculation the Russian leader might use his speech on Monday to call for a mobilisation of Russian society and the economy, better to fight his increasingly expensive assault on Ukraine. In the event, he did not declare “war” but a strong message about Russia’s military might was sent anyway – just not the one Putin would have wished. Instead the parade - hugely reduced in size and lacking a flypast apparently for reasons of bad weather - was the usual display of equipment in service today and a smattering of “new” kit designed to make us quake at Russia’s armed forces. Look closer though, and all is not as Moscow would have us believe. The T-14 Armata tank We were treated to a view of the T-14 Armata tank. Yet another view, as it turns out, because this “new” piece of equipment was first introduced in … [Read more...] about Russia’s display of military might sent the West a strong message – just not the one Putin intended

A police car can apparently be seen parked outside Skerntian Keri's address (Image: Skerntian Keri) Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition 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 Skerntian Keri says he was confronted by an officer on Saturday after a complaint was filed about an individual trespassing into a neighbour’s property to retrieve a child’s ball. Mr Keri claimed the police officer twice visited his home in West Bromwich, having appeared to have mistaken him for a different neighbour. Related articles Teacher who had affair with pupil caught by husband Ambulances rush to store as 'people collapsing' Speaking to Birmingham Live , the social worker said: "I told her (the … [Read more...] about Boy, six, ‘threatened with arrest’ after football thrown into neighbour’s garden

Son Heung-min is the type of signing that every scout, sporting director and coach would normally clamour to claim. But at Tottenham Hotspur, there is no argument over who should take the credit for the arrival of the South Korean seven years ago. Chairman Daniel Levy got more stick over failing to land Saido Berahino, now of Sheffield Wednesday, from West Bromwich Albion than any credit he received for signing Son for £22 million in the summer of 2015. But, just as missing out on Berahino proved to be a lucky escape, Son must rank as Tottenham’s best signing of the last seven years and it was the hands-on approach of Levy, which has not always worked out for the best, that proved to be vital. Levy did not have an invite to Bayer Leverkusen’s BayArena stadium to meet Son, when he turned up unannounced with the intention of signing him. He waited until Son and his representatives consented to talk to him and would not leave until an agreement had been reached. That persistence … [Read more...] about Why Son Heung-min is the most under-rated striker on the planet

The open-air GoByeandChop market in Monrovia, Liberia, sprawls across a field of mud. Customers pool around rough stalls, repurposed shipping containers, and wheelbarrows full of underwear or cassava tubers. When I visited the market late last year, the damp air smelled of coal-fire smoke and spices and rotting garbage. A dog’s corpse lay bloated in a puddle pockmarked by steady rain. Deep in the market sat a dim warehouse filled with tables of meat: fried fish, eels, a few goats’ heads covered in flies. Then row after row of bushmeat, wild game killed by hunters. Many of the piled-up cuts were unidentifiable, but the origins of one heap near the front was clear. At the top, a monkey’s hand curled dried fingers toward the ceiling. Long before West Africa’s 2014 Ebola epidemic, Liberia was already stricken—by poverty, corruption, hunger. Bushmeat, a cheap source of protein, is a source of the disease, and scarcity, more generally, is what typically brings people into contact with … [Read more...] about The Aftermath of Ebola

Evening briefing: Today's essential headlines Northern Ireland | A power-sharing Executive at Stormont may not be formed for months after the DUP signalled it intends to play hardball over demands to change the Northern Ireland Protocol. Read the fallout after Boris Johnson visited Belfast today for crunch talks with political leaders amid a standoff at the Assembly over post-Brexit border checks. Wagatha Christie | Rebekah Vardy stalked me, Coleen Rooney claims PCSO murder | Man beat Julia James to death while walking dog Gay footballer | First openly-gay active male player in English football Booing anthem | PM slaps down Klopp for defending Liverpool fans N-word | Grammar school headmaster investigated for using slur The big story: Helpless feeling at the Bank of England When the Governor of the Bank of England says he is going to sound "apocalyptic" about the threat to food supplies, something is very wrong. Andrew Bailey admitted he … [Read more...] about Monday evening UK news briefing: We feel helpless, says Bank of England Governor

A detective who investigated a killer dubbed the Black Widow fears she may strike again as she is prepared for release. Dena Thompson, 61, is serving a life sentence for murder after hiding anti-depressants in second husband Julian Webb’s curry at their home in Yapton, West Sussex, on his birthday in 1994. His body was exhumed seven years later after Thompson was cleared in 2000 of trying to kill her third husband, Richard Thompson. The Mirror can reveal she is currently in an open prison and is expected to be recommended for release after her next parole hearing in the coming weeks. Sources with knowledge of her case said she was assessed as a high risk even before she was convicted of Julian’s murder. Julian Webb ( Image: Collect Picture) Richard Thompson ( Image: Press Association) Officials were concerned of any relationship she formed, given her history of manipulating, deceiving and grooming vulnerable men, the source said. Sean McDonald, a … [Read more...] about Fears ‘Black Widow’ murderer ‘may strike again’ as she’s prepared for release

HOUSE prices are going up and up and it's making it harder for many to get onto the property ladder. But it's good news for anyone selling up, especially if they live in one of the areas where house prices have soared . Anyone in the market for a new home will be more interested in where to find the places you can still bag a bargain though, despite the rocketing prices. New data from building society Nationwide has revealed house prices in the countryside have shot up the most in recent years. House prices have gone up 29% in rural locations over the past five years, while they've only gone up a fraction of that in more urban spots. On average, house prices have only gone up 18% in busier towns and cities, according to the data. Read More on house prices HOME TRUTH UK's ten most affordable areas to buy a home - including properties from £71,000 HOUSE THAT I'm a property expert - is NOW the time to buy as … [Read more...] about The six areas that have seen house prices soar – and six places you can still bag a bargain