Thanks to some enthusiastic public support, the plastic tunnel became the highestrated tourist attraction on TripAdvisor in Bude, a popular seaside escape in Cornwall, UK. The tunnel is currently rated the second best thing to do in a town known for its surf-friendly beaches.
Justice secretary David Gauke on Saturday began a consultation process to revise laws he said were “out of touch with modern life”. New legislation would be needed to make these proposals law.
But Skripal was significant in the eyes of one man — Vladimir Putin, an intelligence officer of the same age and training. The two men had dedicated their lives to an intelligence war between the Soviet Union and the West. When that war was suspended, both struggled to adapt.
Indicating a growing threat from far-right extremism in the country, figures released on Thursday show a total of 351 arrests were made over the past year until June 2018 where terrorism-related activity was suspected, with 133 of them white and 129 recorded as Asian ethnic appearance. India ranks ninth among the UK's top nationalities for the number of such arrests over the last 17 years.
Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov made their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel. The men said they visited the southern English city of Salisbury in March, calling it a "wonderful town" and saying they wanted to see the famous Salisbury Cathedral.
The paper's longstanding editor Paul Dacre, a crusading supporter of Brexit, stepped down this month to be replaced by Geordie Greig, who supported the campaign to stay in the EU. The switch from Dacre, who had been in charge since 1992, has been hailed as momentous by pro-EU moderates.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said the UK would pay "significantly, substantially" less than the already agreed-upon 39 billion pounds ($51 billion) in the event no agreement is reached.
When asked directly if he wanted May to go, Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of a grouping in May's Conservative Party which wants a sharper break with the EU, said: "The policy needs to be changed but I am supporting the person. Theresa May has enormous virtues, she is a fantastically dutiful prime minister and she has my support - I just want her to change one item of policy."
About 50 Brexit-supporting lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May's government have met to discuss how and when they could force her out of her job, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Since her botched bet on a snap election in June 2017 lost her party its majority in parliament, May has faced persistent talk of a leadership challenge which has weakened her as she tries to clinch a Brexit deal with the European Union.
An Indian billionaire has put out an advert for 12 servants to look after his daughter when she starts her course at St Andrews University in Scotland. The advert states they are looking for a butler, gardener, three housekeepers, house manager, lady’s maid, chauffeur, chef and three footmen.
Four people were run down and killed as 52-year-old Khalid Masood drove a car into them on Westminster Bridge in London before banging into the side of the Palace of Westminster and then stepping out to stab a policeman to death at the gates of the Parliament on March 22, 2017.
