ALEX BRUMMER: Talking trade rather than putting up barriers can have enormous benefits By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 12 March 2021 Many moons have passed since anyone paid any attention to the UK’s monthly trade figures. These days it is gross domestic product, … Read more
A tempest is brewing in Stratford-upon-Avon after council bosses turned the historic town into ‘an eyesore’ by spending £200,000 on garish safety barriers and unfinished tarmac. Businesses say they are being driven out of Shakespeare’s hometown after ‘shambolic’ attempts at making the area Covid safe forced visitors away over the summer. Tourists who were able … Read more
Don’t be so shellfish! George Eustice slams EU over barriers on exports from UK as even the French chair of bloc’s fisheries committee says rule that catches must be cleaned in Britain ‘makes no sense’ George Eustice condemned the EU for blocking shellfish exports from the UK Bloc demanding catches cleaned in UK before being … Read more
Homeowners and businesses are in a race against time to put up flood barriers and sandbags as Storm Christoph swept in from the Atlantic. With two months of rain forecast to lash the country in just two and a half days, flood warnings were issued for all areas, with more severe amber warnings for a … Read more
Council chiefs have removed ‘unsightly’ street barriers in the Scottish town of St Andrews after an outcry from local business owners. Fife Council installed the barriers on Market Street, in St Andrews, the town’s busiest thoroughfare. They were removed after a backlash from business owners, forcing the council to become the latest authority to cave … Read more
A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time today, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of repeated flooding. ‘Today, everything is dry. We stopped the sea,’ city mayor Luigi Brugnaro told reporters after raising a glass in celebration with some of the engineers and … Read more