Travellers show NO SIGNS of leaving park in west London neighbourhood

NOT budging! Travellers show NO SIGNS of leaving multi-millionaire west London neighbourhood of Kew after setting up camp four days ago Group of travellers are still staying on picturesque Kew Green in Richmond after arriving on Thursday evening They showed no signs of leaving today as they walked around the site despite being asked to … Read more

Boris Johnson threatens to suspend checks on goods crossing Irish Sea 

Boris Johnson threatens to suspend all checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea if the EU doesn’t stop its hardline approach Prime Minister is considering suspending checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea Sources say he fears the resulting disruption could destabilise Northern Ireland  The row is over the Brexit deal which prevents checks made at … Read more

Majority in Northern Ireland predict split from UK within 25 years

Majority of the public in Northern Ireland believe it will have split from the UK within 25 years, poll finds Poll shows 51 per cent think Northern Ireland will split from UK in next 25 years Some 37 per cent believe it will be part of the UK while 12 per cent don’t know If … Read more

Covid Ireland: PUBS could be turned into remote work hubs after lockdown

Irish PUBS could be turned into remote work hubs as part of nation’s plans for life after Covid Irish government has released a 5-year post-pandemic rural development plan Includes the idea to transform rural Irish pubs into remove work hubs   A national network of 400 remote working hubs would be established By Sophie Tanno For … Read more

St Patrick’s Day: Prince William, Kate Middleton, Joe Biden and other world leaders mark occasion

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge praised the ‘friendship between the UK and Ireland’ as they joined world leaders in a St Patrick’s Day video message for the Irish government. Prince William, 38, started off the couple’s message by speaking in Irish Gaelic, saying: ‘Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh’, meaning ‘Happy St Patrick’s Day’. Kate, who wore … Read more

AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine not linked to Italian teacher’s death, autopsy finds

An Italian music teacher who passed away a day after getting AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine likely died from a sudden heart problem that was not linked to the shot, according to the initial findings of an autopsy.  Sandro Tognatti, 57, who died in the town of Biella on Sunday, had no evidence of blood clots in … Read more

MPs and the WHO plead with Britons to keep taking ‘safe’ AstraZeneca jabs

MPs from all parties were today pleading with Britons to keep taking AstraZeneca jabs amid fury that the EU’s ‘Brexit sulk’ will fuel anti-vax propaganda.   Politicians, medics and scientists have launched a concerted effort to reassure the public about the safety of the Oxford vaccine after a swathe of European countries suspended its use over unproven … Read more

Covid: Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon say AstraZeneca vaccine safe and effective

Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon today mounted a staunch defence of the AstraZeneca vaccine after the Netherlands and Ireland became the latest EU states to pause its use. The PM insisted the jabs are ‘both safe and effective’ as the First Minister urged Britons to keep coming forward, pointing to ‘significant and growing evidence of … Read more

Boris Johnson visits Northern Ireland amid furious row over Brexit impact

Boris Johnson is in Northern Ireland today amid a furious row over the impact of Brexit on the country. The Prime minister was told to  to ‘stand up for Northern Ireland’ and ditch the ‘intolerable’ Protocol governing Irish Sea trade post-Brexit by DUP leader Arlene Foster. Extra checks on goods passing through Northern Ireland’s ports from … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘tells Irish PM no spare Covid vaccines until whole UK inoculated’

Boris Johnson ‘tells Irish PM Micheal Martin that Britain will NOT send coronavirus vaccines to Ireland until people in the UK have had the jab’ Micheal Martin said PM had told him UK not in position to send jabs to Ireland Mr Martin said Mr Johnson’s first priority is to vaccinate people living in UK … Read more