Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani confirmed on Wednesday that he is making a landmark official visit to the UK, during which he will meet top officials and hold a flag-raising ceremony outside his country’s abandoned embassy. Mr Al Shibani accompanied Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara this week for a meeting with US President Trump…
Far from London’s marbled halls of power, the crowd cheered as Palestinian ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot addressed the Durham Miner’s Gala this summer. The annual gathering is one of the largest labour festivals and a celebration of the UK’s mining heritage, and Mr Zomlot delivered what was described by organisers as one of…
The need to house asylum seekers in hotels is more important than local objections to their presence, a UK court has been told. The British government is appealing against a decision by a judge to stop the owner of a hotel from using the property to accommodate asylum seekers. The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex,…
The UK has announced a major shake-up of flight paths, intended to reduce pollution, make way for flying taxis and speed up journeys. New laws were set out today to enable the largest redesign of UK airspace since it was first formed in the 1950s, when there were around 200,000 flights per year, compared to…