Tens of thousands marched in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on polling day against the government’s repressive policies, and what they see as Georgia’s steady drift into Moscow’s orbit. Mr Kobakhidze’s Georgian Dream party claimed victory in every municipality across the South Caucasus country in local elections boycotted by the two main opposition blocs as a…
The meteor shower will join a rare Harvest Moon, which will be visible in UK skies on Tuesday (October 7). The Draconid meteor shower will be active for five days, with it set to peak on Wednesday (October 8). What is the Draconid Meteor Shower? The Draconid meteor shower takes its name from the constellation…
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said every party candidate must sign up to leaving the ECHR or face being barred from standing at the next election. She kicked off the annual Tory conference in Manchester with a pledge to leave the ECHR as part of a plan to deport 150,000 people a year from the UK….
In a speech on the main stage at the UK party conference in Manchester, Mr Findlay referred to Scottish thinkers and pioneers before criticising SNP policies saying “if it’s woke, they want it”. He said: “Scotland can lay claim to many great thinkers and pioneers. The country of Adam Smith, the father of capitalism. Of…
Organisers of Saturday’s protest, Defend Our Juries, had been asked to reconsider their plans following the killing of two men at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar. But organisers said in a statement beforehand it hoped police “choose to prioritise protecting the public…
The retailer revealed in June, following its takeover by investment firm Gordon Brothers, that it planned to shut 68 shops and two warehouses in the UK, putting 1300 jobs at risk. Poundland concluded its main store closure programme recently, shutting 57 stores, while placing 11 closures on hold. At the beginning of the restructuring programme,…
Mark Gallagher gave Mrs Badenoch £2,000 for her leadership campaign last October and left the Tories around two months ago, Sky News reported. A Reform UK source said: “Nigel (Farage) and Mark have been friends for a long time. “We understand he is very disenchanted with the Conservative Party,” the source added. A Conservative source,…
Mrs Badenoch kicked off the Conservatives’ annual conference in Manchester with a pledge to leave the ECHR as part of a plan to deport 150,000 people a year from the UK. She told GB News on Sunday morning that her shadow cabinet had been “unanimous” in backing the plan, adding she had been clear the…
Ice Hockey UK and the Elite League have condemned a Financial Times article about female fans of the sport, calling it “absurd and inaccurate.” The feature — headlined ‘how romance readers rescued British ice hockey’ — was published on Saturday [4 October], suggesting that female hockey fans had been drawn to the sport by a…
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