A fire brigade’s response to the deadly blaze in a west London tower block is condemned in a report.
Read More »UK set for 12 December general election after MPs’ vote
MPs give the green light for a pre-Christmas poll after months of deadlock over Brexit.
Read More »Queensland shark attack: Two British men injured at tourist spot
The tourists from Southampton and Plymouth suffer serious leg and foot wounds in the attack.
Read More »Essex lorry deaths: Brothers wanted on suspicion of manslaughter
Christopher and Ronan Hughes are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking.
Read More »Missing Amelia Bambridge: Cambodian police quiz six men
Amelia Bambridge’s father, who has travelled to Cambodia, says he fears she has been abducted.
Read More »Greece gets 10 expressions of interest in stake in Athens Airport
Ten investment schemes have submitted expressions of interest for a 30% stake in Athens International Airport (AIA), Greece’s privatization agency said on Tuesday. Greece holds a 55% stake in the airport. Germany-based AviAlliance GmbH, owned by Canada’s pension investor PSP Investments, holds a 40% stake in the airport and Greece’s …
Read More »Human Rights Watch: Greece’s Asylum overhaul threatens refugees’ rights
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Greece to remove specific articles on its new Asylum draft Law as they threaten to restrict access to protection for asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The Greek parliament should scrap provisions in a new bill that threaten to limit asylum seekers’ access …
Read More »Brexit; December General Election
UK MPs are currently debating in regards to an early General Election Bill At present it’s looking highly likely that the General Election will be held on the 12th December but current discussions taking place are to whether it can be held earlier on the 9th December depending on a …
Read More »Earthquake rattles the island of Crete with 4.2R
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Tuesday afternoon. Τhe Greek Geodynamics Institute gives the tremor magnitude as 4.1 R, other international institutes as 4.2R The earthquake occurred short after 3:00 p.m. with its epicenter to be located in the sea area, 38 …
Read More »Businessman seriously injured in Mafia-style shooting in West Athens
Two assassins on a motorcycle fired with a Kalashnikov automatic weapon and a pistol at a businessman in Chaidari suburb of West Athens on Tuesday. The assassination took place at 11 o’ clock in the morning and thus while the businessman had stopped the car he was driving at traffic …
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