Petrol price still threatens to top average of £1.50 a litre as experts warn of increased financial squeeze on businesses and families Petrol prices hit a record 149.12p a litre on Sunday, industry figures showed Filling up a 55-litre tank in a
With Ms Sturgeon pushing for a second independence referendum as early as 2024, any instability now or in the future could dissuade investors to the region. Large national companies already enjoy established businesses in Scotland, employing many thousands in the process, although
Why this photo of Australia’s Olympic athletes has sparked a major debate – with one of our greatest basketball stars threatening to boycott the Games Liz Cambage has claimed there was no racial diversity in Olympic photo shoots Photos were released of
Its planned launch in Strasbourg this weekend could be scrapped as a result of the feud between the European Council, Commission and Parliament. Senior Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt, one of the conference’s co-chairs, was said to be going to “war” in order
A Shetland councillor has expressed dismay with the SNP in Holyrood, Brussels and Westminster at not receiving a fair share of benefits for being part of Scotland and the United Kingdom. In a surprising interview with DW News, Councillor Steven Coutts demanded
Christian Piquemal, stripped of his privileges by army chiefs Piquemal, 80, a former general of the Foreign Legion, leads the signatories of the furious letter addressed to Emmanuel Macron. He was stripped of his privileges as a retired officer after he was
France has accused the UK of being slow to provide fisheries with licences for British waters. It has demanded the Government speed up the process of authorising fishing within the 12 mile limit. Threatening Britain, France said it would take retaliatory measures
France: Correspondent discusses stabbing near Paris The French government condemned the open letter, published in the right-wing Valeurs Actuelles magazine, as it gained traction after a Tunisian Islamist stabbed a 49-year-old woman to death on the outskirts of Paris. A number of
WHAT IS COERCIVE CONTROL? A pattern of behaviours used to intimidate, humiliate, surveil and control another person, ultimately robbing victims of autonomy Some behaviours might include: * Stalking, using tracking software or other means * Instituting rules, like requiring a victim to
The bloc’s commissioner for financial services Mairead McGuinness warned she is not under any pressure to accelerate talks with the UK to help the sector. EU ministers are still continuing to finalise the details of a recent memorandum of understanding for future