In new plans to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a fifth of the UK workforce could be off sick at the same time, at the peak of the novel coronavirus epidemic. The government’s Covid-19 plan, which was revealed by Mr Johnson in a press conference this morning, […]
A new UK Government order has suggested that landlords should no longer be allowed to stop tenants from keeping pets unless their animals are poorly behaved. As it stands, only seven percent of landlords currently allow tenants in their properties to keep animals. That means that a lot of people are having to bid farewell […]
Officials in a city in China have proposed a new law to ban residents from eating dog meat. In a bid to improve food safety in Shenzhen, lawmakers are hoping to bring in the legislation, which would be the first of its kind in the country. The proposed ban, which was published on the city’s […]
US President Donald Trump has survived his impeachment trial and will stay in power after Republicans voted to acquit him. The American leader has been acquitted on counts of abuse of power and obstruction of congress, 52-48 and 53-47 respectively, which fell below the two-thirds requirement for impeachment to be followed through. Credit: PA Supreme […]
A Labour MP has hit back at criticism that she received online after wearing an outfit to the House of Commons that exposed her shoulder. Jeez, what is this, the Victorian era? Are people actually bothered by seeing a woman’s shoulder? Anyway, Brabin, the Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen, spoke at the dispatch […]
A New South Wales Liberal MP has launched an extraordinary rebuke of the Prime Minister after his awkward meeting with bushfire affected residents. Scott Morrison was essentially yelled out of Cobargo, a village in the NSW Bega Valley, which has been burned to a crisp by a bushfire that raged just before New Year’s Eve. […]
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has announced he’s stepping down from the party’s top job and will leave parliament altogether. While acknowledging the decision as ‘incredibly difficult’, he explained that he wants to spend time with his wife Lucy Quarterman and their two sons, Luca and Ben. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Di Natale […]
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a new 12-week consultation on tackling pavement parking this summer, which will consider the feasibility of a nationwide ban. Although London has has a ban on pavement parking since 1974, although individual councils can seek exemption. Only lorries are banned from parking on the pavement in the rest […]
Footage shows newly installed panels from the ‘virtually impenetrable’ US border wall have fallen over in high winds, meaning it was leaning over to the Mexican side: CNN reported that the sections are part of an ongoing construction project in a bid to improve the wall, and the areas that gave way had recently been […]
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left his long-term girlfriend and is now reportedly dating a woman 53 years his junior. The 83-year-old recently split with Francesca Pascale, 34, after 12 years together, although a statement from the political party Forza Italia said the pair will ‘remain friends’. Repubblica reports that Pascale said she […]
