Month: December 2018

‘This is our moment to be that true global player once more,’ says Gavin Williamson Via: UK 'could build new military bases around world after Brexit'

• Fan seen on TV shouting at Dikamona during Edinburgh derby• Hearts win 1-0, Aberdeen leave it late to beat LivingstonA 65-year-old man has been arrested after Hearts defender Clévid Dikamona was subjected to alleged racial abuse at Easter Road. A Hibernian fan was seen on live television shouting abuse Read more…

Hundreds call for resignation of President Macron, with some throwing projectilesPolice fired tear gas at gilets jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low.Several hundred gathered at the BFM TV channel in the centre Read more…

The UK will be able to sign free trade deals for the first time in decades after it leaves the EU Via: Brexit: Liam Fox accused of 'burying head in sand' after touting Pacific trade pact as boon for UK exports

‘Michael Gove would have to be planted on Mars if he hadn’t seen the destruction the council is carrying out in Sheffield’ Via: Councils could be banned from felling trees without consulting locals after three years of Sheffield protests

The British High Commission in Delhi does not stock vegetarian sausages Via: Puppies, vampires and Braveheart: 2018's strangest Foreign Office requests from Brits abroad

A study tracking increased potency of both herbal and resin types of the drug points to greater dangers for usersCannabis potency has doubled across Europe in the past decade, according to the first study to track changes in the drug across the continent.The study, published on Sunday in the journal Read more…

Campaigners said the figures raised concerns about Whitehall’s ability to cope with delivering Brexit Via: Brexit department spends £4m hiring outside consultants in preparation to leave the EU