Two men arrested in UK as part of investigation into Texas synagogue standoff, police say
[ad_1] The FBI identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Colleyville, Texas synagogue in...
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Prince Harry seeks right to pay for UK police protection when in Britain
[ad_1] Harry’s legal team said they had initiated the legal challenge in September of last year but decided to make that information public now “in...
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Downing Street held social gatherings dubbed ‘wine-time Fridays’ during pandemic lockdowns
[ad_1] A former No 10 source, who worked at the UK Prime Minister’s official residence all through 2020, confirmed to CNN that such gatherings regularly...
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Men tried to smuggle $340,000 worth of cocaine in baked beans tins
[ad_1] Two men have been jailed for attempting to smuggle $341,875 (£250,000) worth of cocaine in baked beans and condensed coconut milk tins. [ad_2] Source...
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Christine Lee: UK government promoted firm at center of alleged Chinese influence operation for years
[ad_1] On Thursday Britain’s domestic counter-intelligence service, MI5, issued an “interference alert” about a “potential threat” posed by Christine Ching Kui Lee, a lawyer with...
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Analysis: Is ‘partygate’ one scandal too many for Boris Johnson?
[ad_1] But news of a “bring your own booze” party held in the Downing Street garden at the height of the UK’s first coronavirus lockdown...
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Analysis: Queen left with no choice but to cast Prince Andrew adrift. But is it enough?
[ad_1] A royal source told us that all Andrew’s titles — his military affiliations and other royal patronages — were returned to his mother effective...
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Christine Lee: UK’s MI5 says woman connected to Chinese Communist Party ‘seeking to covertly interfere in UK politics’
[ad_1] MI5 alleges in an alert that Christine Ching Kui Lee has “acted covertly in coordination” with the United Front Work Department (UFWD), of the...
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Boris Johnson apologizes for attending Downing Street party during lockdown
[ad_1] At the start of the weekly session of Prime Minister’s Questions, Johnson said he did attend the gathering for 25 minutes before going inside...
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Ichthyosaur: Huge ‘sea dragon’ fossil dating back 180 million years found in UK reservoir
[ad_1] Discovered in a reservoir in the county of Rutland, in the English East Midlands, the specimen is the largest and most complete ichthyosaur fossil...
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Leaked email shows Boris Johnson’s top official invited Downing Street staff to a lockdown-breaking party
[ad_1] The email, from Johnson’s principal private secretary Martin Reynolds, invited more than 100 staffers to “socially distanced drinks in the No. 10 garden” on...
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Leonardo DiCaprio: Scientists name new tropical tree species after Hollywood actor
[ad_1] But his latest accolade comes from a group of international scientists at London’s Royal Botanic Kew Gardens and the National Herbarium of Cameroon, who...