Police have discovered what is being described as a substantial quantity of explosives in a republican district of north Belfast this evening. A 47-year-old has been arrested in connection with the explosives find in flats in the New Lodge area. The discovery was made during searches of Maeve House near North Queen Street today, the […]
‘The roaring fire, the chimneys, the creaking pub door, the mulled wine. That is England. That is England, not a supermarket.” Michael Iszatt is the Conservative councillor for Cheshunt North ward in Hertfordshire. The pub in question is in the ward of his fellow councillor, Cody McCormick. Less than a month ago, the Victoria, a […]
The UK government has moved to neutralise the toxic impact of the “bedroom tax” on the Scottish independence referendum by handing powers to the Scottish government that will allow it to mitigate the measure. The Scotland Office has informed the Scottish government that it will transfer the power to set the cap on Discretionary Housing […]
Vince Cable bowed to political pressure on Friday to release details of the precise number of Royal Mail shares allocated to 16 priority investors in the flotation of the 500-year-old postal service. The investors were picked because they gave firm commitments to back the sell-off at an early stage. The business secretary revealed the number […]
Millions of pounds of British aid money to tackle poverty overseas has been invested in builders of gated communities, shopping centres and luxury property in poor countries, the Guardian can reveal. CDC, the little-known investment arm of the British aid programme, has invested more than $260m (£154m) in 44 property and construction companies in Latin […]