MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Press release: £100 million for renewable energy projects in Africa to provide electricity to 2.4 million people a year
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments hundreds of thousands of people will get electricity for the first time thanks to UK government funding announced at COP24 in Poland £100 million extra funding to the Renewable Energy Performance Platform will support up to 40 new renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa projects funded by […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Scotland signs up to forestry pledge
Source: Scottish Government A global ambition to restore landscapes and forests has been supported by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The Bonn Challenge aims to regenerate 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030. Bianca Jagger, an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Ambassador for the Bonn […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: WATCH: Lloyd Russell-Moyle grabs the mace
Source: Labour List UK Lloyd Russell-Moyle grabbed the mace tonight in protest at the government pulling the Brexit deal vote. Speaker John Bercow ordered the backbench Labour MP out of the Commons for the rest of the day. Russell-Moyle’s move came at the end of a dramatic day in parliament, after Theresa May announced she […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Security: Appeal after man dies of injuries following road traffic collision in Wandsworth
Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man died of his injuries following a road traffic collision in Roehampton Lane, SW15. Officers were called at 14:57hrs on Tuesday, 4 December to reports of a collision at Roehampton Lane, SW15. Police, London Ambulance Service and the Air Ambulance […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Security: Goverment challenges cyber women of the future
Source: United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre Headline: Goverment challenges cyber women of the future Competition launched to boost number of girls in cyber jobs Women currently only make up 11% of the global cyber workforce Project run by the UK’s cutting edge National Cyber Security Centre, a part of GCHQ Cyber-savvy girls have been […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Human rights in learning disability inpatient units examined
Source: British Parliament News 10 December 2018 The Joint Committee on Human Rights hears from people with learning disabilities who have been detained, and from family members of people with autism who have been detained. The purpose The purpose of the session is to hear about: The experiences of those with learning disabilities and/or autism […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: ‘Most defining period since 1998’ – O’Neill
Source: Sinn Féin 10 December, 2018 – by Michelle O’Neill The political process here faces the most defining period since the Good Friday Agreement was signed, Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Michelle O’Neill has said. Addressing the Welsh assembly in Cardiff today, the Sinn Féin Vice president also described the backstop in the Brexit withdrawal agreement […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Statement to parliament: Secretary of State: Statement to Parliament in response to the CJEU’s ruling on the Wightman Article 50 case
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government Statements With permission, Mr Speaker, I will now make a statement on the judgment issued by the European Court of Justice this morning on the Wightman case. Mr Speaker, today, the European Court of Justice has delivered its judgment on the question of the revocability of an Article 50 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: The Termination of Pregnancy Bill must be amended to deliver for women – Senator Paul Gavan
Source: Sinn Féin 10 December, 2018 – by Paul Gavan Speaking this evening Sinn Féin Senator Paul Gavan said that this week the Seanad is faced with the last opportunity to improve the Termination of Pregnancy Bill before it becomes law, in order to ensure it delivers for women, that it works for women, and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Security: UPDATE: Man jailed for killing ex-wife
Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police A man who subjected his ex-wife to a campaign of harassment before callously murdering her has been jailed. Martin Cavanagh, 35 (09.04.83), of Chatterton Road, Bromley, was sentenced on Monday, 10 December to 16 years’ imprisonment for the murder of 31-year-old Sophie Cavanagh, the mother of his two children. […]
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