EU blasted as a ‘total disgrace’ after blocking shipment of AstraZeneca jabs to Australia

The European Union has been accused of ‘bullying’ and blasted as a ‘total disgrace’ after blocking a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines to Australia. Authorities in Italy have drawn on controversial export laws for the first time, refusing to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported. Officials in Rome had … Read more

EU BLOCKS shipment of 250k doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy to Australia

The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more

EU BLOCKS shipment of 250k doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy to Australia

The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more

Newcastle coal: Last ever shipment leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes

The end of an era: Last ever shipment of coal from Newcastle leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes The ship Longwave loaded its final 12,000-ton cargo from Tyneside yesterday By 1913 the Great North Coal Field produced 55million tons of the fuel a year  The huge scale of the industry led … Read more

Newcastle coal: Last ever shipment leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes

The end of an era: Last ever shipment of coal from Newcastle leaves the Tyne as centuries of North East history closes The ship Longwave loaded its final 12,000-ton cargo from Tyneside yesterday By 1913 the Great North Coal Field produced 55million tons of the fuel a year  The huge scale of the industry led … Read more

Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas

Forbidden fruit! Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas at Southampton port Border officers find drugs inside a shipment of bananas during an inspection  The cocaine haul was suspected to have been placed in the cargo in Colombia  Home Secretary says that the find was drugs … Read more

Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas

Forbidden fruit! Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas at Southampton port Border officers find drugs inside a shipment of bananas during an inspection  The cocaine haul was suspected to have been placed in the cargo in Colombia  Home Secretary says that the find was drugs … Read more

Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings

Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings that drug trafficker tried to smuggle into Turkey Turkey customs officers discovered 2.65 kilos of cocaine hidden in caricature paintings of late soccer legend Diego Maradona  Authorities placed in custody a 72-year-old German man who was arriving on a flight from Colombia on Wednesday … Read more

Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings

Cocaine shipment worth $227,000 found hidden within 12 Diego Maradona paintings that drug trafficker tried to smuggle into Turkey Turkey customs officers discovered 2.65 kilos of cocaine hidden in caricature paintings of late soccer legend Diego Maradona  Authorities placed in custody a 72-year-old German man who was arriving on a flight from Colombia on Wednesday … Read more