Councillors vote unanimously to reject bid to relocate 116-year-old statue of General Redvers Buller

Black Lives Matter activists are calling for the removal of 60-plus statues of slave owners and racists across Britain. Top of their target list is the statue of Cecil Rhodes and petitions also exist to remove the statue of slave-trading West India Docks founder Robert Milligan, and the statue of former Home Secretary Henry Dundas … Read more

EU ambassadors unanimously approve Brexit trade deal

EU ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the UK.  The move, announced by a spokesman for the German EU Council presidency, represents a significant step forward as Britain and Brussels prepare for an orderly divorce on December 31.  The ambassadors have given the deal, which covers £660billion … Read more

EU ambassadors unanimously approve Brexit trade deal

EU ambassadors have unanimously approved the provisional application of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the UK.  The move, announced by a spokesman for the German EU Council presidency, represents a significant step forward as Britain and Brussels prepare for an orderly divorce on December 31.  The ambassadors have given the deal, which covers £660billion … Read more

Minneapolis City Council unanimously votes to replace the police department

The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to replace the city’s police department with a community-led public safety system.    The move comes days after a veto-proof majority of the council voted to disband the police department after the country erupted in protest over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died … Read more