by Staff Writer | Dec 22, 2021 | Briefing
FOUR IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS who were jailed for helping to steer small boats across the channel have won their appeal against their convictions. On 21 December, the Court of Appeal recognised that the Crown Court in Kent where the men were convicted and sentenced had...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 21, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW GUIDE supports advertising industry practitioners who want to actively challenge gender stereotypes throughout the creative process. The Smashing Stereotypes in Advertising Guide has been published by LIONS and The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading charity...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 21, 2021 | Briefing
THE MYNAMAR MILITARY REGIME began a five-day international jade and pearl emporium in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday 17 December, in its latest attempt to procure foreign currency by looting the country’s natural resources. Sources indicate the military stands to earn from...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 20, 2021 | Briefing
CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS are concerned that delays due to the strategy of UK governments on so-called ‘bycatch’ will result in more of our globally important seabird populations being needlessly killed. At the start of 2021, the UK government declared this to be a...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 20, 2021 | Briefing
NADHIM ZAHAWI, the UK Secretary of State for Education, has emailed headteachers in England, saying that his government will will try to encourage retired teachers to consider returning to schools to help with Covid-19 staff shortages and keep schools open....
by Agency Reporter | Dec 19, 2021 | Briefing
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND is setting up a new group to support local churches resettling refugees through the Home Office Community Sponsorship scheme. Domenica Pecoraro and Canon Gareth Jones have been appointed as the Church’s first National Representatives for...
