BRITAIN

Priti Patel unveils campaign to counter UK's Windrush immigration scandal

Terror threat from ‘lone actors’ growing, Priti Patel tells UK Parliament

11:25 pm June 22, 2020

London: The threat from “lone actors” is growing, British Home Secretary Priti Patel warned on Monday as she visited the scene of the terror attack in the southern English city of Reading where three people were killed in a knife attack. Addressing the MPs in the House of Commons, the senior Indian-origin minister praised the bravery of unarmed police officers who tackled […]

Prince Charles visits 99-year-old Prince Philip in hospital

Prince says UK owes Caribbean community ‘debt of gratitude’

11:08 pm June 22, 2020

London: Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tribute to Britain’s Caribbean community Monday on Windrush Day, the 72nd anniversary of the arrival of a ship bringing hundreds of West Indian migrants to the UK. Johnson said those immigrants and their descendants had made a “fantastic contribution to Britain,” and the heir to the throne said the country owed them a “debt […]

Rishi Sunak appoints Indian-origin CEO to UK’s financial regulator

8:11 pm June 22, 2020

London: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Monday appointed Indian-origin chief of the London Stock Exchange Nikhil Rathi as the new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. Describing Rathi as an “outstanding candidate”, Sunak said he had been chosen after a thorough worldwide search for the important role at the conduct regulator for the UK’s financial […]

UK park stabbings that killed 3 declared terrorist attack

6:51 pm June 21, 2020

London: UK counter-terrorism officers on Sunday declared a stabbing rampage by a Libyan-origin man in a park in the English town of Reading that left three people dead as a terrorist attack. The local Thames Valley Police had initially launched a murder inquiry and said it was keeping an open mind on the motive behind the knife […]

Police say 3 children dead in apartment fire in Scotland

12:35 am June 21, 2020

London: Three children, aged 5, 8 and 12 have died in a residential fire in Scotland, police said Saturday. Police Scotland said the blaze broke out Friday evening in an apartment in Paisley, 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Glasgow. The force said Fiona Gibson, 12; Alexander James Gibson, 8; and 5-year-old Philip Gibson were taken to the Queen […]