Ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina is set to remain in Delhi for a few days after her travel plans hit a snag. The Awami League leader had planned to head for London (via India) after fleeing her country on Monday. The ousted lawmaker is now contemplating other options after the British government indicated she may...
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’Visitors from India are advised to…’: Indian Embassy alerts citizens in UK to stay vigilant. Here is why | Today News
The Indian Embassy in London, on Tuesday, advised visitors from India to stay vigilant and exercise due caution while travelling in the UK. Rioting and lawlessness have recently swept Great Britain due to misinformation on social media. The misinformation stirred anger over a stabbing rampage that killed three young girls and wounded many others. “It...
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Eurozone on the brink as Brexit Britain smashes Germany and France in key metric
The UK economy has been outstripping both France and Germany as Brexit Britain experiences a demands boom in the service sector, new data has shown. Following the Labour Party‘s win in the general election last month, British companies have reported a surge in new clients and contracts – the fastest page recorded since May 2023....
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Great Britain take silver as Netherlands win team sprint in world record time
Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe, and Hamish Turnbull won Olympic men’s team sprint silver for Great Britain as pre-race favourites the Netherlands broke the world record twice on their way to gold. In a repeat of the result from the Tokyo Games, the Dutch trio of Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Roy van den Berg retained...
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“No Provision For…”: What UK Said On Sheikh Hasina Asylum Reports
Bangladesh Violence: Sheikh Hasina quit as Prime Minister on Monday (File). New Delhi: British immigration rules do not allow individuals to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told NDTV Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi, will fly to London to...
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Dominant Britain smash world record on way to Olympic team sprint gold
Britain’s Emma Finucane helped her team win the women’s team sprint gold medal (Thomas SAMSON) Emma Finucane spearheaded Britain to the first track cycling gold of the Paris Olympics in the women’s team sprint on Monday, with the world record shattered five times in the session. The trio of Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant...
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Keely Hodgkinson wins Britain’s first athletics gold at Paris Olympics with victory in 800m
Keely Hodgkinson, one of Team GB’s hot favourites for gold, has become Olympic champion in the women’s 800m final. The 22-year-old went into the games with a world-leading time for this year – and fulfilled that promise to take Britain’s first athletics Olympic gold for eight years. She finished in 1:56.72, ahead of Ethiopia’s Tsige...
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Team GB women’s sprint trio strike gold and smash world record in Paris
The world champion Emma Finucane led Great Britain’s track sprinters to a flying start in the Olympic velodrome with an irresistible success in the women’s team sprint. In a thrilling final against New Zealand, the British trio of Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell, came from behind to win gold and break the world record...
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Great Britain get the gold! Team GB’s Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane SMASH the world record for a THIRD time in just one day to beat New Zealand in spectacular sprint final
Great Britain won the first gold medal on offer in the Olympic track cycling Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane won by five tenths They set a new world record for the third time on an astonishing evening By Press Association Published: 19:06 BST, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 19:34 BST, 5 August 2024...
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UK riots plunge country into worst unrest in years, prime minister vows to apply ‘full force of law’
Days of rioting across the United Kingdom over the stabbing deaths of three young girls last week has plunged the country into the worst unrest it has seen in years. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said that a “standing army” of specialist police would be set up to deal with rioting and that the...
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Drama-filled mixed relay triathlon sees Team GB silver medal downgraded to bronze
The Olympic mixed relay triathlon in Paris today (5 August) was filled with nail-biting thrills. After an exceptionally close race, Team GB was originally awarded a silver medal, following a dramatic toe-to-toe photo finish with Team USA. However, they were told just before the medal ceremony that they had actually come third. Germany secured gold,...
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Why Britain ended up with far-right riots on its streets | Letters
Re the far-right riots, I was at an anti-fascist counter-demonstration in Bristol on Saturday and saw the full wretched horror of these far-right, neo-Nazi scum in person (Report, 4 August). The instant that they arrived, they attacked people. Immediately. There was no slow build-up of tension, no attempt to make a political point, just wanton...