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The international wildlife trade is causing more than a 60 per cent fall in species abundance, a new study reveals. An international team of researchers, including experts from the University of Sheffield, performed a ‘meta-analysis’ of the wildlife trade from 31 studies. They found a 62 per cent fall in species abundance overall, as well as … Read more
Tekashi 6ix9ine and Meek Mill trade fiery insults in Atlanta … as things nearly get physical By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 01:11 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 01:14 GMT, 15 February 2021 Meek Mill and Tekashi 6ix9ine had a run-in outside of an Atlanta nightclub early Sunday, with security squads for both rappers getting in … Read more
There’s a bitter north-easterly wind whipping the waves as Chris Ranger moors his ageing sailboat and steps off with a small net of oysters. ‘This time last year, I’d be selling 1,500 of these for Valentine’s Day,’ he says. ‘But Covid has closed the UK market and Brexit has ended EU exports. I’m down to a … Read more
Boris Johnson refuses to rule out trade war with EU as row over ban on British shellfish grows European Commission criticised for barring the sales of British caught shellfish The shellfish can only be transported to Europe if treated at a purification plant Environment Secretary George Eustice yesterday denounced the shellfish ban By John Stevens … Read more
Lorry carrying frozen carrots and mixed herbs waits for EIGHT DAYS to board a ferry to Northern Ireland ‘because of missing paperwork’ Peter Summerton, of McCulla Refrigerated Transport, said: ‘It’s absolutely criminal what has been allowed to happen’ A lorry carrying frozen carrots and mixed herbs has been waiting for clearance to board a ferry … Read more
Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been listed as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping audit of pre-existing work linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which is … Read more
Trade bodies are in talks with the US, Japan and other parts of Asia to improve access to their markets after Brexit.
Boost for Brexit Britain as Liz Truss says US trade deal is ‘in the pipeline’ as she announces the UK is applying to join a £9trillion pan-Pacific free trade area next year The Trade Secretary said that a deal with Washington is ‘in the pipeline’ Britain wants to join CPTPP tariff-free trade group of Pacific … Read more
Downing Street is studying a damning report that blames Britain’s former ambassador to Washington for Boris Johnson’s failure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Joe Biden’s government. Lord Darroch, who quit his post after a series of explosive memos were published which found that he had called President Donald Trump ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’, is … Read more
Tensions between the EU and UK over vaccines escalated again today as MEPs threatened ‘trade war’ and the bloc demanded AstraZeneca drops its ‘first come first served’ principle to divert Britain’s supplies. European politicians warned the ‘consequences’ of refusing to divert stocks of the UK-made jabs to the bloc would be a ban on exports … Read more