930: World’s oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing or Althingi), established 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind 1960: 1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S. 1972: Hurricane Agnes becomes America’s costliest natural disaster, affecting 15 states, with 119 deaths and $3 billion in […]
Jose Mourinho says Jack Grealish should start against the Czech Republic because England “look like a shy team”.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is on her first deployment and it is also the first time a UK aircraft carrier is supporting live military operations in more than two decades.
Brits who have had two jabs of a coronavirus vaccine may yet be able to travel without quarantining on return from August as the government reviews its travel policies.
The Government borrowed £24.3bn in May, the second-biggest ever deficit for that month according to the Office for National Statistics.
British holidaymakers who have had both Covid jabs could reportedly enjoy more quarantine-free travel from August.
The use of terms including “white privilege” may have contributed to the “neglect” of white working-class pupils in the education system, a Commons committee has found.
ATHENS – The leading golf tournament for the shipping community, the Greek Maritime Golf Event, is expected to gather the Greek and global shipping industry for the 7th year, September 3-5, 2021, at Costa Navarino, Messinia.
Cyprus’ Ministry of Health has published changes which come into effect on Thursday 24th June as regards the categorisation of countries based on new epidemiological risk assessment.
If the European Union doesn’t want an explosion in the amount of wood being harvested for ‘renewable heat’, it’s essential that the bugs in the Renewable Energy Directive are fixed, write Samuel Thomas, Dominic Scott and Dr Jan Rosenow.
