10/02/19

[Maik]

Sack Grayling over the Brexit ferry fiasco, demand MPs
Cross-party calls for transport secretary’s dismissal follow collapse of £13.8m contract to Seaborne Freight

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/09/sack-chris-grayling-ferry-fiasco-seaborne-freight-transport-secretary

[Maik]

Duke of Edinburgh voluntarily surrenders driving licence as police pass on crash file to CPS

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/09/duke-edinburgh-voluntarily-surrenders-driving-licence-buckingham/

[Maik]

Scientists urge government to relax earthquake rules to allow more fracking
Call comes after government signals it will not change existing regulations, amid growing public opposition

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fracking-earthquakes-scientists-limits-cuadrilla-shale-gas-fossil-fuels-climate-change-a8771641.html

[Maik]

Will your passport be valid for travel to the EU after Brexit?

The Passport Office is texting British holidaymakers to warn them about new rules that could prohibit them from travelling to the EU post Brexit.

Currently, British citizens visiting the EU only need a valid passport for the duration of their stay. However, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Britons will be required to have at least six months left on their passports in order to be let into most countries.

The Home Office is also warning holidaymakers of another rule change, which could catch out seemingly-organised travellers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/will-your-passport-be-valid-for-travel-to-the-eu-after-brexit/

[expat]

Also, do not forget, babies will be born without heads after brexit, and it will rain when you are on holiday

[Maik]

100,000 German jobs at risk from no-deal Brexit

Export giant Germany sold 770,000 vehicles to the UK in 2017 and 15,000 jobs in its automobile sector are reliant on this huge level of trade.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/02/10/100000-german-jobs-risk-no-deal-brexit/

[Maik]

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'
Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review

* Why are insects in decline, and can we do anything about it?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature

[expat]

The sooner Wasps are eradicated the better! their sole purpose in life is to fly into my glass of Alfa and then to sting me, what have i ever done to them? on the rare occasion that we dined at rip off Fiscardo, the Wasps attacked, so we put a little carton of honey on the next table, Mr grumpy the waiter, was not impressed as he tried to clear up!