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UKRAINIAN BAKER’S FUNDRAISING SALE RAISES £25,000

A fundraising sale organised by a Ukrainian baker to help those caught up in the conflict in his homeland has raised at least £25,000. Hundreds of people queued around the block to buy cakes, buns and other baked treats from the Deanston Bakery in the Shawlands area of Glasgow on Sunday. Yuriy Kachak organised the fundraising initiative as he felt “helpless” when news of the Russian invasion unfolded and decided […]

today7 March 2022 388 1

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POLAND ‘HAS NOT AND WILL NOT SEND FIGHTER JETS TO UKRAINE’

Poland has not and will not send its fighter jets to Ukraine to support the embattled country’s defence against Russia, Polish government officials said on Monday. Marcin Przydacz, a deputy foreign minister, said in an interview on Radio Zet: “We will not open our airports and Polish planes will not fight over Ukraine … Polish planes will not fight over Ukraine.” But, separately, the government’s spokesman Piotr Mueller indicated a […]

today7 March 2022 381 1

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WE MUST PREPARE FOR DARKER DAYS AHEAD IN RUSSIAN AGGRESSION, PM WARNS ALLIES

The West has “failed to learn the lessons of Russian behaviour” that have led to the invasion of Ukraine, the Prime Minister said as he warned world leaders: “We need to prepare now for even darker days ahead.” In a nearly 1,300-word essay in the New York Times published on Sunday, Boris Johnson appealed to his counterparts to do more to resist the normalisation of the Russian offensive. “Have we […]

today6 March 2022 400 1

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BRITISH NATIONALS TOLD TO LEAVE RUSSIA UNLESS IT IS ‘ESSENTIAL’ TO STAY

British nationals who are still in Russia have been told they should leave if it is not essential they stay in the country. The Foreign Office updated its advice on Saturday to say Britons should use the remaining commercial routes to flee the nation. A post on the Foreign Office website said: “If your presence in Russia is not essential, we strongly advise that you consider leaving by remaining commercial […]

today5 March 2022 382 1

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RNLI AND BORDER FORCE BRING 99 PEOPLE TO SAFETY AS THEY CROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL

Nearly 100 people were intercepted crossing the English Channel in the past 24 hours, the Home Office has confirmed. The groups of people on three boats were brought ashore by the RNLI and Border Force at Dover. The total of 99 people arriving on Friday are the latest of more than 1,500 people to have made the crossing this year. Many were wrapped in blankets and gave a thumbs-up and […]

today5 March 2022 379 1

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SCOTLAND RECORDS ALMOST 10,000 COVID-19 INFECTIONS AS 36 DIE WITH VIRUS

Thirty-six Scots have died with coronavirus in the past 24 hours, figures have revealed, as another 9,491 cases were reported. There were 1,272 people in hospital on Wednesday with a recently confirmed case of Covid-19, Scottish Government statistics showed, with 16 in intensive care. Ten of these had been in intensive care for longer than 28 days. The latest figures showed 36 people had died within the past day with […]

today3 March 2022 385 1

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PUTIN HAS ‘NO LIMIT’ IN THE VIOLENCE HE WILL USE, DEFENCE SECRETARY WARNS

Vladimir Putin knows “no limit” and will use indiscriminate carpet bombing against Ukrainian cities as his forces close in on the capital Kyiv, the UK’s Defence Secretary warned. Ben Wallace said the leadership of the Russian military was “ruthless” and was prepared to lay siege to Ukraine’s population centres. Russian troops have entered Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv following days of intensive bombardment, but Mr Wallace said Mr Putin’s forces did […]

today2 March 2022 379 1

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SAINSBURY’S PLAN TO CLOSE 200 IN-STORE CAFES

The café closures could result in up to 2000 job losses across the 200 stores The supermarket said it will also be consulting staff about plans to close less popular hot food counters in 34 stores and changes to how it runs bakeries in 54 branches. It is understood this will affect a small number of employees and is included within the wider 2,000 figure. It is the latest in […]

today1 March 2022 383 1

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‘UNACCEPTABLE’ TRUSS STATEMENTS SPARKED PUTIN’S NUCLEAR ALERT, KREMLIN CLAIMS

Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert after “absolutely unacceptable” remarks by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the Kremlin has claimed. The Russian president said he had placed Moscow’s nuclear forces on a “special regime of combat duty” in response to “aggressive statements” from members of the Nato defence alliance. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov went further on Monday to blame the escalation during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on Ms […]

today28 February 2022 381 1

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