UK PM Starmer: We have police in place to deal with anti-Muslim riots
Liverpool, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sufficient police would be on the streets to handle anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots in the coming days as he sought to reassure communities braced for more violent protests on Wednesday. Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted following the murder of three girls […]
UK’s Starmer vows speedy punishment to quell violent disorder
London, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would swiftly face the “full force of the law” as he sought to quell days of anti-immigration rioting. The fatal stabbing of three young girls in the north-west English town of Southport last week has been seized on by […]
Global conservation mission sets sail from UK in Darwin’s wake
London, UK Reuters Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin’s voyage around the world, environmentalists plan to follow in his footsteps by undertaking a two-year journey across four continents to study endemic wildlife and boost conservation. The group will set sail on board a 105-year-old schooner on Tuesday from the southern English port of Plymouth, from […]
English shooter killed five, including very young girl, in nation’s worst mass shooting in more than a decade
Plymouth, UK Reuters A man shot dead five people, including a three-year-old girl, in violence that police in the southern English city of Plymouth believe began with a domestic dispute and the killing of his mother. Mass shootings are rare in the United Kingdom, where gun ownership is relatively low, and Thursday’s six-minute rampage was […]
Essay: The complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light 400 years after they landed in Plymouth
In an article first published on The Conversation, US academic PETER C MANCALL looks at why the Pilgrim’s voyage to Plymouth has such a prominent place in the story of America…