6 August 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS CALAIS: Blame is the game as migrants continue to besiege the Calais terminal of Eurotunnel, with: Mr Cameron being criticised by Nigel Farage and others for referring to the migrants as a swarm; Eurotunnel criticising the French authorities for providing an insufficient number of police; Keith Vaz… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 UK News
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Issue 14: 2013 08 06 Financial week in brief
6 August 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY SOVEREIGN DEFAULT: The Greek government may have bought some time to sort its finances out, but the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whose troubled finances were discussed here a few weeks ago, has failed to do so, and has gone into default. A US$58m loan repayment… Continue reading Issue 14: 2013 08 06 Financial week in brief
Issue 14: Spotlight moves to Charities
6 August 2015 Spotlight moves to Charities by John Watson Most of our institutions have come under the spotlight in the scandals of recent years. The status of MPs has been damaged by the expenses scandal. The press has been damaged by investigations into hacking. Government and the entertainment industry will be prime fishing grounds… Continue reading Issue 14: Spotlight moves to Charities
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Across the Rhine
6 August 2015 Across the Rhine By Chin Chin Turn your car west in the fastnesses of the Black forest, cross the Rhine just north of Basel and drive through Alsace into the lush countryside of Burgundy. Physically it is only a drive of a couple of hundred miles but culturally the two ends of… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Across the Rhine
Issue 14: Crossword – Holiday time
6 August 2015 Crossword by Boffles Holiday time To see a printable version of this crossword Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Cooped up in Calais
6 August 2015 Cooped up in Calais By John Watson The attempts by migrants to force the passage of the channel at Calais is just one aspect of a huge international problem. From a British perspective, Calais is the frontier but for the signatories to the Schengen agreement and especially the countries of southern Europe… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 Cooped up in Calais
Issue 14: Crossword – Holiday time – printable
6 August 2015 Crossword by Boffles Holiday time Across 7 Capital of the Costa del Sol (6) 8 Chateaux link (5) 9 A must for those with a leaning towards Italy (4) 10 Nile cruise is such a holiday (8) 11 No little town blues there (3,4) 13 A destination… Continue reading Issue 14: Crossword – Holiday time – printable
Issue 13: Crossword – Cheers – solution
30 July 2015 Crossword by Boffles Cheers – solution Share this using… Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Whatsapp
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Contents
30 July 2015: Issue 13 Week in Brief UK International Financial Comment This could never happen by Neil Tidmarsh Especially not in Turkey. Labour in vain by J.R.Thomas Which hat will be left in the centre of the ring when the music stops? The view from the M20 by Neil Tidmarsh Your lorry is going nowhere – just like… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Contents
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS EGYPT: Nineteen people were drowned when a cargo boat collided with a Nile river boat. A second Suez canal, 72km (45 miles) long, has been built in twelve months. The depth of the original canal has been increased to 20m (66ft) to allow bigger ships. With two canals,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 International News
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY SMART COP: Great Scotland Yard, historical home of the Metropolitan Police, though government offices for many years, has been sold by Galliard, a development firm, to Lulu Group International, the international business vehicle of Indian tycoon Yusuffali Kader. Galliard are converting the building to a… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 This Could Never Happen
30 July 2015 This could never happen by Neil Tidmarsh Imagine a powerful armed force has invaded Ireland (let’s call them ICIC – a European movement akin to the KKK). They’ve swept Eire’s military aside and are heading north, towards the UK. All that’s holding them back are irregular bands of a hastily re-formed IRA,… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 This Could Never Happen
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 The view from the M20
30 July 2015 The view from the M20 by Neil Tidmarsh A motorway which has been turned into a car-park is a very strange sight indeed. The stillness and the silence are truly surreal. Movement – fast movement – and noise – loud noise – are two of the things which define a motorway (even… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 The view from the M20
