25 May 2017 Week in Brief: UK Terrorism EXPLOSION IN MANCHESTER: 22 people were killed and 59 others injured in a terrorist attack on a pop concert at the Manchester Arena. The blast occurred just after a performance by the American singer Ariana Grande and many of the victims were teenage fans. It is understood… Continue reading Issue 106: 2017 05 25: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue59: 2016 06 23:Week in Brief Financial
23 June 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY GO EAST, YOUNG PERSON: About a decade ago it was almost impossible to get a Business Class Flight to India. Many western businesses saw liberalisation by the then Indian government as an opportunity to get into one of the world’s fastest expanding economies. The tax… Continue reading Issue59: 2016 06 23:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHILD ABUSE: Cabinet Office papers have been discovered which show that the Head of MI5 wrote to the Cabinet Secretary in 1986 about an MP said to have ‘a penchant for small boys’. MI5’s concern was the security and political risks involved. The documents contain references to… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
Issue3: 2015 05 21:Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester?
21 May 2015 Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester? by John Watson Readers familiar with Conan Doyle’s Brigadier Gerard stories (and if you haven’t read them you should – they are every bit as good as Sherlock Holmes), will remember the one about his escape from Dartmoor. In his flight across… Continue reading Issue3: 2015 05 21:Not quite gentlemen: will the Guardian go back to Manchester?
