Thousands of junior doctors are on strike this week, complaining of low pay and poor working conditions in Britain’s National Health Service.Many of the medics on picket lines are also thinking of walking out of their careers entirely — and the world of finance and business offers an unexpected but increasingly attractive option.Jae-Young Park spent […]
LONDON: Britain is set to announce a ban on TikTok on government phones on Thursday, PA Media reported, a move that would follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns.TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance […]
LONDON: British minister Oliver Dowden said on Thursday the government would ban the use of TikTok on government devices, saying there was a risk about how sensitive data could be used on certain platforms. “We’re moving to a system where government devices will only be able to access third party apps that are on a […]
LONDON: First he broke lockdown law. Then he was fined for not wearing a car seatbelt. Now Britain’s prime minister is again in trouble with the police — because of his dog.Rishi Sunak and his family were filmed walking Nova the labrador in central London’s Hyde Park, where signs clearly state that all dogs must […]
LONDON: An Indian-origin woman, who prosecutors said shoplifted on an industrial scale and deceived shops into refunding her for items that she had never actually purchased, has been convicted by a UK court of multiple counts of fraud and related offences. Narinder Kaur aka Nina Tiara was convicted of 26 counts on a UK Crown […]
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in trouble with the police, again. The UK PM’s latest brush with the law is because of his dog. Earlier, he had broken lockdown law and then was for fined not wearing a car seatbelt.In the latest incident, Rishi Sunak and his family were approached by a police […]
LONDON: King Charles has reportedly refused to pay for the services of an Indian guru hired by Prince Andrew.According to British tabloid “The Sun”, Andrew handed the £32,000 (Rs 32 lakh) annual invoice to the privy purse to pay for the services of the Indian healer, expecting it to be signed off without issue. Instead […]
LONDON: The BBC called a truce Monday in its showdown with sports commentator Gary Lineker, reversing its suspension of the former soccer great for a tweet that criticized the UK government’s contentious new migration policy.The about-face came a weekend of chaos and crisis for the publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced a huge backlash after […]
LONDON: Britain’s BBC faced a mounting crisis as a row over football presenter Gary Lineker‘s criticism of government migration policy forced a presenter mutiny, drew a comment from the Prime Minister and left the broadcaster’s boss defending his position.The BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage on Saturday as presenters refused to […]
LONDON: Britain’s BBC said sports presenter Gary Lineker would return on air after the corporation agreed to review its social media guidelines to settle an escalating row over its impartiality.The BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage over the weekend after presenters, commentators and pundits refused to work in a show of […]
