play_arrow
DukeBox Radio The Voice Of The Wellington Academy
play_arrow
Episode 1: ‘What is the global assembly?’
Campaigners are staging a blockade at a defence company’s shipyard in Glasgow in protest over its ties to Israel as they call for a ceasefire. The blockade at the entrances to the BAE Systems site in Govan in Glasgow has been organised by a local group in co-ordination with Workers for a Free Palestine. They are urging BAE to end their ties with Israel and cease all weapons, defence and […]
A woman has died and two people, one a teenager, have been left injured following a shooting in east London, the Metropolitan Police said. Three people were found with gunshot wounds after police were called at around 6.30pm on Tuesday to reports of a shooting in Vine Close, Hackney. A 42-year-old woman died at the scene and two others – a 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy – were taken to hospital […]
Boris Johnson will face the first of two days of questioning over his handling of the pandemic when he appears before the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. It comes after the former prime minister denied deleting WhatsApp messages after it emerged he had not been able to provide the inquiry with any communications from February to June 2020. The highly anticipated appearance by Mr Johnson is expected to see him admit that […]
Rishi Sunak is under pressure from all wings of his party as Tory MPs await the promised Rwanda legislation set to accompany the newly signed treaty with Kigali. Designed to designate Rwanda a safe destination and address the concerns that saw the Supreme Court deem the Government’s flagship asylum policy unlawful, the Bill could be published in a matter of days. But its likely contents have already divided Tory MPs, with fears […]
Home Secretary James Cleverly has arrived in Rwanda to sign a new treaty to help revive the Government’s stalled asylum deal. Mr Cleverly travelled to Kigali as Rishi Sunak bids to make the plan to send migrants to the African nation legally watertight after the Supreme Court’s ruling against the policy. Domestic legislation, which will be rushed through Parliament to assert Rwanda is a safe destination for asylum seekers who […]
The Environment Agency has issued more than 60 flood warnings across England as heavy rain replaced snow as the nation’s major weather concern. At 6am on Tuesday, 69 flood warnings – where flooding is expected – were in place, mainly in Dorset, Somerset and across the Midlands. There were a further 182 flood alerts, where flooding is considered possible. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain for the north […]
A British teenager has been killed in Gaza while fighting for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the Israeli army said. Binyamin Needham, 19, died on Sunday and was promoted to the rank of sergeant after his death, the IDF said. According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Mr Needham was born in England and moved to Israel when he was eight years old, with his parents and five siblings. The outlet quoted his sister, Orly, […]
They've been delighting visitors to Edinburgh Zoo for the last 12 years The UK’s only giant pandas will depart for China on Monday after spending 12 years in Scotland. Yang Guang and Tian Tian came to Edinburgh Zoo in 2011 as part of a 10-year agreement between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, which was later extended by two years. Visitors were given a final […]
The fund will help 54 local authorities provide care for vulnerable people outside of hospital, but critics say it is a “sticking plaster” Councils across England will receive a £40 million cash boost to provide social care and free up hospital beds this winter, the Government has announced. The fund will help 54 local authorities provide care for vulnerable people outside of hospital, but critics say it is a “sticking […]
