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Barclays says it doesn't invest in defence firms supplying Israel
  + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A Palestinian flag is held by a cash machine during Dorset Palestine Solidarity Campaign's protest outside the branch of Barclays Bank, April 20, 2024 in Dorchester, United Kingdom. Barclays does not invest in companies that supply weapons used by Israel in Gaza, the British bank said on Wednesday, after one of its branches in London's financial district was targeted by pro-Palestinian activists. The bank has also faced criticism for providing financial services to defence firms that produce equipment used by the Israeli Defence Force. "We have been asked why we invest in nine defence companies supplying Israel, but this mistakes what we do," the lender said on its website. We are not making investments for Barclays and Barclays is not a 'shareholder' or 'investor' in that sense in relation to these companies," it said.
Organizations: Dorset Palestine Solidarity, Barclays Bank, Barclays, Israeli Defence Force, NATO, New York City, Columbia University campus, University of California, UCLA Locations: Dorset, Dorchester , United Kingdom, Israel, Gaza, Moorgate, London, U.S, New York, Los Angeles
A UK couple found a trove of 17th-century coins during a home renovation. The collection includes Elizabeth I silver shillings and Charles I gold coins. Robert and Betty Fooks were renovating their farmhouse in southern England when they found a valuable collection of 17th-century coins concealed beneath their kitchen. The collection, which includes Elizabeth I silver shillings, Charles I gold unite coins, James I silver sixpence coins, and more, has an estimated value of £35,000, or $43,600. A hoard of 264 coins English gold coins from 1610-1727 was unearthed by an unnamed couple digging up their kitchen floor.
Persons: Elizabeth, Charles I, , Robert, Betty Fooks, they've, Dukes Auctioneers, James, Duke's Auctioneers, Judith, Holofernes, Caravaggio, Charles Platiau Organizations: Service, Guardian, British Museum, REUTERS Locations: England, West Dorset, people's, underfloors, Paris, France, Toulouse, Baltic, Italian, Italy
The image, taken by Ryan Stalker, was chosen as the grand prize winner for the 2024 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA). Seventeen-year-old Max Wood won the title of young British wildlife photographer of the year with this image of a coot running across a lake at sunrise. Max Wood/British Wildlife Photography AwardsRaising environmental awareness is a key motivation for the prize. The young British photographer category, supported by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), encourages young people to engage with nature early. “We hope these images showcase to those around the UK and the world what we still have to hold onto and inspire people — particularly youngsters — to fight to protect our British nature.”
Persons: Ryan Stalker, , Will Nicholls, Max Wood, Jamie Smart, ” Nicholls, Organizations: CNN, CNN —, Wildlife, Royal Society for Locations: Britain, Dorset, , British, Surrey
Read previewA tank museum in England is helping Ukrainians in the fight against Russia. Home to over 300 tanks from 26 countries, The Tank Museum in Bovington possesses an archive of manuals, diagrams, and documents on repairing Soviet-era tanks and armor damaged while battling for Ukraine. Using these archives and its track specimens, The Tank Museum has been working with County Durham-based Cook Defense Systems to produce replacement tracks and drive sprockets.. The Tank Museum is a surprise hit on social mediaNor is this the first time that the museum has used its expertise to help out modern-day armies. AdvertisementThe Tank Museum is close to the British Army's Bovington Garrison where it trains all soldiers destined for regiments equipped with armoured vehicles.
Persons: , David Willey, Finnbarr Webster, Rishi Sunak, Volodymyr Zelensky, Andrew Matthews, Garrison, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Russia, The Tank, Tank, Cook Defense Systems, Business, Cook Defence, UK's Ministry of Defence, Cook Defense, Museum, British Army, The, British Royal Air, Tank Museum, RAF Tornado, British, Challenger Locations: England, Bovington, Ukraine, County Durham, Germany, Libya, Lulworth , Dorset, Ukrainian
CNN —Prince William certainly wants everyone to know he’s back on the frontline of royal duties, after taking some time away to support his wife, Catherine, following her January operation for an unspecified abdominal condition. William has followed the region closely since his landmark trip to Israel and the West Bank in 2018, the first by any member of the British royal family, a royal source told CNN. Prince William speaks to Pascal Hundt of the ICRC on February 20, 2024. Prince William during a visit to Bournemouth AFC's Vitality Stadium in Dorset, England on September 7, 2023. The British royal family has long taken a stance of political neutrality and does not generally comment on sensitive issues.
Persons: Prince William, Catherine, He’s, ” William, , Cross, William, Pascal Hundt, Kin Cheung, Ben Murphy, Prince, Wales, , ” Murphy, William’s “, Andrew Matthews, he’s, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, International Committee, West Bank, ICRC, UK’s, Media, Royal Foundation, Bournemouth, Royal, Foreign Office Locations: Israel, Gaza, London, England, Cornwall, Nansledan, Newquay, Dorset, Ukraine
Read previewThe seven-foot-long skull of a fearsome 150-million-year-old sea monster has gone on display in Dorset in the UK, as scientists race to find the rest of its body. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The skull of the 39-foot-long pliosaur, a Jurassic predator described as an "underwater T. Rex," comes complete with 130 razor-sharp teeth. The pliosaur skull discovered in Dorset, UK. "I stake my life the rest of the animal is there," palaeontologist Steve Etches who found the skull, told BBC News .
Persons: , Steve Etches, Sir David Attenborough, It's, Rex, Pliosaurs, Etches, we've Organizations: Service, Business, BBC, Guardian, BBC News, New, PBS Locations: Dorset, Kimmeridge Bay, UK, , Dorset
Nine-year-old sets parkrun age world record
  + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Louis Robinett set a 5km parkrun world record for his age in Dorset, England on Saturday, finishing in 17 minutes, 40 seconds to better the previous mark set in California six years ago by 13 seconds. "I'm on top of the world right now, It's a huge deal to break a world record," Robinett told the BBC. "I couldn't have done it without the support of my family and the team at Poole Runners." Poole Runners said Robinett's record had raised the bar for youth athletes. "This isn't just a win for Louis, it's a new benchmark for youth sports, inspiring children all over the world to aim higher," the club said in a statement.
Persons: Louis Robinett, Dion Garner, Robinett, Poole, it's, Simon Jennings, Mitch Phillips Organizations: Poole Runners, BBC, Poole, Louis, Thomson Locations: Dorset, England, California, London, Bengaluru
A video of people roasting a pig in Dublin, Ireland, has been falsely captioned as showing migrants cooking a dog. “African migrants in Dublin roast a dog on a spit in public,” said the accompanying caption on X. The video shows people around the animal as it is roasted in a grassy area outside a residential building. Reuters spoke to the individual in the first photograph who said the animal being cooked was a pig, not a dog. The video shows people roasting a pig.
Persons: , Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, Dorset, St, Mary’s Terrace
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont driver on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge in the June crash that killed actor Treat Williams. Ryan Koss, 35, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted of gross negligent operation with death resulting. An investigation of the June 12 crash in Dorset concluded a vehicle pulled in front of Williams, who was riding a motorcycle and was unable to avoid a collision, Vermont State Police said. Koss was turning left into a parking lot in an Honda SUV when he collided with Williams’ oncoming motorcycle, police said. He issued a statement in August saying he was devastated by Williams’ death and offered his “sincerest condolences” to Williams' family, but he denied wrongdoing and said charges weren't warranted.
Persons: Treat Williams, Ryan Koss, he's, Williams, Koss, Richard Treat Williams, , Prince Organizations: , Vermont State Police, Honda, Manchester Center, Albany Medical Center, City, Dorset Theatre Locations: BENNINGTON, Vt, Vermont, Dorset, New York, America
London CNN —Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England after Legionella bacteria was discovered in the water – days after experts warned of the risk of infection. Thirty-nine asylum-seekers disembarked the Bibby Stockholm barge, a UK Home Office spokesperson said in a statement Friday – just days after they were first housed in it. Legionella bacteria, which is commonly found in water, and can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a serious lung infection. The spokesperson said that no individuals on board the barge showed symptoms of Legionnaires’ and that the asylum-seekers were being provided with appropriate advice and support. “The presence of life-threatening bacteria onboard the Bibby Stockholm is just another shocking revelation that we’ve seen unfold over the past few weeks.
Persons: Bibby, Ben Birchall, Kolbassia Haoussou Organizations: London CNN —, Bibby, Home, Channel, Fire Brigades Union, CNN Locations: England, Portland, Bibby Stockholm, Dorset, Portland , Dorset, Britain
An aerial view shows the Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port, near Poole, Britain, August 7, 2023. Britain began moving the asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm, a barge anchored off Dorset on the south coast, earlier this week as part of its high-profile strategy to deter people from arriving in the country on small boats. Ministers said they wanted to reduce the cost of accommodating asylum seekers in hotels, while human rights campaigners compared the barge to a prison ship and said its use was in inhumane. "Environmental samples from the water system on the Bibby Stockholm (barge) have shown levels of Legionella bacteria which require further investigation," a spokesperson at the Home Office, or interior ministry, said. "As a precautionary measure, all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are undertaken."
Persons: Bibby, Toby Melville, Rishi Sunak's, Sunak, Muvija M, Andrew MacAskill, Kate Holton, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Bibby, Ministers, Home Office, UK Health Security Agency, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Thomson Locations: Portland Port, Poole, Britain, Bibby Stockholm, Dorset
The first group of migrants has arrived on board the boat, named Bibby Stockholm, which is docked in Portland, on the Dorset coast of southwest England, PA Media news agency reported. Medical practitioners flagged safety concerns over the Bibby Stockholm, after it was called a “death trap” by the UK’s Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Wednesday. Campaigners flagged safety concerns over the UK government's plans to house 500 asylum-seekers on the boat. Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesPublic health experts warned that the cramped living conditions of the barge increase the risk of respiratory infections spreading. Housing any human on a ‘floating prison’ like the Bibby Stockholm is unacceptable.
Persons: Bibby Stockholm, Jenny Harries, Harries, Bibby, Finnbarr Webster, Andrew Matthews, Ben Selby, ” Selby, Oliver Dowden, Dowden, Steve Smith, Organizations: CNN, Media, Bibby, UK’s Fire Brigades, UK Health Security Agency, BBC Radio, Portland Port, Sunday, Getty, Public, Andrew Matthews / Press, AP, Sky News, Conservative Locations: England, Portland, Dorset, Britain, Bibby Stockholm, France
London CNN —A barge on which the United Kingdom government plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers has been described as a “death trap” by the country’s Fire Brigades Union. Yui Mok/WPA Pool/Getty Images/FileThe Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it will write to the UK Home Office on Wednesday to set out its safety concerns. The government’s plans to house migrants on the barge has been widely criticized by human rights groups. “We’ve got British taxpayers stumping up millions of pounds a day to house migrants in hotels.”Rival protesters argue in Portland, Dorset, where the Bibby Stockholm docked on July 18, 2023. Ben Birchall/PA/APThe Home Office announced plans to house around 500 single adult males on the barge in April.
Persons: Rishi Sunak, Bibby, it’s, ” Sunak, hasn’t, , Sunak, Yui Mok, Ben Selby, ” Selby, Selby, ” Natasha Tsangarides, “ We’ve, Ben Birchall Organizations: London CNN, country’s Fire Brigades Union, LBC, Channel, Fire Brigades, Office, Sky News, CNN, , , Home Office, United Nations Locations: United Kingdom, Portland, Dorset, England, Bibby Stockholm, , Britain, Australian, Dover, London, Portland , Dorset, France
CNN —A Vermont man has been cited for negligence in the June vehicle crash that killed actor Treat Williams, state police said. Ryan Koss, 35, was issued a citation on a charge of “grossly negligent operation with death,” at the request of the Bennington County State’s Attorney’s Office, Vermont State Police said in a news release Monday. Koss was driving a Honda Element SUV that turned into the path of Williams’ motorcycle on Vermont Route 30 in Dorset, police said. He was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in New York, where he was pronounced dead, officials previously said. The medical examiner determined Williams’ cause of death was severe trauma and blood loss as a result of the crash, state police said.
Persons: Treat Williams, Ryan Koss, , Koss, Williams, Prince, Pam Van Sant Organizations: CNN, Vermont State Police, Albany Medical Center, City Locations: Vermont, Bennington County, Dorset, Albany, New York,
The UK is set to start housing hundreds of asylum seekers in a barge moored on Dorset coast. This is the Bibby Stockholm, a bleak floating accommodation block that the British government is renting to house hundreds of asylum seekers. Andrew Matthews/Getty ImagesThe barge has been the source of much controversy, with critics labeling it an inhumane way to treat vulnerable people. The government says it's using the barge to reduce the number of asylum seekers put up in hotels. The government spends $7.2 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels, according to official figures.
Persons: Robert Jenrick, Bibby, Andrew Matthews, Landry & Kling, The Bibby Organizations: ITV News, BBC, Dorset Echo, Guardian, Landry & Locations: Dorset, Bibby Stockholm, England, Netherlands
A video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot has been digitally altered. “New ‘Robot Royal Force’ type-c Robot arrived to Ukraine,” reads a Facebook post sharing the edited version (here). The TikTok user did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a comment. Zelenskiy visited Britain and spoke alongside Sunak at an army camp in Dorset on Feb. 8, 2023, Reuters reported (here). Video of Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot soldier is edited.
Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak, , , Zelenskiy, Sunak, Read Organizations: AFP, YouTube, British, Royal Force, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Lulworth , Dorset, Britain, , Ukraine, Dorset
Moisture infiltrated the tent, she did not get any sleep and she vowed never to do it again. “You go through it and say, ‘Never again,’ but then of course you want to.”They were prepared to awake at 6 a.m. Thursday (after being in line almost 18 hours). Campers are given 30 minutes to dismantle their tents and put them in daily storage, then get into the line and wait — wait for it — for four more hours until the gates open. Among those still hoping to get in on Wednesday was a group of teenage tennis players from the Time To Play Tennis Academy in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. “But it’s Wimbledon.
Persons: Maria Balhetchet, Felix Bailey, Balhetchet, Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas, , , , Doug Robinson, Robinson Organizations: , Tennis Academy, Wimbledon, England Locations: Dorset, England, Zimbabwe’s, Harare, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, London
June 12 (Reuters) - The actor Treat Williams, known for his roles in Hair and Everwood, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday, his longtime agent said. Barry McPherson, Williams' agent for 15 years, confirmed that the actor was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was involved in an accident with a car in Dorset, Vermont. People magazine, citing Jacob Gribble, the fire chief in Dorset, reported the accident took place when a car turned into Williams on Route 30. Gribble told the magazine that Williams was the only person hurt in the accident, and that he had been airlifted to a hospital in Ticonderoga, New York. Williams' break-out role was for the 1979 movie Hair, based on the Broadway musical.
Persons: Treat Williams, Barry McPherson, Williams, Jacob Gribble, Gribble, Brad Brooks, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Thomson Locations: Dorset , Vermont, Dorset, Williams, Ticonderoga , New York, Everwood, New York City, Colorado, Lubbock , Texas
Treat Williams, the actor known for his roles in the movies “Hair” and “Deep Rising” and the TV show “Everwood,” has died. Mr. Williams died on Monday after an S.U.V. crashed into his motorcycle in Dorset, Vt., the Vermont State Police said in a statement. The crash occurred in the late afternoon near the Vermont-New York State border. The 35-year-old man whose vehicle hit Mr. Williams was not hospitalized.
Persons: Treat Williams, , Williams, Mr Organizations: Vermont State Police, Vermont -, Honda Locations: Dorset , Vt, Vermont, Vermont - New York State, Albany, N.Y
“We’re a tight knit little group.”Life-changing journeyChris Lewis met his partner, Kate Barron, while walking the UK coastline. Courtesy Chris Lewis and Kate Barron“So this lady just kind of wanders down all bubbly and chirpy,” he recalls. I never went home.”The couple, along with Jet, continued on, walking down the east coast of Scotland together, and then into England. According to Barron, Lewis tends to walk ahead on these occasions. Unsurprisingly, walking and camping with a baby has been a totally different experience for both of them.
Persons: CNN —, Christian Lewis, , Lewis, Caitlin, he’d, Kate Barron, Jet, Magnus, “ We’re, ” Lewis, Chris Lewis, Barron, Chris, , ” Barron, Cliff, Kate Barron “, ‘ I’ve, , Kate, Lewis ’, ” They’ve, Jet’s, She’ll, they’ve, we’re, “ Magnus, who’ve, she’s, That’s, ” He’s, ” “ I’d, “ Kate, We’re, “ I’ve, I’m Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Jet, , British Army’s Parachute Regiment Locations: Wales, Llangennith, Swansea, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Scottish, Shetland, Covid, North, St Abbs, Afghanistan, London, Inverness, England, Yorkshire, Dorset, Gower, North Devon, Ssafa
Size of Jurassic sea giant found, study says
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
The findings from the Late Jurassic period, though fragmentary, suggest the pliosaur was about twice the size of a killer whale — and move lead study author David Martill closer to redemption. However, he cautioned that an increase in length corresponds with an “exponential increase in volume … placing a biological limit on the upper size pliosaurs could reach.” Smith wasn’t involved in the study. Pliosaurs were “a group of large carnivorous marine reptiles characterized by massive heads, short necks and streamlined tear-shaped bodies,” according to Britannica. Benton wasn’t involved in the study. “Here is a marine reptile as large as a sperm whale, and there’s nothing like it around today.”
[1/6] Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, in London, Britain May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/PoolLONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, attended his father's coronation in Westminster Abbey on Saturday although he had to settle for a third-row seat behind other members of the royal family. But his decision to quit royal duties and the rift with his family has divided public opinion. It would be difficult to picture Harry and Meghan on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with King Charles and other members of the royal family, she said. "He'll always be a Prince Harry to many people but for the other royal titles, no (he shouldn't keep them).
[1/6] Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, in London, Britain May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/PoolLONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, attended his father's coronation in Westminster Abbey on Saturday although he sat in the third row and did not appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony at the pinnacle of the celebration. It had been unclear until early April whether Harry, who now lives in California, would attend the historic occasion following a very public falling out with his family. In his book "Spare", published in January, Harry criticized his father, his stepmother Queen Camilla, and his brother Prince William, and accused the institution of treating he and his wife without compassion. His eldest son Archie was celebrating his fourth birthday on Saturday and Harry was thought to be keen to return as soon as possible.
Perenco UK says 60% of oil spill in southern England recovered
  + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/4] General view of Poole Harbour after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water in Dorset, Britain, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Peter CziborraMarch 29 (Reuters) - Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Wednesday it had recovered about 60% of the estimated oil leaked on Sunday at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England. The location of the leak was identified and operations at Wytch Farm remain suspended, the company said in a statement. Perenco UK said it was investigating the cause of the spill, in consultation with the environment agency and local authorities. Perenco UK produces about 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, with Wytch Farm accounting for about 14,000 barrels.
"When we talk about investment in the UK oil and gas resources, it's not about exponential growth, it's about managed decline," Dornan said. Any fresh incentives for oil producers are likely to be decried by climate activists, not least since Britain experienced an oil leak over the weekend at Anglo-French oil company Wytch Farm's onshore field in Dorset. Britain's biggest oil and gas producer, Harbour , has announced job cuts and shunned the latest licensing round. TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) cut its UK investment programme by a quarter. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsReuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsBritain's oil and gas production($1 = 0.8166 pounds)Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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