Scotland's smoking ban should be relaxed to allow drug addicts to legally freebase heroin and crack indoors, MPs told

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

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Currently the only way Class A narcotics can be consumed at a 'shooting gallery' pilot site in Glasgow which opened earlier this year is by injecting them.

Interest rate cuts might not be 'rapid' due to 'sticky' inflation, Bank of England chiefs warn as they highlight 'substantial' risks from Trump's trade war

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

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Giving evidence to MPs, the Bank's chief economist Huw Pill warned interest rates might not fall as fast as hopes because there is still 'more work to do' to tackle price pressures.

Row erupts in New Zealand parliament over use of Māori name Aotearoa

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 06:31 UTC

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Dispute emerges after deputy prime minister Winston Peters questioned why MPs used the name Aotearoa in debates

The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has told lawmakers to stop complaining about the…

Possessing photos of a Muslim woman without her hijab should be made a criminal offence, MPs say

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 06:31 UTC

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The Commons' women and equalities committee said pictures of a Muslim woman without her headscarf should be considered 'non-consensual intimate images'.

Chaos in Serbian parliament as opposition MPs hurl smoke bombs in protest against pro-Putin government leaving three injured with one critical

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 06:31 UTC

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Politicians were scheduled to vote on a law that would increase funding for university education, but opposition parties insisted the session was illegal.

Serbian parliament erupts into chaos as opposition hurl smoke bombs and flares

found 2025 › Mar › 04 (Tue) @ 19:17 UTC

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Months of tense confrontations peaked when opposition MPs attempted to block ruling party from enacting new laws.

UK MPs condemn ‘deeply disrespectful’ JD Vance comments

found 2025 › Mar › 04 (Tue) @ 19:17 UTC

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US vice-president’s comments on proposed Anglo-French deployment to Ukraine prompt outrage

The shadow defence secretary and other MPs have reacted with fury after JD Vance appeared to describe a propo…

Three Serbian MPs injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament

found 2025 › Mar › 04 (Tue) @ 19:17 UTC

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The Serbian Parliament’s first regular session of 2025 was thrown into chaos on Tuesday, with smoke bombs and flares disrupting proceedings just an hour after the session began.

Serbian MPs set off flares and smoke grenades inside parliament

found 2025 › Mar › 04 (Tue) @ 13:04 UTC

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Injuries reported as opposition MPs disrupt session in show of support for anti-corruption protests

Serbian opposition lawmakers have lit flares and discharged teargas during the opening day of the sp…

Veteran backlash at 'shameful' JD Vance after he dismisses Britain as 'a random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years'... even though hundreds of UK troops died in Iraq and Afghanistan

found 2025 › Mar › 04 (Tue) @ 13:04 UTC

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Military veterans and MPs from across the House of Commons led a furious backlash against Mr Vance's 'shameful' comments and called on him to apologise.