Author Archives: OP King

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Many graduates receive “paltry returns” for their degrees despite racking up £50,000 in debt, says the chairman of the Education Select Committee. Robert Halfon will say in a speech on Monday, that between a fifth and a third of graduates take non-graduate jobs, and that any extra returns for having a degreeContinue reading “Many graduates earn ‘paltry returns’ for their degree”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionDavid Davis and Theresa May will meet Michel Barnier this week Downing Street has insisted Britain will leave the customs union after Brexit amid claims of Tory disunity over the UK-EU future relationship. Theresa May has faced calls to set out clearly what she wants to secure from the negotiations leading up toContinue reading “Downing Street insists UK will leave customs union”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionExtra police have been drafted in to guard the court in Brussels The sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks is due to go on trial amid tight security in Belgium. Salah Abdeslam was captured in Brussels four months after the attacks. The charges he faces are not related to eventsContinue reading “Salah Abdeslam: Paris attacks suspect to go on trial in Belgium”

Image copyrightSIMON PIERCE/MARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATIONImage captionWhale shark in Isla Mujeres Mexico Scientists are calling for research on the impacts of microplastics on whales, sharks and rays that strain tiny food, like plankton, out of seawater. They say the ocean giants face “significant risks” from microplastics. Estimates suggest some whales may be ingesting hundreds of fragmentsContinue reading “Plastic pollution: Scientists’ plea on threat to ocean giants”

Image copyrightALEC GILL In the space of less than a month at the start of 1968, 58 fishermen based in the English port of Hull lost their lives in three separate trawler sinkings. Thanks to the efforts of a group of determined women, the deaths would change the industry, with the ripples spreading from theContinue reading “Triple trawler tragedy: The Hull fishermen who never came home”

Christiansen recorded 13 wins from his 30 league games at Leeds Leeds have sacked their manager Thomas Christiansen after only eight months in charge at Elland Road. The Yorkshire club are 10th in the Championship having failed to win since Boxing Day and lost 4-1 at home to Cardiff on Saturday. Christiansen, 44, who formerly managed CypriotContinue reading “Leeds dismiss manager Thomas Christiansen after eight months”

Jackson was signed by the Colts in January 2016 Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson has died after being hit by a suspected drink driver in Indiana on Sunday. Jackson, 26, was one of two people killed in the incident when they were struck by a vehicle while stood on the roadside. Jackson made 16 appearancesContinue reading “Indianapolis Colts: Linebacker Edwin Jackson killed by suspected drink driver”

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionPresident Jacob Zuma is said to be resisting calls to leave office South African President Jacob Zuma is under growing pressure to step down following talks with senior members of his ANC party on Sunday. Details of the talks were not revealed but party leaders are to hold an emergency meeting on Monday.Continue reading “Jacob Zuma: Pressure grows on South Africa president to stand down”

Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized Nunes and GOP lawmakers for not allowing Democrats to release their own counter memo, which the White House has said it would consider releasing. | AP Photo Former CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday accused Rep. Devin Nunes of abusing his House Intelligence Committee chairmanship after he orchestrated aContinue reading “Brennan: Nunes memo ‘exceptionally partisan’”

In 2017, President Donald Trump made political hay by needling the NFL over players who knelt during the national anthem. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump thanked America’s service members on Sunday ahead of the Super Bowl — and not-so-subtly reminded the country of his opposition to NFL players who kneel during the nationalContinue reading “Trump reignites anthem-protest controversy before the Super Bowl”