The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Tensions have been mounting throughout the Middle East following warnings from U.S. officials that Iran could carry out an imminent attack on U.S. or Israeli assets in the region. Iran has blamed Israel for a recent attack on its consulate in Syria which killed commanders from its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israel’s chief military […]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday promised that deportation flights of asylum seekers to Rwanda will begin in "10 to 12 weeks", as the plan entered its final stage in parliament."We are ready, plans are in place and these flights will go, come what may," Sunak told a Downing Street news conference, hours before parliament is set to approve the contentious proposal.Sunak says it is essential to deter record numbers of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to England from France in small boats...
And while smoking age is a devolved matter, the Scottish Government has agreed to a UK-wide approach and supports the Prime Minister’s plan to stub out smoking for future generations. On paper, the proposal makes public health sense. Four out of five smokers start before the age of 20, so making cigarettes illegal for Generation Alpha seems a logical step. I remember the thrill of my first fag, aged 15, during a school trip to Hadrian’s Wall. The acrid taste of that first Benson & Hedges Gold...
RISHI SUNAK: Like people across the country, I believe profoundly in the values that bind our communities together: honesty, integrity and the idea that you should abide by the rules.
In response to an epidemic of violent thefts, assaulting a shop worker will be made a specific offence for the first time, the Prime Minister says.
Like half the country I'd been caught up in Samba fever, reasoning they were the perfect lightweight shoe if summer ever decided to arrive.
"The time has come to put an end to this blight on our high streets," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.Announcing his new crackdown on shoplifting across the UK, Sunak revealed that the nation has "seen a rising tide of aggressive shoplifting on our high streets and in our town centres" since the COVID-19 pandemic."I've been so determined to crack down on crimes that are all too often dismissed as low level or just too difficult to tackle – but which damage communities, destroy lives and...
Lord Cameron is expected to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign minister Israel Katz. He may also meet senior Palestinian Authority officials in the West Bank, it has been reported.
The PM spoke to his counterpart this afternoon after reports the leaders had been unable to find a time to hold the call, with the UK government saying that Netanyahu 'has been very busy'.
President Joe Biden said on Friday he expects Iran to attack Israel 'sooner than later' and said his message to Tehran was 'don't.'
Tiger Woods will hold talks about becoming the US Ryder Cup captain next week. Woods is the frontrunner to become Zach Johnson's successor for next year. Masters tee times REVEALED: Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler paired together