Daily Archives: July 20, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 16: Jeremy Corbyn poses for a portrait on July 16, 2015 in London, England. Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British Labour Party politician and has been a member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983. He is currently a contender for the position as leader of the Labour Party. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Jeremy Corbyn to lower Mary Rose back into sea

Adrian Bamforth
Politics
July 20, 2016

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made a passionate speech in Parliament today opposing the expensive restoration of the Mary Rose, warning that it could be re-armed and used as an offensive weapon. The Tudor vessel was raised in 1982 and sections of it recently re-constructed for display at a Portsmouth museum. [read...]

Turkey starts school holidays early

Wrenfoe
News In Brief
July 20, 2016

President Erdogan has announced that ‘school’s out for summer’, prompted by him putting all subversive teaching staff under house arrest. With 21,000 teachers removed from post and banned from travelling abroad, Turkey has had to cut short its school sports days, [read...]