Rising rates of head, neck cancers in England
In 2020, 3,469 people died of head and neck cancers, an increase from 3,313 deaths in 2019. Data for 2021 shows there were more than 11,000 cases recorded…reports Asian Lite News Smoking
King’s Australia visit ends on positive note
Despite a headline-grabbing protest in Canberra on Monday, the public mood on the ground in Sydney was supportive….reports Asian Lite News Thousands of people were out on the streets of Sydney on
Paddington Bear gets UK passport
The co-producer of the latest Paddington film mentioned that the Home Office issued a specimen document for the fictional Peruvian-born character, officially noting that he is a bear…reports Asian Lite News Government
UK to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn
Britain has already committed to donating £3bn a year in military aid to Ukraine….reports Asian Lite News Britain is to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn and allow Kyiv to spend the money
Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England
The decision will affect mainstream secondary and primary schools that were approved by the previous government..reports Asian Lite news Ministers have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in England, including
Govt’s borrowing rises ahead of Budget
Chief Treasury Secretary Darren Jones claimed the new Labour government had inherited a fiscal “black hole” and that resolving this “will require difficult decisions”….reports Asian Lite News Government borrowing rose last month,
Sellafield cleanup cost rises to £136bn
Europe’s most hazardous industrial site has previously been described by a former UK secretary of state as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”….reports Asian Lite News The cost of cleaning
UK economy ‘set to accelerate’, says IMF
The IMF’s outlook contrasts with Reeves’s assessment of the economy after she claimed Labour had inherited the “worst set of circumstances since the Second World War” …reports Asian Lite News The
Badenoch claims blocking India-UK FTA pact
Former business and trade secretary indicates that India’s stand on concessions overmigration was one of the reasons the FTA could not be signed off …reports Asian Lite News Former business and trade secretary
Cameron backs India as mediator in Russia-Ukraine war
On the Russia-Ukraine war, India has said that it will support any feasible and mutually acceptable solution or format that could restore peace….reports Asian Lite News Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia