63 h. ago ‘It’s goodbye to French fishermen’: Macron under pressure as crucial UN ocean summit opens

As delegates prepare for the global gathering, the president is caught between opposing sides in a row over bottom trawling in France’s marine protected areasOn his trawler in Saint-Malo, one of France’s most important ports for scallops and crabs, Laurent Mevel is fixing his nets. “We really want to protect the seas,” says the 60-year-old fisher. “But we’ve got crews, we’ve got employees.“If you don’t fish any more, the fish will come from Ireland, from Scotland. Now the fish you buy from shops comes by plane. And costs less.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Foreign Secretary says he and his wife are victims of theft but the French taxi driver says David Lammy refused to pay... so who's taking who for a ride? GUY ADAMS investigates

It emerged this week that David Lammy, our nation's diplomat-in-chief, became involved in a gloriously petty dispute with a local cabbie named Naseem Mimum on the evening of April 10.

Economics

3 w. ago UK foreign investment falls as funding from US dries up, survey shows

The UK secured fewer investment projects than France for the fifth year in a row, according to EY’s annual UK attractiveness survey.

Economics

3 w. ago Taxi driver in France charged with stealing from David Lammy and his wife

Driver allegedly stole luggage and cash from foreign secretary and Nicola Green after ride from Italy to French ski resort A taxi driver has been charged by French police with stealing luggage and cash from the UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, and his wife, Nicola Green. The driver took the couple more than 600km (370 miles) from the town of Forli in Italy to the French ski resort of Flaine, Haute-Savoie, last month. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said Lammy and his spouse were victims in the case and that the driver has been charged with theft after driving off with their luggage. It also denied that the Labour MP for Tottenham had refused to pay the driver. Whitehall sources said no sensitive material was in the pair’s holiday luggage. Prosecutors opened an investigation into a “commercial dispute” in Bonneville after the driver filed a complaint. The Bonneville prosecutor, Boris Duffau, told the BBC the taxi driver was being charged with theft. He sai...

Events

3 w. ago Taxi driver who claims he was 'assault victim' had 'intimidated David Lammy's wife with a KNIFE after demanding extra cash for taking the Foreign Secretary from Italy to French ski resort' 

A taxi driver who claimed to be the victim of an assault at the hands of British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has been accused of intimidating his wife with a knife

Events

3 w. ago David Lammy 'victim of theft' after taxi driver leaves amid £600 fare row in France

A taxi driver has been charged with theft after accusing Foreign Secretary David Lammy of not paying a journey fare before driving off with the Cabinet minister's luggage in France

Economics

3 w. ago Taxi driver says he was 'the victim of assault' when David Lammy and his wife 'refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort'

The driver said he collected Lammy and his wife on April 10 at the town of Forli near Bologna after they had accompanied King Charles and Queen Camilla on a three-day state visit to Italy

Economics