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Traffic crossing the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the village of Bridgend, Co Donegal. Britain will seek a series of waivers for goods and people crossing the Northern Ireland border under new plans that risk creating a “backdoor” with the European Union after Brexit. The government aims to avoid the need for border posts with Ireland when the UK leaves the EU, an ambitious goal seen as essential to preserving the Good Friday peace agreement. “The UK and Ireland have been clear all along that we need to prioritise protecting the Belfast agreement in these negotiations... Read more HERE.

Published on 16/08/2017 @ 21h11  |

Eni AlukoThe Football Association is facing questions over why it paid “hush money” to international footballer Eni Aluko after it emerged that a bullying complaint against the England manager, Mark Sampson, included an allegation that he made a remark with “racial and prejudicial connotations” to another player.

Aluko, 1 of England’s most recognisable female footballers with 102 caps, was paid around £80,000 to sign an agreement that the FA claims was to “avoid disruption” ahead of this summer’s Euro 2017. Read more HERE.

Published on 16/08/2017 @ 20h59  |

Image result for Hundreds feared dead in Sierra Leone mudslideHundreds of people are likely to have been killed in a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, the country’s vice-president has said.

“It is likely that hundreds are lying dead underneath the rubble,” Victor Foh told Reuters at the scene of the mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, adding that a number of buildings had been erected illegally in the area. “The disaster is so serious that I myself feel broken,” he added. “We’re trying to cordon [off] the area [&] evacuate...Read more HERE.

Published on 14/08/2017 @ 15h40  |

Unnamed peaks on the west coast of the Antarctic peninsula tower over the harsh Antarctic coast.Scientists have uncovered the largest volcanic region on Earth – two kilometres below the surface of the vast ice sheet that covers west Antarctica. The project, by Edinburgh University researchers, has revealed almost 100 volcanoes – with the highest as tall as the Eiger, which stands at almost 4,000 metres in Switzerland.

Geologists say this huge region is likely to dwarf that of east Africa’s volcanic ridge, currently rated the densest concentration of volcanoes in the world. Read more HERE

Published on 14/08/2017 @ 15h34  |

A chicken at a farm in RomaniaSamples from the carcasses of egg-laying hens are being tested for fipronil over fears that meat sent to Africa from Belgium may have been contaminated with the banned insecticide.

Meat from older chickens, who have spent a lifetime producing eggs, is not sold on the domestic market in any significant amount, but is frozen and shipped to Africa, in particular to the Democractic Republic of the Congo, a former Belgian colony. Read more HERE

Published on 14/08/2017 @ 15h15  |