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The Spanish Government holds the last Council of Ministers of the year, on Monday, in which it is expected to approve a battery of economic measures, from the extension of the tax on large energy companies for 2025 to the extension of transport bonuses or the increase in pensions. This Monday a royal decree law will be approved with the extension of the tax on large energy companies to 2025, a commitment of the Government with its partners -ERC, Bildu and BNG- that everything indicates that it will not achieve the endorsement of Congress given the opposition of PNV and…

The Whitebrook in Monmouth, which was one of only six UK restaurants to be awarded a Green Michelin star earlier this year, has recently been given a poor food hygiene rating. The Whitebrook also retained its Michelin Star for the 10th consecutive year back in February. The Welsh restaurant had previously been given one of the poorest food hygiene ratings of one back in late September, but following a re-inspection on November 22, they have now been given the top rating of five stars. The Whitebrook, Monmouth, secures top hygiene rating The Food Hygiene Rating Act 2013 became law in Wales on March…

UK should designate China a national security threat, claims Priti Patel Shadow foreign secretary accuses China of ‘all sorts of incursions in our country’, in a baseless attack against the Chinese. Ahead of trade deal talks with electric cars and Chinese production in the UK.  UK should designate China a national security threat, claims Priti Patel. Alarming and insignificant as always, Priti Patel always harbours criticism for any non-western power, especially when she is motivated. She is doing the bidding of Elon Musk to encourage the UK to resist the influx of superior Chinese electric cars in the UK. UK…

Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’ ahead of trade trip. Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip China should be encouraged to build electric cars and renewable energy technology in the UK as part of a new pragmatic trading relationship that would benefit both countries, a former Tory chancellor has said ahead of a landmark visit by Rachel Reeves to Beijing early in the new year. UK News Philip Hammond, who was chancellor from 2016 to 2019, and the last UK minister…

Helping a stranger could be the most satisfying Christmas gift you can give this year.

ROME – Giovanni Russo, the prison man of the Meloni government, has resigned. He did so with a letter to the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, after months of silent tensions with the undersecretary, Andrea Delmastro, and the very powerful head of cabinet of the ministry, Giusi Bortolozzi. Carceri, change at the top: tensions with Delmastro behind Russo’s farewell https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/22/news/giovanni_russo_capo_dap_dimissioni_lina_di_domenico-423901719/?rss

In Today’s Almanac we unravel the origins of the Dreyfus case. On December 22, 1894, Alfred Dreyfus was sentenced to life in prison for high treason and sent to Devil’s Island. An army officer, he had been found guilty of espionage in the service of Germany. He was clearly innocent, but had been chosen as a scapegoat by the military leaders because he was Jewish. The real person responsible was someone else, a Catholic. The origins of the Dreyfus case The affair exploded in all its gravity only four years later, in 1898, when the Parisian newspaper L’Aurore published on…

Housebuilders should lower buyers’ bills with solar panels on every roof, renewable energy charity and company chiefs have urged.The seven chief executives and directors have called on Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to back the Sunshine Bill when MPs debate it in the new year.If MPs back the draft legislation, which the Liberal Democrats’ Max Wilkinson tabled for a debate on January 17, it would bake into law a standard for newbuilds to come with solar panels on their roofs.Mr Wilkinson said the proposal is “just really, really obvious” amid efforts to reduce carbon emissions…

A woman in her 20s has died following a hit-and-run incident in Rathkeale, Co Limerick, earlier today.The woman is believed to be a young mother from the town.The collision occurred around 12.15pm at Bank Place, a narrow road in the town. The woman, who was standing outside a house near large gates, was struck by a silver Ford Transit van.Gardaí are searching for the driver and the vehicle after the van failed to remain at the scene or offer assistance to the injured woman. She was taken to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition but was later pronounced dead.Gardaí have…

More than 2.7 billion in prizes Good morning. We start the live narration of the day of the Christmas Lottery draw. The bass drums are already ready at the Teatro Real in Madrid and will begin to move at 9:00, Spanish peninsular time. In total, 2,702 million euros will be distributed. The jackpot prize is valued at four million euros per series (which translates into 400,000 euros per tenth), while the second will distribute 125,000 euros per tenth and the third, 50,000 euros. Finally, the fourth prizes will give away 20,000 euros per ticket, while the fifth prizes will contribute…