Ujah was handed the provisional suspension after testing positive for two banned substances following his participation in the 4x100m final, in which the Great British team finished with a silver – just .01 of a second behind Jacobs’ Italian team who took gold. If subsequent examinations cannot determine a legitimate …
Read More »John Pilger: A day in the death of British justice
I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange’s partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, …
Read More »British Olympic silver medalist suspended after drug test shows traces of banned substance
As confirmed by the Athletics Integrity Unit, CJ Ujah has been provisionally suspended. The body said that the 27-year-old’s test showed a “presence/use of a prohibited substance (Ostarine and S-23),” with a UK Athletics spokesperson saying to BBC Sport that it doesn’t wish to comment on ongoing processes. Still yet to speak …
Read More »British embassy worker in Berlin arrested by German security services over claims he passed secret government documents to Russia
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the office of the German Prosecutor General confirmed that a UK national, known only as David S., had been detained. According to the authorities, “until his arrest, he had been an employee at the British Embassy in Berlin. On at least one occasion, he …
Read More »‘Just more virtue signalling’: Barbie creates doll in likeness of British Covid vaccine developer, but not everyone is convinced
On Wednesday, it was reported that toy maker Mattel would be launching a new five-part range to honour women working in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem). The dolls are being created in the likeness of five women, including an Australian medic known for creating a reusable gown for health …
Read More »HBO’s new series ‘The Prince’ is vicious & derivative, but it deservedly cuts the British royal family down to size
HBO’s new aggressively irreverent animated series ‘The Prince’, which debuted on HBO Max on July 29, sets its comedy sights on the target-rich environment of the British royal family, and relentlessly fires a ferocious fusillade of mockery at the monarchy. The series, which is made up of twelve 13-minute episodes …
Read More »Forget the glamour of Oxbridge, it’s time to accept the British education system is fundamentally broken
It’s that time of year again when our education system is under scrutiny, as bright-eyed, hopeful young people all over the country open up their GCSE and A-level results on breakfast television. I am sure you can picture the scenes of congratulatory teenagers hugging each other and crying. They have …
Read More »British health secretary Javid tests positive for Covid-19, says he’s glad he was vaccinated
The news came from the health secretary himself in a video statement which he tweeted out on Saturday. Javid, who took office three weeks ago after the ignominious resignation of Matt Hancock over a scandal involving his female aide, said he decided to take a test after feeling “groggy” on …
Read More »Accuracy at any cost? Gamer leaks British military secrets to Russia-born company to prove its tank model is wrong
A funny and potentially criminal episode unfolded this week on the forums of ‘War Thunder’, a popular competitive video game in which players take control of various real-life military vehicles. Projects like this one attract the attention of accuracy nerds, who push designers to get every little detail right. It …
Read More »British billionaire Branson set to become first ‘space tourist’ to fly his own craft on Sunday, upstaging rival spacefarer Bezos
Branson has turned the test flight of the VSS Unity into a big publicity event, with comedian Stephen Colbert and singer Khalid hosting the livestreamed endeavor. The plane is to be lifted by its carrier, the twin-fuselage VMS Eve, to an altitude of about 50,000 feet (or 15 km) after …
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