[ad_1] On Thursday 17th October, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) continued to celebrate its centenary year by hosting its prestigious Annual Awards for Excellence. More than 350 guests, delegates and finalists attended the standout event of logistics and transport professionals’ calendars, and celebrated those individuals and organisations who have delivered outstanding innovation,…

[ad_1] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts his last-minute Brexit deal to a vote in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, a day of reckoning that could decide the course of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. More than three years since the United Kingdom voted 52-48 to be the…

[ad_1] The Border Historical Society held a film screening of Castles to the Cape at the Courtenay-Latimer Hall on Tuesday night. ALL ABOARD: A vintage poster advertising the Union-Castle Line The documentary, supplied by the Ship Society of SA, documented the history of the Union-Castle Line’s involvement along the lucrative England-to-SA shipping route. Union-Castle was…

[ad_1] The Taoiseach has made it clear that although Ireland would be open to an extension for Britain, plan B is no-deal. “Plan B is no-deal, and we’re all preparing for that, and we’ve all been preparing for that since the referendum, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen,” Leo Varadkar said. “Bear in mind this…

[ad_1] The Taoiseach moved to reassure unionists about the constitutional implications of the new Brexit deal, telling journalists at the conclusion of the European Union summit in Brussels that “people will still post letters in Royal Mail red letterboxes”. However, his overtures were rejected by the DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds, who said Mr Varadkar…

[ad_1] According to boffins at Warwick University, people in Britain were at their happiest in the 1920s. And the most miserable year of the past 200 years was… 1978. Really? Now the methodology does seem questionable. The researchers looked at each year on Google, and counted the number of positive or negative words associated with…