A BRITISH jihadi bride currently being held in a detention camp has moaned she misses fish and chips and the NHS despite being married to an ISIS fighter and travelling to Syria. Mum-of-two Reema Iqbal, 30, spent four years living in the caliphate, married to an extremist who boasted of slaughtering “infidels”. She now wants to go back to Britain where she used to live in Canning Town, East London, with her two children – Ibraheem and Musa - by Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, a Harrods sales assistant turned jihadist. Asked what she missed about the UK, Iqbal told The Sunday Times: Fish and chips any day. First choice — fish and chips. Food and friends, the whole lot. Your whole life. It’s sad that it goes, just like that. That your whole life can change just like that.” She added that she missed the NHS, saying the medical standards in the caliphate were hopeless compared to Britain. Jihadi brides who gave birth under ISIS were forced to have caesareans … [Read more...] about British jihadi bride reveals she misses FISH AND CHIPS and the NHS after fleeing to Syria to join ISIS
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Facebook post by Catholic man from Northern Ireland on why he chose to join the British Army gets massive reaction
Facebook post by Catholic man from Northern Ireland on why he chose to join the British Army gets massive reaction BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A Catholic man from north Belfast has received a massive online response after going public on his decision to join the British Army 18 years ago. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/facebook-post-by-catholic-man-from-northern-ireland-on-why-he-chose-to-join-the-british-army-gets-massive-reaction-37512290.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37513282.ece/b1bfe/AUTOCROP/h342/Conorsoldier.jpg Email A Catholic man from north Belfast has received a massive online response after going public on his decision to join the British Army 18 years ago. Conor Gerard McKenna (34), who has served in the Royal Irish Regiment since 2000 and now lives in Scotland, explained his reasons in a Facebook post that has attracted thousands of comments and shares. The avid Celtic fan, who served in the second Gulf War as well as … [Read more...] about Facebook post by Catholic man from Northern Ireland on why he chose to join the British Army gets massive reaction
Lack of Northern Ireland representation ‘unfortunate’, says Varadkar after British Irish meeting
Lack of Northern Ireland representation 'unfortunate', says Varadkar after British Irish meeting BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is "very unfortunate" Northern Ireland was not represented at a major meeting which drew together many of the main stakeholders in Britain's exit from the European Union. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/lack-of-northern-ireland-representation-unfortunate-says-varadkar-after-british-irish-meeting-37511540.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37511113.ece/40726/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_199d6f89-b21e-4627-bd14-0e5da4fe44cb_1 Email Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is "very unfortunate" Northern Ireland was not represented at a major meeting which drew together many of the main stakeholders in Britain's exit from the European Union. Political leaders from across the UK on Friday gathered on the Isle of Man for the British Irish Council Summit, an institution established under the terms … [Read more...] about Lack of Northern Ireland representation ‘unfortunate’, says Varadkar after British Irish meeting
Convoy carrying British, Belgian PMs hit by car
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two police motorcycles in convoy carrying the British and Belgian prime ministers along a motorway in Belgium were knocked over by a car on Friday in an apparent accident, Belgian media reported. The two motorcyclists, who were escorting Theresa May and Charles Michel after they laid wreaths at World War One British graves, were taken to hospital. No one else was injured, according to La Libre Belgique newspaper. De Standaard quoted Belgian premier Michel's spokesman describing the incident as an "unfortunate accident". May was in Belgium to mark Sunday's centenary of the end of the 1914-18 war and later travelled for further ceremonies in France. (Reporting by Robin Emmott; Editing by Alastair Macdonald) … [Read more...] about Convoy carrying British, Belgian PMs hit by car
Goldman’s Marcus jolts British banks out of savings slumber
By Lawrence White and Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's big banks, long able to shrug off competition from start-ups, have been spooked by an account launched just six weeks ago by Goldman Sachs <GS.N> that pays savers more. One of the banks admitted privately that it has seen a spike in savers switching, while others have launched new accounts or raised rates to try to nip "Marcus" in the bud. British savers have got used to payouts of 1 percent or less thanks to rock-bottom central bank rates, but the launch of Marcus with a 1.5 percent rate on Sept. 27 has shaken things up. Google searches for "savings account" hit a five-year peak in Britain in the week of the Marcus launch, a Reuters analysis of data from Google trends shows. (https://tmsnrt.rs/2DbEu6z) "Yes we are worried about Marcus, we have seen significant outflows from our savings products although I question if they can keep growing at that speed," a senior executive at one of Britain's biggest lenders told … [Read more...] about Goldman’s Marcus jolts British banks out of savings slumber