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BBC News By Kate West & Margot Gibbs BBC News image copyrightVIRAMDEVSINH GOHIL image captionThe Marco Polo was built in the 1960s and was one of the world s last surviving ocean cruise liners Two UK cruise ships have been scrapped on an Indian beach despite assurances they would continue to be operated. Ships at the end of their lives are considered hazardous waste and it is illegal to send them to developing countries from the UK. But months after being sold at auction to buyers outside the UK they were then sold on as scrap for double the price. As they were set to be used for further trading when they left UK waters, their arrival in India does not break UK law. ....
Index raises concerns over UK Freedom of Information We join media freedom organisations, editors and broadcasters in calling for an urgent review of right-to-know legislation 09 Feb 2021 The Right Honourable Julian Knight MP, Chair, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee CC The Right Honourable Michael Gove, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Right Honourable Chloe Smith, Minister for the Cabinet Office Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon; UK Foreign Office ....
The editors of the Guardian, Financial Times, Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror have joined together in a rare show of unity urging the Government to look at reform to protect Freedom of Information (FoI) rights. A dozen current and former Fleet Street editors have joined a call for a review into the Government’s use of FoI, raising “serious concerns” their policies are contributing to a culture of declining press freedom in the UK. They have been joined by staunch critics of the newspaper industry such as Hacked Off founder Brian Cathcart and founder of rival press regulator Impress Jonathan Heawood. ....
Toxic ships sail in on false papers Provision that allows ship-owners to self-certify the waste is up for abuse; environment ministry just not equipped to check toxic materials at scrap-ship yards in Chattogram With serious questions hanging over the authorities’ verification systems, scrap ships like Portland are being dismantled along the Sitakunda beach, littering a vast area with materials that are allegedly highly hazardous to health and environment. Photo: Star The ship-breaking industry in Chattogram remains extremely dirty and dangerous for workers and the environment. The top ship-recycling country in the world has failed to regulate the clandestine business effectively, for which frequent death, injury and pollution continue to be in the headlines. An investigation by ....