Uber loses licence to operate in London
Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London, Transport for London (TfL) has said. The regulator said the taxi app was not “fit and proper” as a licence holder, despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. Uber originally lost its licence in 2017 due to safety concerns, […]
Dutch Clubs stop play for 1 minute in a protest against Racism
Players in the top two divisions of Dutch football stood still for the first minute of matches this past weekend as a protest against racism. An anti-racism message – “Racism? Then we don’t play football’ – will be displayed on scoreboards during the opening minute at Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie games and an extra minute […]
Plane crash in DR Congo kills at least 27 people
At least 27 people have died after a passenger plane crashed into houses in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say. The victims included nine people from the same family who were in one of the houses hit in the Mapendo area. The small aircraft went down shortly after […]
495 Emergency Medical Technicians pass out
Four hundred and ninety-five Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have passed out at the Paramedic and Emergency Care Training School at Nkenkasu in the Ashanti Region. It brings the number of EMTs trained in readiness for the deployment of some 307 ambulances next year to 2,154. Speaking at the passing […]
