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1. European judges will be deprived of the powers of the Northern Ireland Protocol under the new Brexit law
European judges will not have the last word on Northern Ireland disputes under a new Brexit law set to provoke a new conservative rebellion against Boris Johnson.
The proposed legislation will remove the oversight of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and deliver the final ruling on disputes in British courts under new powers which would effectively mean that parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol would not apply. Read the whole story.
2. Migrants will be treated with “security, dignity and respect,” says Rwanda’s high commissioner
Rwanda’s high commissioner has attacked critics of the government’s plan to expel migrants from the canal to his country, insisting they will be treated with “security, dignity and respect”.
In an article for The Telegraph, Johnston Busingye insisted that Rwanda would be a “safe haven” for migrants after Prince Charles called the plan “creepy”, and charities and unions began a legal struggle. to block the first flights on Tuesday. Read the whole story.
3. Railroad workers flood voluntary redundancy plan, despite strikes over job cuts
A plan to voluntarily lay off railway workers has been flooded with more than 5,000 applications, which calls into question the reasons for union leaders to start the most aggressive strike in a generation.
Railway managers applied for voluntary redundancies last fall as part of efforts to reduce the taxpayer burden caused by the pandemic. Read the whole story.
4. McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza fatty food boxes banned by the council for recycling
McDonald’s and Domino’s boxes are too greasy to be recycled, a council has insisted after imposing a county-wide ban on fast food packaging.
Lincolnshire binmen will no longer empty their recycling bin if they find a brown McDonald’s bag or a Domino’s pizza box in the trash. Read the whole story.
5. How to survive a voyage across the Atlantic on the world’s smallest ship? Eat the walls
You would expect to pack a lot of food for three months at sea, but a sailor has taken the concept of takeaway to a new level.
Shoulder Andrew Bedwell, 48, will eat the walls of his ship, which measures just one meter in length, when he tries to cross the Atlantic on the smallest ship in history, called “The Big C”. The father of a six-foot, 11.5-foot stone has designed a cabin with enough space to get into it. Read the whole story.
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