Hundreds of people in the UK are turning to private clinics for medical cannabis, BBC News has been told. Since its legalisation in November 2018, there have been very few, if any, prescriptions for medical cannabis containing THC on the NHS. And this has led some patients, with conditions such as epilepsy and MS, to […]
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Ghanaian, Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng promoted to a Minister of State in UK
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng, a British Conservative Party politician with Ghanaian roots, was promoted Thursday by the new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Mr Kwarteng has served as MP since 2010 for Spelthorne, Surrey, south-east England. On November 16, 2018, he was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Department for Exiting the European Union following […]
UK to bask in 35°C sunshine during hottest June day on record
You should probably carry a bottle of water and some sunscreen today because it’s going to be the hottest day of the year. The hottest weather is predicted in the southern part of the country, with temperatures potentially rising above 35C in London. The record for June in the UK is 35.6C , which was […]
Man arrives in UK on Friday, stole on Saturday, got jailed on Monday
A foreign national has said he wants to stay in the UK following a jail sentence for theft a day after he landed in the country. Leonard-Valter Tudor, 20, lined a bag with foil to try and avoid detectors at TK Maxx in Nottingham on Saturday – just hours after arriving in Britain. An accomplice […]
UK Emergency Services adopt Ghana-Style Digital Addressing System
Over a year after Ghana introduced a locally designed digital addressing system, British Police Forces and Emergency Services around the UK have announced the initial rollout of a digital addressing application (what3words) to assist their operations. The adoption of the digital addressing system, according to UK officials, is to help more accurately locate places and […]
Racist picture of black kids separated from white kids in school breaks the internet
A picture of black kids separated from white kids in an environment that looks like a classroom has got social media buzzing and is breaking the internet. Various groups believed to be anti-racist have condemned the act and questions if such attitude was permitted in the 21st century in countries that are described as advanced […]
Ghanaian woman in UK arrested for inserting ginger in son’s anus-tells police it is common in Ghana
A Ghanaian woman based in the UK is in the grips of the Manchester Police for a weird corporal punishment meted out to her son. Aba Hagan, 40, was arrested Thursday and charged with cruelty to persons, third-degree assault, impairing the morals of/or endangering a child and disorderly conduct. Officers were sent to a Rachel […]
Impending reduction in import duty: Ghanaians in UK and Europe go gay for Akufo-Addo-Ken Agyapong
Businessman and politician, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has revealed that news of assurances by government of an impending reduction in import duties at the ports has been received with excitement by Ghanaians resident in the United Kingdom and Europe. According to him there was wild and spontaneous jubilation when he broke the news to them during […]
USA and UK investigators arrive in Ghana to help search for, and rescue kidnapped victims
The United States of America and the United Kingdom have announced the deployment of a team of investigators to assist the Ghana Police Service search for the three girls kidnapped between August and December last year in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis. This comes in the wake of mounting calls for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of […]
Menzgold used obsolete UK laws and clauses to deceive customers in Ghana to sign their contracts-Ace Ankomah
Renowned legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah has revealed that the laws and clauses captured in the contract forms that were signed customers of gold trading firm, Menzgold were not Ghanaian laws or clauses, but from the United Kingdom. According to him, the Drug Trafficking Offences Act of 1986 is a UK Act which was repealed as […]
You enjoyed your dividends alone when things were good, so shut up-Nam1’s brother to ‘greedy’ UK, Spain Menzgold clients
Kingsley Asiedu the brother of embattled CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah who has gone into hiding since the collapse of the company has called the bluff of customers of Menzgold in the United Kingdom (UK) and Spain, basically calling them greedy people who never shared their dividends with him when things were rosy. Mr. […]
Menzgold customers in UK and Spain seek police assistance to arrest Nam 1’s brother in London
Aggrieved and distressed customers of gold trading firm Menzgold in the United Kingdom and Spain have sought police assistance in the United Kingdom to arrest Kingley Asiedu, a brother of Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah. Kinglsey Asiedu is said to be on the run after scores of people who he convinced and […]