With just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare for end of Brexit transition

 

FILE PHOTO: Canary Wharf stands beyond the Maritime museum from Greenwich Park in London, Britain December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday urged businesses to prepare for Brexit, just days before a transition period designed to smooth the UK's departure from the European Union comes to an end.

 

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Hate speech blames Rayong people for Covid cluster

By THE NATION

 

 

A Rayong resident, 25, filed a police complaint on Monday over a social media comment claiming people in the province were the source of a second-wave Covid-19 outbreak.

 

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Baby elephant found dead in Thap Lan National Park

By The Nation

 

 

Nakhon Ratchasima locals stumbled across the decaying carcass of a baby elephant lying in a stream in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Thap Lan National Park on Monday.

 

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Govt House reporters take a dig a 'loan happy' administration

By The Nation

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Reporters on the Government House beat have dubbed this government as "very koo", with "koo" in Thai meaning loans and rescue. 

 

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Royal Thai Army warns against online scam

By The Phuket News

 

The announcement by The Royal Thai Army. Photo: PR Phuket.

 

PHUKET:-- The Royal Thai Army have issued a warning against a bogus campaign where a group of impersonators have been selling goods online in the Army’s name while claiming to raise funds for children charities.

 

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Small New Year events still allowed in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

The number of people in Phuket confirmed as infected with COVID-19 remains at three. Image: PPHO

 

PHUKET:-- Small events organised by private parties to celebrate the New Year are still allowed, the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department of Thailand (PR Phuket) confirmed to The Phuket News today.

 

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Covid death confirmed from Rayong gambling den

By The Nation

 

 

Deputy Health Minister Satit Pituthecha has confirmed the fresh outbreak of Covid-19 has claimed its first life, pushing Thailand’s death toll up to 61.

 

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Tom Hanks says “a sea change was due” with shift from cinemas to streaming

By Will Richards

 

Tom Hanks. CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.

 

Tom Hanks has discussed the affect the coronavirus pandemic has had on release models for blockbuster films.

 

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The celebs who helped make 2020 more bearable

By Gemma Peplow

 

 

After months of lockdowns and restrictions, live music and theatre shows are still a long way from getting back to normal - but there are some stars who have gone above and beyond to bring entertainment to our lives and make things that little bit better.

 

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Charlie Brooker's new Netflix special Death to 2020 branded "disappointing" and "lazy" by critics

BY DAN SEDDON

 

NETFLIX

 

It sounds like Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020 may not have been the hilarious Christmas present we were hoping for after all.

 

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Rayong police commander removed over gambling-related COVID-19 outbreak

 

 

The provincial police chief of Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong has been removed from his post and transferred to work at the operations centre of the Royal Thai Police, known as a graveyard for police officers under investigation for alleged misconduct or gross negligence of duty.

 

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Deputy ministers meet Songkhla locals opposed to huge industrial estate

By The Nation

 

Photos by Charoon Thongnual

 

Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao and Deputy Labour Minister Narumon Pinyosinwat visited Songkhla province on Monday to hear complaints from residents over a controversial industrial estate project.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1198774-deputy-ministers-meet-songkhla-locals-opposed-to-huge-industrial-estate/

 

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