The Brexit debate is back - why now?

Aid in Danger Bi-Monthly News Brief (01-15 September 2026) ReliefWeb

Abta advice comes as more than more than 150 websites offer service of securing entry to Schengen zone Britons travelling to Europe have told not to apply for an Etias visa waiver, with more than 150 websites touting the service despite its introduction being delayed. Non-EU citizens, including UK travellers and those from other visa-exempt countries including the US, Australia and Canada, will soon need to pay €20 (£17) for an electronic waiver to enter the Schengen zone under the European trav

Spy chief Ken McCallum said Kremlin had attempted to influence 2016 vote through social media and TV reports Russia did try to interfere in the Brexit referendum through social media and television reports, the head of MI5 said today, but he added that did not mean the Kremlin had any impact on the result. Ken McCallum endorsed comments made by Andy Burnham, who raised the issue over the past two days, though he said continuing to debate it had given the Kremlin a needless propaganda victory. Co

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies have said Wild bird populations in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, figures show, with nearly half of species in decline. Figures produced by leading nature conservation bodies for the government show that average populations across 132 native breeding species fell by 19% between 1970 and 2025, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit in recent years. Cont