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McDonald’s will replace plastic straws with paper ones in all its UK and Ireland restaurants, starting from September. It is the latest company to opt out of some single-use plastic products which can take hundreds of years to decompose if not recycled. The restaurant chain uses 1.8 million straws a day in the UK. “Reflecting the broader public debate, our customers told us they wanted to see a move on straws,” the firm said. This decision follows a successful trial in selected restaurants earlier this year. The move to paper straws will be completed next year. Environment Secretary Michael Gove…

The 2018 World Cup opened in spectacular fashion as Russia defied their recent poor form to smash five past Saudi Arabia and record the biggest win by the host nation in the opening game of a World Cup since 1934. Stanislav Cherchesov’s team had not won in their past seven matches and had been criticised from all sides, including a series of barbed comments from Russian president Vladimir Putin. But in front of a largely partisan crowd of 78,011 at the Luzhniki Stadium they never looked in danger against a naïve Green Falcons’ side that seemed only too willing to…

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with the National Teaching Council (NTC) for initiating moves to register teachers for the licensure exams. Reports say teachers are being registered for next month’s exams at a cost of GH¢220 per candidate. The move is part of a scheme to have all teachers in Ghana licensed. But speaking in an interview with TV3’s Daniel Opoku on Thursday, NAGRAT’s National President, Eric Angel Carbonu, said: “We see this as a rip-off, absolutely unnecessary.” He explained that the areas of examination for the teachers have all been covered in the curriculum…

The Queen and Duchess of Sussex are in Cheshire for their first royal engagement together. Her Majesty and newly-married Meghan are officially opening the Mersey Gateway Bridge and Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre. They will then attend a lunch at Chester Town Hall as guests of the city council. It is the first time the duchess has attended an event with the Queen without her husband Prince Harry. Thousands of people were already waiting at the venues hours before the royal pair arrived, with stalls set up on the streets selling flags and souvenirs. The Queen and duchess were greeted by hundreds…

President of IMANI-Ghana Franklin Cudjoe has taken a swipe at the Ministry of Communications in its response to a request by some 22 civil society groups to be furnished with all documents on the $178.8 million Kelni-GVG contract. The civil society organisations, under umbrella body Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, wrote to the Ministry on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, requesting the contract documents on traffic-monitoring to be carried out by Kelni-GVG. But in its response dated Monday, June 11, 2018, the Ministry acknowledged receipt of the letter but wanted more time to get the requested documents. “We are currently in the process…

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that changes have been made to the original physical specifications of the Kelni-GVG contract with government as per “belated” demands by the telecommunication networks. As per the changes, a further layer of protection and security has been added and that will ensure that only signaling information needed for purposes of traffic monitoring will be received by the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the implementing bodies. “No other information – either voice, SMS, video or data – will be received by Kelni-GVG servers,” Mrs Owusu-Ekuful explained in a…

Champions Manchester City will travel to Arsenal on the weekend of 11-12 August for their opening match of the 2018-19 Premier League season. Tottenham visit Newcastle first, then play Fulham at Wembley while their new £850m stadium is completed. Manchester United host Leicester City, Liverpool entertain West Ham, and Championship winners Wolverhampton Wanderers welcome Everton to Molineux. Promoted Fulham host Crystal Palace, while Cardiff visit Bournemouth. The three other fixtures on the opening weekend see Chelsea travel to Huddersfield, Southampton host Burnley, and Watford take on Brighton at Vicarage Road. The opening weekend in full Arsenal v Manchester City Bournemouth…

Pressure group Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa (STRANEK) has filed a writ at the court against the National Identification Authority (NIA) for not accepting the voters’ ID as one of the documents of proof for the national registration exercise. The NIA – as per the National Identification Amendment Law, 2017 or Act 950 – requires a Ghanaian passport, a birth certificate or two Ghanaian witnesses for the registration of citizens for the new cards, to be known as Ghana Cards. But there has been disagreement from certain quarters over the requirements. Most of the dissentients want the voters’ ID cards to be…

Government has constituted a five-member committee to oversee the running of football in the country. The interim management committee (IMC) will be chaired by the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Dr Kofi Amoah. Members will be Cudjoe Fianoo, who will also serve as Secretary to the committee, former footballers Abedi Pele and Reverend Osei Kofi and lawyer and former sports journalist Eva Okyere. Peace FM’s sports anchor Daniel Kweku Yeboah will serve as the spokesperson of the committee. In a release issued by Minister of Information Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid on Wednesday, the…

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has formally petitioned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, to launch “full-scale” investigations into the activities of Kwesi Nyantakyi, who until recently was the President of the Ghana Football Association. In a letter dated June 13, 2018 to the Attorney General, Mr Aremeyaw Anas said the conduct of Mr Nyantakyi as per an attached documentary evidence breaches “the general criminal laws of Ghana and especially the Anti Money Laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749)”. Find the letter below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh