MP questions police response that troll who tried to have her children removed was ‘entitled’ to call her an ‘extremist’ The Labour MP Stella Creasy believes police have given online trolls “the green light to target the children of politicians” after she was subject to a baseless complaint to social […]
Year: 2023
Conservative party accused of undermining broadcaster by flooding it with cronies after chair’s resignation Rishi Sunak is under pressure to stop appointing Conservatives to key positions at the BBC after Richard Sharp’s resignation prompted criticism the party had undermined the broadcaster by flooding it with cronies. Sharp quit as BBC […]
Government announces end to airlifts amid calls for NHS doctors without UK passports to be rescued British nationals trapped in Sudan have until midday on Saturday local time to get on a flight before they stop, ministers have announced, as a doctors’ union called for NHS medics without UK passports […]
Four main teaching unions could unite after ‘months of stonewalling’ from education secretary Gillian Keegan All state schools in England could be closed by “unprecedented” coordinated strikes involving all four teaching unions, after their leaders vowed to increase pressure on the government to improve its pay offer. In a joint […]
Tree design includes names of Commonwealth nations, and poles are made from tree from Windsor estate The king and the queen consort will be anointed behind a specially created screen of fine embroidery, held by poles hewn from an ancient windblown Windsor oak and mounted with eagles cast in bronze […]
Former England captain talks about his ‘tiring’ condition in Netflix series about his life and career What are typical symptoms and treatments for OCD? David Beckham has revealed how living with his “tiring” obsessive compulsive disorder leads him to spending hours cleaning and organising his home while the rest of […]
People urged to shelter as explosions reported in multiple regions The Kyiv Independent is now reporting that the air defence systems are at work in Kyiv and that people should remain in shelters. A missile has reportedly hit a high-rise building in Uman, in the Cherkasy region on central Ukraine. […]
Inspector of constabulary warns force is failing to investigate unexpected deaths after Stephen Port report The Metropolitan police could be failing to spot serial killers and identify murders because they are not properly investigating unexpected deaths, the inspector of constabulary has warned. Matt Parr’s comments came after a damning report […]
Former vice-president’s proximity to the ex-president during the Capitol attack makes him a key witness in the criminal inquiry Mike Pence testified before a federal grand jury on Thursday in Washington about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to a source familiar with the matter, a […]
With a big castle and even bigger beach, Bamburgh tops the annual Which? poll, followed by Dartmouth and Portstewart, while old favourites prop up the table Northumberland’s historic and dramatic coastal village of Bamburgh, with its sandy beach backed by an imposing 900-year-old castle, has been voted Britain’s best seaside […]