Take the 5th? The choice could soon be Trump's in NY probe

NEW YORK (AP) — To plead the Fifth, or not to plead the Fifth? That is the question Donald Trump may face after a New York judge ordered the former president to testify in a long-running state civil investigation into his business practices. Trump's lawyers are almost certain to appeal Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling Thursday […]

Writer in cancel culture row battles with focus groups over memoir

Publisher banned Kate Clanchy using the words ‘disfigured’ or ‘handicap’ so her work would ‘play better on Twitter’, the author claims Kate Clanchy said publisher hired ‘sensitivity readers’ to analyse her memoir  Author, 57, said that she was ‘horrified that people found prejudice and cruelty’ Orwell Prize winner said group rated ‘offensive’ words on scale […]

Lorry driver who launched racist tirade at NHS worker is fined £250

Lorry driver who called an NHS worker a ‘P*** b******’ and told him ‘you stink like s***’ in a racist tirade watched by more than one million people on TikTok is fined £250 for racial abuse Adnan Hussain said he was confronted by Nicholas Clayton at traffic lights The NHS worker said Clayton called him a […]

Green-fingered pensioner trims his garden bushes into statues

The ‘Easter Island’ heads of the Isle of Man: Pensioner trims his hedges to ‘resemble world-famous Pacific statues’ Green-fingered Charlie Greene, 86, trimmed his bushes into the shape of Easter Island Moai statues He said he keeps them in shape with a trim three times a year, regular spritzes of water and the odd chat […]