Council of Europe diversity campaign declaring ‘freedom is in the hijab’ is pulled after it sparked outcry in France The anti-discrimination campaign, partly funded by the EU, launched last week It provoked a backlash in France among right-wing presidential candidates France is a secular country which imposed a ‘Burqa Ban’ in 2010 A diversity campaign […]
EX Cabinet Minister Owen Paterson WON'T be suspended from the Commons after Tory MPs tonight voted down his sleaze ban. A furious row erupted in Parliament after Boris Johnson tore up the rulebook to save his Conservative colleague from a month's suspension. The Prime Minister wielded his huge majority to protect the former Cabinet Minister […]
Father-of-five, 35, who killed his 19-year-old nephew in horror car crash while ‘showing off at 80mph’ in his Golf GTI is jailed for two years Lejan Lancaster-Baxter, 35, was ‘showing off’ in his Volkswagen GOLF GTI His nephew Brad Aldridge, 19, died and Declan Aldridge suffered serious injuries Lancaster-Baxter admitted causing the death by dangerous driving […]
THE EuroMillions jackpot will rollover to a balance busting £67m on Friday after no one claimed Tuesday's top prize. There were no jackpot winners in yesterdays EuroMillions however, one UK player got their hands on £202,406.20. And this evening, the Lotto draw returns with a cool £2m jackpot up for the taking. Tonight's National Lottery's […]
A DAD threw a Brian Laundrie themed buffet party as he celebrated his daughter's first birthday. Pictures uploaded to Facebook show a skeleton lying on a table that’s been covered in pancetta. Cops found “skeletal” remains on October 20 in a Florida swamp that were positively identified as belonging to Laundrie. Gummy worms appear to […]
THE first British troops to reach one of Mali’s worst massacres told of ditches smeared with blood and homes riddled with bullet holes. Soldiers from the Long Range Reconnaissance Group spoke of the horrors after gunmen slaughtered at least 50 men and teenage boys. Survivors said at least 60 heavily armed men on motorbikes rounded […]
Victoria’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the police force should not be made to reappoint an officer who was sacked after he punched a teenager in the face while on duty. Former senior constable Simon Mareangareu was suspended without pay by Victoria Police in June 2018 when he was found guilty of two charges […]
Cop26 sponsor Dettol is accused of not doing enough to counter effects of palm oil production on global temperatures Dettol is accused of not doing enough to tackle deforestation caused by palm oil The Cop26 partner has ranked below average in a WWF palm oil sourcing report Palm oil production often means plantations replacing forests […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice. The initiative would have […]
STROPPY Emmanuel Macron quit COP26 early after he was snubbed by the PM. The French president wanted a meeting with Boris Johnson amid tensions over fishing rights. But No10 refused as Mr Johnson was hosting a royal reception for world leaders. Miffed Macron, who earlier rowed back on threats of a Brexit trade war, was […]
