Barely three weeks ago, the happy, smiley, youngster was her usual self, playing at home with her brother Charlie, nine, and their dog Coco. But after their father Craig noticed a squint in her eye and took her to have it checked out, doctors made the devastating discovery. Mr Jackson, 39, said medics at the world-famous […]
A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle 450,000 fake £1 coins into the UK. Edward Magill conspired with lorry driver William Turnbull to transport the counterfeit money from the Netherlands. The plot was foiled when the driver’s flat-bed trailer was stopped by border control at North Shields ferry terminal in December 2012. Officers […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Several hundred noisy protesters marched through central London on Friday to protest against Britain’s election result, chanting “Boris Johnson: Not My Prime Minister” and “Boris, Boris, Boris: Out, Out, Out”. The protesters, brandishing signs that read “Defy Tory (Conservative) Rule” and “Refugees Welcome”, walked at speed from outside Johnson’s Downing Street residence […]
Labour’s Stephen Kinnock received another grilling during BBC Question Time as an audience member hit out at the Labour party as she explained why she thinks Labour lost the election. She shunned Labour for not respecting the Brexit referendum result in 2016. The Labour voter went on to label the party’s actions “absolutely abhorrent”. She […]
The Labour MP for Aberavon defended Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership as he compared him to previous leaders but Mr Kinnock was stumped after being savaged by an audience member who questioned Labour’s victories in the past 50 years. An audience member asked: “If you take out the two Blair victories Labour haven’t won a general election […]
British Muslims say they fear for their future under a Boris Johnson government after his landslide win in the general election. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has called on the Prime Minister – who has been personally accused of Islamophobia – to reassure British Muslims of their place in Britain. Harun Khan, Secretary General […]
Boris Johnson is refusing to cave into demands to allow another Scottish Referendum despite huge gains made by the SNP in the general election. A Downing Street spokesperson said the PM has called Nicola Sturgeon and has made clear that he remains opposed to a second vote on breaking away from the UK. Nicola Sturgeon […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has congratulated newly re-elected UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his election victory and both leaders committed to staying in “close contact” as Brexit negotiations move into the next stage. They also discussed strengthening the bilateral relationship between Ireland and the UK in the aftermath of Mr Johnson’s landslide general election victory. […]
One of the lorry drivers involved in a suspected conspiracy to traffic human beings into the UK was allegedly being paid up to €1,000 per trafficked person, the High Court has heard. The details emerged during a hearing into the proposed extradition to the UK of Eamon Harrison (23) from Mayobridge, Co Down, who is […]
Hundreds of protesters have descended onto Whitehall in despair over Boris Johnson’s landslide election win. The demonstrators, brandishing signs that read ‘Defy Tory Rule’ and ‘Refugees Welcome’, walked at speed from outside Johnson’s Downing Street residence to Trafalgar Square. The Mirror reports police had to separate some demonstrators who clashed with pro-brexiteers. Videos on social […]