Meghan Markle: Netflix deal ‘contention with Queen’ says expert Matt Cardle, winner of The X Factor in 2010, said he exchanged messages with the future Duchess in 2015. The conversation began after Meghan followed Mr Cardle on social media. He had just completed a highly successful appearance in Memphis at the West End. Speaking to the […]
Keir Starmer calls for cross-party communication on vaccine Pressure has been applied on the Labour leader in a letter sent this weekend by 39 Conservative MPs after leftwing lawyers intervened to prevent all but 13 of 36 dangerous criminals being returned to Jamaica. The ones who were allowed by the courts to stay included murderers […]
FILE PHOTO: A British Union Jack flag flutters outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File PhotoLONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and European Union negotiators will meet in Brussels on Sunday in what the British team said was a final throw of the dice to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal. British Prime […]
A soldier from the Queen’s elite bodyguard corps has walked free from court after drunkenly punching a pregnant 17-year-old in the stomach after a pub crawl. Marc Thomson, 18, and his victim were playfighting but he hit her so hard she drew blood, a court was told. She rushed to the toilet and spotted the […]
Keir Starmer avoids questions on his Jeremy Corbyn stance Ruth Smeeth is today at the forefront of the battle for freedom of speech as the chief executive of Index on Censorship but she warns a long-term fight awaits to deal with anti-Jewish prejudice in Britain. The former Stoke-on-Trent North MP was deluged with hate messages […]
A ‘filthy hovel’ is how one guest described their experience of Britannia, who have been ranked the UK’s worst hotel chain for the eighth consecutive year. It was the only firm to receive just one star out of five for cleanliness following a survey of more than 4,000 people by consumer group Which? Despite being […]
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has said he is co-operating with police after he was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Mr Anderson, 62, was arrested alongside four other men on Friday as part of an investigation into building and planning developments in the city. All five have now been released […]
Prince William: Lee Mack says royal told him he ‘needs new jokes’ Last month it emerged Princess Eugenie, 30, and Jack Brooksbank, 34, had moved into Frogmore Cottage, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s UK base. The property is believed to be “on loan” to the royal couple, who are expecting their first child early next […]
Nicola Sturgeon admits 'I have made mistakes' following restrictions NHS and social care staff have been on the frontline of the coronavirus battle and Scotland’s First Minister announced plans to say “thank you” to them through a £500 bonus payment. However, a major trade union has lashed out at the SNP leader and said the […]
The term “Essex girl” has been removed from the dictionary after a long-standing campaign by women from the county. Oxford University Press (OUP) previously defined “Essex girl” as: “A name used especially in jokes to refer to a type of young woman who is not intelligent, dresses badly, talks in a loud and ugly way […]