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Farage attacks ‘woke cobblers’ from BBC Radio 4 in ‘fisherpeople’ rant

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Mr Farage tweeted: “BBC Radio 4 now calls fishermen “fisherpeople. God save us from this woke cobblers.” His comments come after the BBC’s Europe editor Katya Adler used “fisherpeople” during a debate […]

Buying alcohol could be banned after 9pm in worst-hit areas after lockdown

The sale of alcohol could be banned after 9pm in some areas when the national lockdown comes to an end, a minister has hinted. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the government was looking at all sorts of measures for when the restrictions come to an end on December 2. It is likely that there […]

Buying alcohol could be banned after 9pm in worst-hit areas after lockdown

The sale of alcohol could be banned after 9pm in some areas when the national lockdown comes to an end, a minister has hinted. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the government was looking at all sorts of measures for when the restrictions come to an end on December 2. It is likely that there […]

Azerbaijan presidential couple tour territories recaptured from Armenians

BAKU (AFP) – Azerbaijan’s presidential couple have made a triumphant tour of the territories recaptured from Armenian forces in fierce clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region that ended in Yerevan’s humiliating defeat. Last week, Baku and Yerevan signed a Moscow-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh that left thousands dead and […]

Risk of being murdered higher for black people in England and Wales, research suggests

The homicide risk for black people in England and Wales has been more than five-and-a-half times higher than for white people on average during the 21st century, research suggests. The study by Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology also found those of Asian ethnicity are on average twice as likely as white people to be killed. […]

POLL: Is BBC right to replace ‘fishermen’ with gender-neutral ‘fisherpeople’?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The change in the BBC’s guidelines came to light when Katya Adler, the broadcaster’s Europe editor, used the term “fisherpeople” while talking about post-Brexit fishing rights in the UK. Her mention of […]

POLL: Is BBC right to replace ‘fishermen’ with gender-neutral ‘fisherpeople’?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The change in the BBC’s guidelines came to light when Katya Adler, the broadcaster’s Europe editor, used the term “fisherpeople” while talking about post-Brexit fishing rights in the UK. Her mention of […]

Queen Elizabeth II: How did Prince Philip and the Queen meet?

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Queen and Prince Philip have had the longest marriage of any British sovereign in history. For decades Prince Philip has been by the Queen’s side, only retiring from public duties in […]

10,000 soldiers told Christmas could be cancelled due to Covid

10,000 troops could see their Christmas leave postponed as the ‘overstretched’ army battles to help the Government’s coronavirus response.  With the armed forces being called into action for various roles to help out in the crisis, there are fears that a ‘perfect storm’ of a Brexit no-deal, winter flooding and could hamper soldiers’ efforts. It […]

Finland's plans to boost nickel mine output sparks environmental fears

SOTKAMO (AFP) – Lines of trucks carrying piles of rock crisscross Finland’s rugged Terrafame mine, which sits 300km below the Arctic Circle and is Europe’s largest source of nickel for electric car batteries. At the immense, 60 sq km site, the extracted stone is crushed, heaped into vast mounds and fed with oxygen and water […]