Days after anti-corruption journalist Ivan Golunov was freed amid an outcry over a fabricated drugs case, Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired two high-ranking Moscow police officials. The interior minister had called for the dismissal of western Moscow police chief Maj Gen Andrei Puchkov and drug control boss Maj Gen Yury Devyatkin. Mr Golunov was […]
The Bishop of Ossory has said he is “saddened” by the “inappropriate language and sentiments” stated in a homily last week. Brother Tom Forde sparked outrage when he compared gay people to infected zombies. He made the remarks during a homily at the Capauchin Friary in Kilkenny on Saturday, with some of the congregation reportedly […]
The former Brexit secretary told BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg TV debates will cut through the “froth and frenzy” of the Tory leadership race as he went through the first round of the contest. In a message to frontrunner Boris Johnson who is yet to confirm whether he will participate to Channel 4 News debate on Sunday, Mr Raab […]
A ONE-LEGGED war veteran, who was arrested at Dublin airport after staff thought he was “legless drunk”, has been spared a sentence and an assault conviction. Mouftah Nezar Ellihidy with an address at Annally Terrace, Ongar, Clonsilla, Dublin was maimed during conflict in his homeland, Libya. The 29-year-old business student pleaded guilty at Dublin District […]
EU diplomats and officials are on manoeuvres to deliver one last compromise to the next British prime minister in the hope of salvaging Theresa May’s hated Brexit deal. Plans are being drawn up to make the controversial backstop insurance measure to avoid a hard Irish border time-limited to appease Brexiteers in Westminster. EU sources have […]
Boris Johnson insisted no one would vote for “a prat who gets stuck on a zip wire” following a stunt gone awry during a public event in East London. Mr Johnson was featuring as a “special guest” at Victoria Park to be the first person to ride the new zip line, before grinding steadily to […]
Prince Andrew began his Royal Navy career in 1979, and was a Sub Lieutenant when Britain went to war in the Falkland Islands. Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the conflict, which saw 650 Argentine and 253 British lose their lives from April to June 1982. Biographer Andrew Morton, in his 1984 book “Andrew: The Playboy […]
Brexit supporter and former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith hinted the Chancellor did not have long left in his current role. It comes after Philip Hammond criticised former foreign secretary Boris Johnson for pursuing a policy of leaving the European Union with or without a deal at the end of October if he becomes […]
The BBC confirmed its plans to take away free TV licences from over-75s on Monday. The broadcaster argued it was the only way it could avoid closing channels and making substantial cutbacks. The decision comes agyer the government announced in 2015 the BBC would take responsibility for covering the cost of free television licences for […]
The foul-mouthed chef lodged plans to place the log cabins there to create more space for friends and family to stay. His decision came after Ramsay’s wife Tana, 44, gave birth to the couple’s fifth child Oscar in April. Made in Estonia, the cabins cost £40,000 each, have three windows and are clad in spruce […]