Laurence Fox’s Question Time slanging match with an ethnicity lecturer over Meghan Markle has sent Twitter into a melt down. The 41-year-old accused Rachel Boyle, an academic at Edge Hill University on Merseyside, of ‘being racist’ after she called him ‘a white privileged male’ for denying the Duchess of Sussex …
Read More »Why I’m planning NOT to use my new passport… and you should think about it too, says JOHN HUMPHRYS
A new passport has just arrived in the post. I remember my first one, more than half a century ago, almost as clearly as I remember the arrival of my first child — with one big difference. The baby demanded responsibility. The passport promised freedom. For a scruffy kid who’d …
Read More »UK EV startup Arrival secures $110 M investment from Hyundai & Kia
UK EV startup Arrival secures $110 M investment from Hyundai & Kia Even as electric vehicles continue to take the consumer market by storm, automakers are now shifting focus to delivery vehicles to give EVs a boost. In fact, delivery vans are becoming increasingly considered as the “trojan horse” for …
Read More »Letter: Thanks for first-class support of post service
On behalf of the 1st/2nd Parkeston Scout Group, I would like to thank all the shopkeepers who allowed us to use their premises as collection points, and the residents of Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston and the surrounding areas who supported this fundraising event. We have been providing this service for more …
Read More »Labour leadership: Party members set to grill leadership candidates
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFive candidates remain in the race for the Labour leadership Labour members will get their first chance to grill the five MPs standing to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as party leader at an event in Liverpool later. Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Sir Keir …
Read More »Globe and Mail editorial says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shouldn’t move to Canada
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly moving to Canada in the wake of the royal family crisis. But Canada’s biggest newspaper argues it shouldn’t happen. What’s going on: The Globe and Mail published an editorial this week that said the royal couple’s decision to move to Canada is a …
Read More »Royal Wedding musician is highest-charting cellist of all time
Musician, 20, who played at Harry and Meghan’s wedding, becomes the UK’s highest-charting cellist of all time Sheku Kanneh-Mason played the cello at Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding The 20-year-old has made it to number eight in the UK charts with his album Follows success of his debut album which …
Read More »Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason breaks new chart record
Royal wedding musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason has set a new record as he is now the highest-charting cellist of all time in the UK. The 20-year-old classical music star’s new album, Elgar, based on Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, has debuted at number eight, making it the first to ever break into …
Read More »British sisters found dead in bathroom in India after ‘gas leak’
British sisters aged 17 and 25 are found dead ‘in a bathroom after a gas leak’ in Pakistan where they were ‘visiting for their grandfather’s funeral’ The girls, believed to be aged 17 and 25 ‘mysteriously died’ because of ‘fumes’ Allegedly died because of fumes caused by gas exhaust in …
Read More »Heathrow flight chaos as RAF make unplanned use of airspace
Angry passengers are demanding to know why they were left stranded for several hours after the RAF demanded air traffic controllers shut down Heathrow’s airspace for around 30 minutes. The RAF told civilian controllers they needed an ‘unplanned’ use of airspace, which forced several aircraft to divert and forced others …
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