‘Fit and healthy’ Royal Ballet School dancer, 14, died after contracting rare form of meningitis during Christmas holiday in Sardinia Valentina Sanna died on New Year’s Day after battling with meningitis The Royal Ballet dancer told her parents she was suffering from a headache The 14-year-old’s symptoms got worse and …
Read More »Jessica Mulroney reveals travel plans after ‘babysitting Archie’
The Duchess of Sussex’s closest friend revealed she will be travelling a lot this month as she flew to Jamaica this week, following her reported stint looking after Archie in Canada. Canadian stylist Jessica Mulroney, 39, took to her Instagram stories as she took a plane to the Caribbean, telling …
Read More »Olympic boxer Amir Khan says UK is NOT a racist country
British boxer Amir Khan believes Meghan Markle will always be welcome in the UK and said: ‘I don’t think England is a racist country’. The former Olympic gold medallist today said ‘people in Britain are very loving’ after he met Prince William and Kate when they visited Bradford today. Khan …
Read More »Meghan faces release of more texts in case against Mail on Sunday | UK news
The potential perils for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in her high-stakes legal battle against the Mail on Sunday have become clear after the newspaper filed a detailed legal defence hinting at the future release of royal text messages. The case revolves around allegations of breach of copyright, invasion of privacy …
Read More »Investment in towns would have allayed free movement fears – Nandy
Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has said free movement would have been a success if it was “married with real investment” in training Britain’s young people. The Wigan MP said her constituents, who voted by 62% to Leave, did not oppose people coming from Europe to work but instead wanted …
Read More »Labour leadership: Lisa Nandy on student fees, the NHS, Trident and tax
Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy is asked for her views on university tuition fees, Royal Mail renationalisation, Trident, the NHS using private providers and the top rate of tax. The BBC’s Andrew Neil is hoping to interview all five candidates in the race for Labour leadership. Watch Politics Live in …
Read More »Nandy: We must tax polluters and unearned wealth, not just high incomes
Lisa Nandy has suggested that discussions on taxation must focus on “unearned wealth” and “polluters”, rather than just on high incomes. Speaking to Andrew Neil in a BBC interview, the leadership hopeful answered a series of questions about her political views and policy positions. Nandy also talked about whether she …
Read More »Lisa Nandy vows to maintain Labour’s pledge to abolish university tuition fees
Lisa Nandy has said she would maintain key pledges from Labour’s election manifesto, including the abolition of university of tuition fees and the denationalisation of Royal Mail. In her first major television interview, the Wigan MP, one of five contenders vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn, also said she opposed a …
Read More »Meghan’s Mail on Sunday case: Why Royal Family rarely go to court
Image copyright PA Media Read through the 44-page defence provided by the Mail on Sunday to the High Court and you quickly realise why the Royal Family rarely resort to the courts in their endless struggles with the media. Back in February last year the Mail on Sunday published excerpts …
Read More »As we consider the future for Labour, don’t lose sight of the green new deal
THE Labour leadership contest is heating up and over the last few weeks so has the inquest into December’s catastrophic election defeat. Many have laid the blame at the door of the manifesto, and in some ways they have a point: when combined with a doom-laden mass media onslaught, the …
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