[ad_1] In the latest act of violence and disorder as part of the ongoing Sunderland riots, taxis transporting NHS nurses were subjected to attacks by protesters as they threw rocks. Filipino nurses on their way to an emergency hospital shift were unexpectedly caught up in the chaos as rioters set a police station ablaze. Speaking…
[ad_1] The new government has only been in power for five minutes but they need to urgently halt the sale of our 500-year-old institution for £3.5bn to Czech tycoon who made his billions flogging Russian gas Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has bid £3.5bn for Royal Mail ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Where is Postman…
[ad_1] A Tory candidate who was defeated by just 15 votes is considering taking legal action over alleged postal vote chaos in his constituency. Ameet Jogia, who was defeated by his Labour rival in the north London constituency of Hendon, may launch a judicial review against Barnet Council. Mr Jogia, a former Downing Street adviser,…
[ad_1] Postal vote delays are being “urgently” investigated following concerns of late ballots raised in at least 91 constituencies, The Telegraph revealed on Monday. Royal Mail has faced backlash for failing to deliver some ballots in time for the general election today, leaving voters at risk of not being able to return their postal slips….
[ad_1] It’s gone like a flash but we are well past the half-way point of 2024 – and we have the new laws and changes to prove it. New legislation has come in around issues like pet abduction and landlord reforms and is now in force. Many of the changes are major issues for drivers…
[ad_1] The historically safe Conservative seat of Devon South West will, for the first time since being won by Gary Streeter in 1997, be up for grabs – and Julian Brazil intends to secure it for the Lib Dems. He resides in the village of East Prawle in the constituency South Hams and has been…
[ad_1] Exclusive: When first formed in 2015, Artemis Technologies was the UK arm of Gunvor – a commodities trading firm co-founded by oligarch Gennady Timchenko. His former business partner still sits on the firm’s board Rishi Sunak visits Artemis Technologies HQ in Belfast ( Image: PA) Rishi Sunak visited a Russia-linked tech firm during his…
[ad_1] Post Office hero Alan Bates has been snubbed in a ‘surprise’ honours list. The list – which includes awards for MPs and a major Tory donor – was issued ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend. But Mr Bates – who battled against Post Office bosses for more than 20 years – was not…
[ad_1] SIR – You report (September 15) that the northern leg of HS2 “may be axed to save £35 billion”. It is time our politicians woke up and cancelled the whole sorry enterprise. Vast amounts of money have been spent, without any accountability – and for what? Charles PenfoldUlverston, Cumbria SIR – The exorbitantly overpriced HS2…
[ad_1] Trade unions have reported the Government to the UN over “dreadful” new anti-strike laws. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has submitted a case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN’s workers’ rights watchdog, protesting against the legislation to ensure minimum service levels during mass walkouts. Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the TUC,…