Backlash for Russian blogger widowed by dry ice poisoning accident at her 29th birthday party

A heartbroken Russian blogger whose husband was killed in a dry ice poisoning accident at her 29th birthday party has received backlash for continuing to post on social media following the tragedy.  Ekaterina Didenko was widowed when dry ice was thrown into a swimming pool to create a ‘steam show’ at celebrations in Moscow, causing … Read more

Backlash over Chancellor’s £2.7bn tax raid on small firms

Furious backlash over Chancellor’s £2.7billion tax raid on small firms By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:45 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 07:46 GMT, 2 March 2020 There was a furious backlash last night against Government plans for a £2.7billion raid on small and medium-sized businesses. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is proposing to … Read more

MAFS: Cheating groom Michael Goonan ‘goes into HIDING’ amid brutal backlash

Married At First Sight’s cheating groom Michael Goonan ‘goes into HIDING’ amid brutal backlash… after he denied kissing Hayley Vernon at the dinner party Do you have a story about a MAFS participant? Email [email protected]  By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:18 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 21:21 GMT, 27 February 2020 … Read more

Met Police deletes tweet of two battering rams after backlash over appeal to catch drug dealers

Met Police post a rude photo of two ‘inappropriately posed’ baton rams in bizarre tweet asking people to report their neighbours for drug-dealing The safer neighbourhoods team for Borough and Bankside tweeted the image A picture of two battering rams was posted in an appeal to catch drug dealers One social media user questioned why … Read more

Civil servant at heart of Priti Patel ‘bully’ claims faces backlash

A top civil servant who Priti Patel tried to get rid of is facing a furious backlash amid claims he ‘obstructed’ successive home secretaries.  Ms Patel is said to have tried to move permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam out of the department after they clashed. Sir Philip previously faced calls for him to resign in … Read more

Rise of the German far-Right: How the 2015 migrant crisis sparked a backlash that has seen AfD grow

The rise of the far-right in Germany has seen the AfD seize record seats in parliament, a surge in hate crimes and terror attacks, with yet another last night. Tobias Rathjen, a 43-year-old neo-Nazi, shot dead nine people last night at two shisha bars in the town of Hanau after publishing a 24-page manifesto about … Read more

British Gas reverses the minimum top up limit back to £1 for prepayment customers after backlash

British Gas reduces the minimum top-up for prepayment energy customers back to £1 after backlash British Gas initially changed the minimum top up limit to £5 from £1  Customers complained about this and the change to Payzone terminals   The change back to a £1 minimum top up is expected to be in place by March  … Read more

M&S hit by backlash over plan to stop distributing shopping vouchers to small shareholders

Retail giant Marks & Spencer has been hit by a backlash over its plan to stop distributing paper shopping vouchers to thousands of small shareholders from the end of the month. Under a major shake-up, which will affect around half of the company’s legion of loyal small investors, the group is scrapping paper vouchers and … Read more

Wendy Williams faces backlash for making joke about death of Drew Carey’s ex-fiancee Amie Harwick

Wendy Williams has come under fire for making a tasteless joke about the death of sex therapist and Drew Carey’s ex-finacee Amie Harwick. Harwick, 38, was allegedly thrown from her balcony in Los Angeles in the early hours of Saturday. Her ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse has been charged with murder while former Price Is Right host Carey has spoken … Read more