RAF backs British firm to develop modular aircraft’ that can change from trainer to fighter

The Royal Air Force has backed a British firm to develop a new aircraft that can be converted from basic trainer to aggressive fighter by swapping engines and wings. Suffolk based Aeralis was given £200,000 by the RAF to develop its ‘modular’ two -seater aircraft that will come in one of three variants depending on … Read more

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds backs new laws to protect cash

Labour shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds calls for law to save cash before ‘time runs out’ By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds is today calling for an urgent end to the ‘uncontrolled retreat of cash’. In a letter … Read more

Historian backs Canterbury Cathedral ‘for keeping statues with slavery links’

Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’   He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more

WHO backs Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ of Covid in China before December

WHO investigators BACK Beijing’s claim there’s ‘no evidence’ Covid was transmitted ‘before December in Wuhan or elsewhere’ as China tries to pin the blame on imported frozen meats By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:44 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 9 February 2021 WHO scientists researching the origins of Covid in China … Read more

EVERY living Prime Minister backs Mail Force campaign to help lockdown children 

All five living former prime ministers last night joined Boris Johnson in backing Mail Force’s Computers for Kids campaign. In an unprecedented show of support, Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May lauded the drive to help pupils carry on learning during lockdown. Every inhabitant of No 10 from the … Read more

Boris Johnson backs rallying cry to give our national hero a lasting memorial 

An artist impression shows what the statue of WWII veteran, and British Covid hero, Captain Sir Tom Moore, could look like  Boris Johnson last night joined the national clamour for a statue of Britain’s Covid hero, Captain Sir Tom Moore. Asked to back the Daily Mail’s call for a permanent public memorial to the Second … Read more

Triple triumph for laptops as Sir Tom Hunter backs campaign with £500k donation

Mail Force had a triple boost yesterday with £500,000 from a leading entrepreneur, laptops from Sainsbury’s and a deluge of donations from readers. The charity’s campaign to get laptops to lockdown pupils has now raised an astonishing £2.6million in just five days. Sir Tom Hunter, who made his fortune in sporting goods, handed over his … Read more

Investment bank Peel Hunt backs City by opening a new London HQ

Investment bank Peel Hunt backs City by opening a new London HQ despite the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:23 GMT, 26 January 2021 City investment bank Peel Hunt has opened its new office despite the pandemic. While coronavirus has accelerated a shift towards … Read more

‘We live in a free country’: Stanley Johnson backs Hancock’s playing rugby with sons in London park

Stanley Johnson has backed Matt Hancock’s decision to play rugby with his two sons in busy parks twice over the weekend. The Health Secretary today announced that he is isolating until Sunday after being ‘pinged’ by the NHS coronavirus app. But, strolling in the same park Mr Hancock was pictured in, Boris Johnson’s father insisted … Read more