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The one lesson I’ve learnt from life: Baroness Grey-Thompson says self-pity is a wasted emotion Baroness Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida and reveals her life lessons Her parents instilled a strong work ethic in her she’s passed on to her child She says you have to experience the lows in life to appreciate the highs … Read more
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Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy ‘asked Julian Assange’s alleged victims to drop rape charges’ Made suggestion in email sent at height of Assange’s battle against extradition Assange visited Stockholm in 2010 and stayed at the homes of WikiLeaks supporters, including Anna Ardin A photograph obtained by the documentary, to be shown in Sweden tomorrow, shows … Read more
A sombre ritual on a leafy street in South-East London: three generations of one family gather, bow their heads in prayer, leave flowers. Baroness Doreen Lawrence returns three times a year to the exact spot where her son Stephen was murdered by racist thugs in 1993 to place a small, colourful bouquet there — on … Read more
The pandemic has shown how important charity is but also how fragile it can be. Both mean we have to be very clear about why charity has a special place in our nation’s hearts. It’s a chance to leave our differences behind, not an opportunity to carry on the political struggle by other means. There’s … Read more
Conservative peer Karren Brady is stepping up as a champion of small firms in the Covid-19 crisis Most women are multi-taskers, but football boss Karren Brady is in a different league – pun intended. Baroness Brady, to give her full title, is a Conservative peer. She is also chief executive of West Ham, a television personality … Read more
Former Brexit Party MEP Baroness of Buckley blasts opponents of Boris Johnson’s internal market bill in Lords… only to vote AGAINST after getting into a ‘palaver’ with voting app Claire Fox defended the Internal Market Bill during speech in the House of Lords She later admitted she had accidentally voted against it with the voting app … Read more
The MP husband of Test and Trace chief Baroness Dido Harding has been told to self-isolate by the coronavirus app – though she has not been asked to. Tory MP John Penrose was alerted by the NHS Covid-19 app, part of the operation overseen by his wife. However, Baroness Harding has not received an alert … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm … Read more
A controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes outside an Oxford college should be joined by one of Nelson Mandela rather than be removed, peers have heard at Westminster. Baroness Deech (pictured) urged the Government ‘to stop the destruction of important historical statues’ The call was made by independent crossbencher and former BBC governor Baroness Deech as … Read more