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Police fine birdwatchers who breached Covid rules by travelling to Devon to catch glimpse of northern mockingbird which has not be spotted in UK for more than 30 years Birdwatchers travelled to Exmouth, Devon, to catch glimpse of the rare bird Chris Biddle tweeted about the sighting of the rare bird in his garden this … Read more
A Dorset beach was last night battered by a brutal storm that breached sea defences and even carried cars away amid strong wings, heavy rainfall and terrifying 23ft waves. Sea and rain water poured into streets surrounding Chesil Beach on the Isle of Portland, with at least one person believed to have been left needing … Read more
A group of 11 hikers who drove more than 150 miles from London to the Peak District have been fined for breaching coronavirus rules after one of them crashed their car. The men had travelled from Harrow, North London in three vehicles on Monday, ahead of Boris Johnson announcing a third nationwide lockdown for England … Read more
Police officers have slammed ‘selfish’ Tier 4 tourists who flouted lockdown to climb Snowdon in Wales – as crowds gathered in Richmond Park for a New Year’s Day walk. North Wales Police blasted Bank Holiday walkers who journeyed up to 270 miles to snow-covered Snowdonia National Park to scale Wales’ biggest mountain. Hikers traveled from as far away … Read more
A BBC documentary about Dominic Cummings broke accuracy rules by implying that Boris Johnson’s former chief aide was prejudiced against Muslims, the broadcaster’s complaints unit has found. Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story, presented by Emily Maitlis, risked misleading viewers by taking quotes from a paper by his think-tank about migration out of context, the unit … Read more
The list of victims from the devastating and long-undetected hack on US government agencies and companies continues to grow ever since the sprawling cyber-espionage campaign was disclosed – but experts say the true impact may never actually be known. Federal authorities are expressing increased alarm over the suspected Russian hack that breached, among others, US … Read more
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer faces resignation calls amid claims he breached ministerial code over suspected information leak He is accused of tipping off newspaper in bid to ‘bounce’ Defence Secretary Ben Wallace into backing plan to stop troops being hounded over misconduct claims According to sources, Mr Mercer leaked info to shore up support for … Read more
A former MoD analyst leaked top secret weapons intelligence in a revenge ‘plot’ after complaining police did not take his homophobic assault claims seriously, a court heard. Software engineer Simon Finch denies recording and disclosing secret defence information and refusing to give authorities access codes to three electronic devices, the Old Bailey heard. The 50-year-old, … Read more
Gemma Collins breached advertising rules by promoting controversial £250 weight loss injections on her Instagram page By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 08:41 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 08:41 BST, 7 October 2020 Gemma Collins has found herself in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority after promoting the controversial SkinnyJab injections. The TOWIE star … Read more
Emily Maitlis’s Dominic Cummings rant on Newsnight placed her ‘closer to one side of the debate’ and DID breach impartiality and accuracy standards, BBC complaints unit rules The Editorial Complaints Unit said there had been a breach of impartiality rules But it considers the matter closed and will not be handing down reprimands The BBC … Read more