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Priti Patel has branded rapper Dave’s claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a ‘real racist’ as ‘utter nonsense’ and ‘highly inappropriate’. The Home Secretary, today appearing on Sky News and BBC Breakfast to promote the Government’s radical immigration-system overhaul, said that Mr Johnson was ‘absolutely not a racist’ and disagreed with Dave’s ‘generalisation’. Her … Read more
By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: February 18, 2020 1:28:45 pm Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of top officers on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of “ten guarantees”. (File) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting of top officers on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of “ten guarantees” … Read more
Written by MANASI PHADKE | Mumbai | Updated: October 12, 2015 1:12:42 am “The government decided to send BJP Minister Prakash Mehta to deliver the invitation only on Saturday, less than 24 hours before the function. Thackeray already had other more important commitments,” a Shiv Sena leader said. BJP ally Shiv Sena struck a discordant … Read more
By: PTI | New York | Updated: December 16, 2015 11:00:54 am The Indian-origin man worked at a store in Michigan owned by Sikh-American businessman Inderjit Singh. (Source: Google Maps) In a suspected hate-related incident, an Indian-origin store clerk was shot in the face during a struggle with an unidentified man who called him a … Read more
A European safety council wants SUVs banned from towns and cities as part of efforts to cut the number of pedestrians and cyclists being killed. The European Transport Safety Council in a report called for ‘urgent action’ to tackle deaths of vulnerable road users in built-up areas, with records showing almost 70,000 pedestrian and cyclist … Read more
Will interest rates be cut? Bank of England faces tight call as Mark Carney’s final meeting debates the post-election economic bounce Bank of England governor Mark Carney to hold final rates meeting on Thursday Economists are split on whether rates will be held at 0.75% or cut to 0.5% A surprisingly strong set of economic … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at London’s new police-themed Great Scotland Yard Hotel – but says the only way he’ll return is if the strong arm of the law insists on it The Great Scotland Yard Hotel is the former home of the Metropolitan Police It is now an expensive hotel in London’s Whitehall owned by billionaire Yusuff … Read more
Foreign Office reveals the oddest calls from Britons abroad in 2019, from a request for 50 Cent’s phone number to a complaint about an in-flight meal One woman called asking what to wear to an event being held at Windsor Castle Another person asked embassy staff to retrieve headphones left in a hotel room A … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Beechfield House in Wiltshire, which has a swimming pool and rooms with grand four-poster beds – but the dining room was ‘bleak’ with an ‘odd smell’ Beechfield House in Wiltshire features 19th-century Italianate architecture The Inspector was impressed with the ‘tasty’ food and honesty of his waiter But the dining room lost … Read more
An Inspector Calls at The Pig Shed Motel in Norfolk and immediately loves his room, which is twice the size he expected The Pig Shed Motel is located on the A1065 between Swaffham and Fakenham There are 10 rooms inside two single-storey, wooden, shed-style buildings Hot water is supplied by solar power and rainwater provides … Read more