Helen Kapalos describes her sacking from Channel 10 as ‘undignified’ and ‘heavy-handed’

TV presenter Helen Kapalos has given a scathing account of her infamous sacking from Channel Ten in 2012, calling the cull ‘undigified’ and ‘devestating’.   Speaking to The Herald Sun’s Sacked: Showbiz podcast this week, the 49-year-old revealed she was blindsided when she was suddenly axed from her regular news slot after working at Ten for … Read more

Heavy-handed Manchester police raided a birthday party for a 10-year-old girl

Heavy-handed Manchester police raided a birthday party for a girl, 10, after receiving a tip-off they were breaching strict Covid rules Officers turned up at the house in Greater Manchester after a neighbour’s tip-off Members of three different families attended despite recent local restrictions  Police gave the Swinton householder – believed to be a single … Read more

Funeral association slams heavy-handed councils for banning ALL mourners from services

Heavy-handed councils have been slammed for banning all mourners from services. The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has hit out at local authorities in locations including Belfast, Leeds and Bradford that have stopped bereaved families from attending funerals.  Instead several councils are now offering ‘direct cremations’, in which there is no ceremony and mourners … Read more

Police were warned against heavy-handed lockdown enforcement five days ago

A police chief today dismissed claims that heavy-handed enforcement during the coronavirus crisis had tipped Britain towards becoming a ‘police state’ – as a senior minister issued more muddled travel advice to dog walkers and supermarket shoppers. West Midlands Police chief constable Dave Thompson has said the public should be ‘supporting’ officers who are ‘doing a marvellous … Read more