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The Pope appoints two women to Vatican posts previously only ever held by men in Francis’s latest show of support for equality Pope Francis have appointed two women to posts previously held only by men One of them now have the right to vote in the all-male assemblies of bishops In 2020, Francis assigned six … Read more
Ralf Little has admitted that he thinks portraying ‘gawky’ Antony on The Royle Family has held him back from playing leading TV roles. The actor, 40, who is DI Neville Parker in Death in Paradise, said he thinks he’s been ‘firmly rooted in the industry’s imagination’ as a ‘gawky 20-year-old’ for years. Speaking with The … Read more
A woman has been fined £10,000 for breaking lockdown laws after a gathering at her home following her brother-in-law’s funeral. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said she ignored warnings given out to her by officers ahead of the event and that the gathering had put ‘many people’s lives at risk’. She has accused the force of … Read more
Police raided a lockdown-breaking wedding of 150 people at a Jewish girls’ school last night – 10 months after its principal died of Covid-19. The guests packed inside Yesodey Hatorah Girls’ Senior School in Stamford Hill, north London, which is being used as a coronavirus testing centre. The organiser was fined the maximum £10,000 penalty … Read more
The organiser of a wedding attended by around 400 people on Thursday is facing a £10,000 fine, the Metropolitan Police has said. Five other people were handed £200 fines after police were called at 9.14pm to a large gathering at Yesoday Hatorah Girls Senior School in Stamford Hill, London. The building’s windows had been covered … Read more
Should your gas boiler break down or there be an interruption to energy supplies in the midst of the bleak winter pandemic, don’t expect an immediate response from your British Gas engineer. At a moment in time when unemployment queues are lengthening, insolvencies surging and the NHS is working to capacity, the GMB union is … Read more
The EU has demanded Boris Johnson drop plans to turn the City into a ‘Singapore on Thames’ global economic powerhouse before it will consider helping unclog the huge backlog of goods at UK ports. The EU is said to be open to discussing how to reduce friction, with shopper complaining of shortages at UK supermarkets … Read more
Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny is spending his days under strict control in a VIP cell inside one of Moscow’s most infamous jails, it has been revealed. The prison, called Matrosskaya Tishina or Sailor’s Silence, occupies a block in Moscow’s north-east and has housed high-ranking prisoners the authorities wanted to cut off from the outside world … Read more
America is a tinderbox. A smouldering, snarling, hyper-partisan, violent tinderbox. And decisions taken in the next few days and weeks will determine whether that tinderbox explodes or not – now or some place down the road. I’ve lived and worked in the United States on and off for 15 years. It’s a country I’ve grown … Read more
‘We came close to half of the House DYING!’ AOC says Donald Trump MUST be held accountable for MAGA riot and remains a threat ‘every minute’ as Democrats prepare for impeachment vote Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asserted Sunday that Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for a mob descending on the Capitol She said ‘we … Read more