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Boris Johnson will become only the fourth prime minister in 150 years to welcome a baby into Number 10 Boris Johnson is not the first Prime Minister to welcome a baby into No 10 The Tory leader follows in the footsteps of David Cameron and Tony Blair Mr Cameron welcome daughter Florence in Truro hospital … Read more
Shinzo Abe has ordered all schools to close The Japanese prime minister has today ordered the closure of all schools in the country for a month in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Shinzo Abe said: ‘The government considers the health and safety of children above anything else. ‘We request all primary, junior high … Read more
Minister for suicide prevention demands protection for reality TV stars as Nadine Dorries pledges more government funding following the tragic death of Caroline Flack Nadine Dorries will examine measures entertainment industry could implement She hopes to help stars suffering ‘psychological effect of reputational damage’ Miss Flack was the fourth person with links to the show … Read more
David Dimbleby has launched a savage attack on ‘lying’ Boris Johnson’s ‘pernicious’ attempt to curb the BBC licence fee. The veteran broadcaster accused the Prime Minister of using the issue to undermine the corporation and avoid having his policies scrutinised. He said Mr Johnson ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about fairness because his landslide election victory … Read more
French Eurovision song is denounced by the country’s culture minister for using English lyrics and ‘breaking his ears’ Song, The Best In Me, was unveiled on Sunday by its singer Tom Leeb Culture minister Franck Riester did not reject the song for its artistic quality Instead he was angry that half the song and its … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: A Prime Minister and Chancellor heading in the same direction is a welcome change – let’s hope it is the right direction By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:47 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 11:35 GMT, 16 February 2020 Boris Johnson now has a War Cabinet. The effective sacking of … Read more
Timmy Mallett – DJ, artist, author and Eighties children’s broadcaster – was preparing to embark on the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain when a bulletproof government limousine arrived at his Berkshire home in the spring of 2018. He describes what followed in his highly entertaining and wildly odd new memoir, Utterly Brilliant! … Read more
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 New year, new decade, new start… or perhaps not. My only plan for 2020 is to sit back and laugh as friends make an attention-seeking, virtue-signalling fool of themselves doing #DryJanuary or even worse, #Veganuary. As Oscar Wilde put it: ‘Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where … Read more
The British socialite Lucy Houston sent a surprising telegram to the White House in the final weeks of the First World War. Addressed directly to President Woodrow Wilson, it advised him in the strongest possible terms to ignore Germany’s recent request for an armistice, and to insist that the war went on till the bitter … Read more
By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: February 17, 2020 7:37:09 pm Minister said IGNOU increased Gross Enrolment Ratio in India: HRD Minister (Twitter) The Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday praised the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for making education accessible to people in all parts of the country and … Read more