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Home Secretary Priti Patel is incandescent. ‘They are trying to silence me because I don’t conform to their version of what it is to be an ethnic minority,’ she seethes. ‘They think they have a licence to speak for everybody from an ethnic minority community. ‘That is not the case. It is simply not the … Read more
The burgers were sizzling, and drinks and conversation flowing freely, at Ross and Mo Cassidy’s summer barbecue in the garden of their redbrick semi in Salisbury. Then, in a baritone Russian accent, their next-door neighbour made a pronouncement that sliced through the frivolity like a Cossack sabre. ‘You know, one day Putin is going to … Read more
Revealed: Boris Johnson scrapped Cabinet Ministers pandemic team six months before coronavirus hit Britain The PM abolished the Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingency Committee MPs such as Michael Gove and Matt Hancock were part of the pandemic team The group was scrapped by Mr Johnson just days after he entered No10 last July COVID-19 hit … Read more
Cuddling your pet dog or cat could give you coronavirus, Government scientists warn amid fears animals may carry the virus on their fur Official report from UK’s top vet said pets could carry the virus on their fur The report said close contact, like cuddling, with your pet could spread the virus This means that … Read more
Her career in ashes following a row over racism and ‘white privilege’, Jessica Mulroney – Meghan Markle’s best friend – has made three public apologies and announced that she is stepping away from work. Mrs Mulroney, who styled Meghan and also advised the Canadian PM’s wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, has been dropped by TV networks … Read more
The thin blue line is unbreakable, says female mounted police officer who is ‘hanging in there’ in hospital with a punctured lung and broken collarbone after being hurt in Black Lives Matter protest PC Nicky Vernon was injured when horse bolted during the protests in London Video showed her being knocked from horse when she … Read more
Look at the satellite images below. One shows a hospital car park in the city of Wuhan, China. It was taken in October 2018. The other shows the same location almost exactly a year later, in October 2019. Now spot the difference. Puzzle: At the Hubei Women and Children’s Hospital there were far more cars in … Read more
One was a refugee who came to this country without a penny to her name. The other a privately-educated former girlfriend of Prince Andrew. Two women from very different backgrounds — but this week Diana Jenkins and Amanda Staveley found themselves at the heart of a legal showdown that is causing shockwaves across the City … Read more
Popular historian and bestselling author Tom Holland said many Britons will regard the boarding up of Winston Churchill’s statue as ‘sinister’ after it was covered to protect it from further attacks. Mr Holland, 52, also claimed the sight of locals in Poole, Dorset, needing to defend the statue of founder of the Scouting movement Robert Baden-Powell … Read more
When the BBC asked me back in the mid-Seventies to leave the United States and open a television news bureau in South Africa, I knew exactly what I would not do. I would not become one of those ghastly privileged whites who expressed their disgust for apartheid but enjoyed its benefits. I would not, for a … Read more