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Marine le Pen could WIN French presidential election next year, senior Macron minister admits Bruno Le Maire, French finance minister, warned Le Pen victory is a ‘possibility’ He said far-right National Rally party must be ‘opposed’ with ‘ideas and results’ Le Marie spoke out after polls showed support for Le Pen at record levels First … Read more
A senior Tory today ridiculed ‘hallucinogenic’ plans for a 25-mile undersea tunnel connecting Britain with Northern Ireland – demanding ministers focus on fixing the Brexit rules instead. There are claims the huge project could be declared feasible within weeks, with hopes it will help facilitate trade with the mainland amid rising tensions over the protocol sealed … Read more
Coronavirus is just as ‘traumatic’ as World War One and could reduce life expectancy by 25 years, a senior NHS therapist has warned. The impact of lockdown and the grief of losing 113,850 people to the virus will cause a trauma ‘time-bomb’ which could see people die young, senior NHS psychological therapist Mark Rayner said. He is calling … Read more
A top aide to Boris Johnson is today caught up in a conflict of interest row over claims he helped broker a deal for China’s new embassy on behalf of the Government while being paid by two of the companies involved. Lord Udny-Lister helped the Foreign Office lead talks with China over its £255million deal … Read more
Queen names ex-head of MI5 Andrew Parker as most senior member of her Royal household Baron Parker of Minsmere will take up new role as Lord Chamberlain on April 1 He will succeed Earl Peel, 73, who is retiring after more than 14 years in the post Baron Parker served as director general of the MI5 … Read more
AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s boss Emma Hayes as their new manager’ – in what would be the first female appointment in Football League HISTORY AFC Wimbledon are considering an approach to make Emma Hayes manager The move would make her the first female manager in men’s senior football Ian Holloway, Sol Campbell and Joey … Read more
Once in a while, even in these grim times, there comes a snippet of news to lift the most downtrodden heart. Such a morsel of cheer lifted mine this week, with the evidence in yesterday’s paper that young people have no business to sneer at us old folk when we suffer the occasional senior moment. For … Read more
Dozens of Dr Martens executives, former staff and the founding family are set for a multi-million pound windfall when the iconic British bootmaker floats on the London Stock Exchange today. Chief executive Kenny Wilson only joined from Cath Kidston in 2018 but will see the value of his existing shares rocket to £58m if the … Read more
Boris Johnson is to give Liz Truss a more senior Government role as he plans to promote a raft of female ministers in Cabinet reshuffle Reshuffle aims to promote female ministers to address PM’s ‘woman problem’ International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to be handed more senior Cabinet post Junior ministers Kemi Badenoch, Lucy Frazer, Gillian … Read more
Senior doctors have called for the gap between the first and second doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to be halved to six weeks. The British Medical Association (BMA) has recommended to cut the waiting time, warning in a letter that the strategy is ‘difficult to justify’ and the UK is ‘internationally isolated’. It emerged on … Read more