The Metropolitan Police has insisted Dame Cressida Dick’s resignation as commissioner of the force will not delay the investigation into the “partygate” scandal that has engulfed No 10. Dick – the first woman to become the UK’s top cop – dramatically stepped down yesterday (February 10) after London mayor Sadiq Khan accused her of failing […]
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A veteran Conservative MP has provoked his party’s fury by blocking the report at the heart of the sleaze row that has engulfed the Tories. Further dismay within party ranks has come with reports that Grant Shapps the transport secretary will announce this week that the HS2 “eastern spur” linking Leeds and Birmingham will be […]
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Shaun Bailey mayor has upset the polls to take an overnight lead in the race to be London mayor over Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan. The Conservative candidate was trailing by up to 20 points in pre-election polls but tonight (Friday) has a shock lead of more than 5,000 votes. Bailey’s showing in the capital caps […]
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A former leader of the Conservative party has warned that the decision to offer under 30-year-olds an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine “plays into hands of anti-vaxxers”. Sir Ian Duncan Smith said the new advice issued by the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is “messy, confusing and very unhelpful” and risks jeopardising “all […]
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The Metropolitan Police has been criticised for “grabbing and manhandling” women at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard following clashes with mourners and protestors at London’s Clapham Common. Scuffles broke out when officers tried to remove speakers from a bandstand covered with floral tributes for the 33-year-old at what had been a peaceful vigil, […]
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Nigel Farage has resigned as leader of the Reform UK party and announced that he is quitting politics again – but vowed that this time he won’t be coming back because Brexit “won’t be reversed”. The 56-year-old told the Telegraph’s Choppers Politics podcast: “There is no going back – Brexit is done. That won’t be […]
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The UK recorded its highest number of Covid cases in a 24 period with 33,470, while becoming became the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths from the virus. Infections in over-80s are soaring while the NHS reports the number of people waiting a year or longer for surgery is 107 times higher than […]
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Thousands of anti-lockdown protestors have packed Trafalgar Square for the second Saturday running to demonstrate against restrictions under a “we do not consent” banner. Conspiracy theorist David Icke and Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers are among the protestors who “did not appear to be social distancing or wearing masks as they demonstrated against government rules”, reports […]
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Tens of thousands of anti-racism protestors across the UK have defied the government and police chiefs to join demonstrations against racism. “No justice, no peace” echoed around the country with protesters chanting the name of George Floyd, whose death by police in the US has sparked demonstrations under the Black Lives Matter banner around the […]
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