Libertines rocker Pete Doherty is banned from driving after being caught riding his e-scooter

Libertines rocker Pete Doherty is banned from driving after being caught riding his e-scooter while disqualified to search for his missing DOG Pete Doherty says he had no idea he was not allowed to ride the e-scooter The musician who lives in Margate, Kent, was stopped by police at 1.40am Doherty was looking for one … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Protest against our new State of Fear is banned

We have ceased to be a parliamentary democracy. There was no military putsch. Nobody passed an Enabling Act allowing rule by decree.  But the House of Lords and the House of Commons are now the Dead Parrot Parliament. They are dead because they do nothing to hold the Government to account.  The most shocking instance … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Protest against our new State of Fear is banned

We have ceased to be a parliamentary democracy. There was no military putsch. Nobody passed an Enabling Act allowing rule by decree.  But the House of Lords and the House of Commons are now the Dead Parrot Parliament. They are dead because they do nothing to hold the Government to account.  The most shocking instance … Read more

Hair salon ‘happy’ stylist advert is banned by job centre as it “discriminates” unhappy people’ 

A hair salon owner has been told she cannot place a job advert for a ‘happy’ new stylist – because the word is ‘discriminatory’ against unhappy people.  Alison Birch, who runs AJ’s Unisex hair salon in Stroud, Gloucestershire was amazed when an official at the local job centre said she could not stipulate happiness as … Read more

Hair salon ‘happy’ stylist advert is banned by job centre as it “discriminates” unhappy people’ 

A hair salon has been told it cannot place a job advert for a ‘happy’ new stylist – because the word happy is discriminatory. Alison Birch, who runs AJ’s Unisex hair salon in Stroud, Gloucestershire was amazed when an official at the local job centre said she could not stipulate happiness as a required quality … Read more

Blue star Lee Ryan is banned from driving for six months

Blue star Lee Ryan is banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding twice within three months Singer, 37, admitted doing 85mph in a Mercedes on the M1 motorway last year He was then caught doing 58mph in a 50mph zone in the same car in August In this instance he failed to … Read more

New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from 2030 under Government electric vehicle plans

New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from 2030 under Government plans to accelerate the switch to electric cars Government initially planned to end sales of combustion engine cars by 2040 But consultation began this year on bringing deadline forward by 2035 or sooner Government said to be seriously endorsing the 2035 deadline, report … Read more

New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from 2030 under Government electric vehicle plans

New petrol and diesel cars could be banned from 2030 under Government plans to accelerate the switch to electric cars Government initially planned to end sales of combustion engine cars by 2040 But consultation began this year on bringing deadline forward by 2035 or sooner Government said to be seriously endorsing the 2035 deadline, report … Read more

Pete Evans ‘BANNED’ from Facebook over coronavirus misinformation

Disgraced celebrity chef Pete Evans is convinced that Facebook has ‘shadow-banned’ his account after his engagement levels dropped dramatically this month. The former My Kitchen Rules judge, who was sacked from Channel Seven earlier this year for his dangerous and unscientific views, told fans last week that his ‘reach is disappearing by the day’. He is … Read more

Academics demand Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory are BANNED from Last Night of the Proms

The furious row over whether Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory should be axed from Last Night of the Proms in three weeks’ time deepened today as the centuries-old patriotic songs were labelled ‘racist propaganda’. The BBC is said to be considering dropping the anthems from the concert on September 12 amid fears … Read more