Deportation flight is cancelled after last-minute legal challenges

Home Secretary Priti Patel’s bid to report 23 cross-Channel migrants to Spain has failed after the deportation flight was cancelled due to a last minute legal challenge.   The plane was scheduled to leave the UK on Thursday morning, but had to be scrapped while the appeals are considered. The Home Office accused such legal claims of typically … Read more

British holidaymakers reveal how they made a last-minute dash from Croatia

British holidaymakers have revealed how they endured long last-minute car journeys and spent thousands of pounds in a panicked dash to get home from Croatia before the quarantine deadline – as they slammed the lack of warning.  From 4am on Saturday travellers arriving to the UK from the Mediterranean country will have to self-isolate for … Read more

‘Panic’ last-minute changes to A-level results system slammed

Students and parents have condemned ‘panicked’ changes to the way A-level results in England are decided, saying they have increased stress and reduced fairness. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced late on Tuesday that students will be able to use their results in mock tests to appeal if they are unhappy with the grades they are … Read more

Students and parents condemn ‘panic’ last-minute changes to A-level results system

Students and parents have condemned ‘panicked’ changes to the way A-level results in England are decided, saying they have increased stress and reduced fairness. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced late on Tuesday that students will be able to use their results in mock tests to appeal if they are unhappy with the grades they are … Read more

Want a last-minute staycation? Try a youth hostel in the Peak District, known as the English Alps

Here’s a useful little secret for you: Britain’s youth hostels are open for business. They’re cheap, located in beautiful areas and have taken Covid precautions. And best of all, they have vacancies. I stumbled across this information two weeks back. After foreign holidays hit the wall and every B&B in Britain sold out a few … Read more

Muslim leaders condemn last-minute lockdown announcement

Community leaders today branded the decision to lockdown the north-west of England at the start of Eid ‘an appalling abuse of power’ and accused Boris Johnson’s Government of having ‘no regard for British Muslims’. Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadhan Foundation said the decision to ban 4.5million people mixing for at least a week will ruin … Read more

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement ignores coverage of her being censured

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement studiously ignored coverage of the presenter being reprimanded over her Dominic Cummings monologue as she reviewed today’s papers. The BBC admitted Maitlis had breached the broadcaster’s impartiality rules when she asserted Boris Johnson’s chief aide had ‘broken the rules’ regarding lockdown in her introduction to the programme on Tuesday. The … Read more

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement ignores coverage of her being censured

Emily Maitlis’s last-minute Newsnight replacement studiously ignored coverage of the presenter being reprimanded over her Dominic Cummings monologue as she reviewed today’s papers. The BBC admitted Maitlis had breached the broadcaster’s impartiality rules when she asserted Boris Johnson’s chief aide had ‘broken the rules’ regarding lockdown in her introduction to the programme on Tuesday. The … Read more

June Shannon agrees to rehab then backs out last-minute on new episode of Mama June: From Hot To Not

‘Mama’ June Shannon agreed to go to rehab, then backed out on the last second on Friday’s episode of Mama June: From Hot To Not, Family Crisis. The 40-year-old said she would leave her boyfriend Geno Doak back home in Georgia and get treated for her addictions in Los Angeles. However when show staff arrived … Read more

Original hand-drawn plans of the Statue of Liberty show last-minute design changes

Original hand-drawn plans of the Statue of Liberty show last-minute design changes to its torch-bearing arm – going against the wishes of French architect Gustav Eiffel Uncovered plans showing the changes were discovered by a map dealer in 2018 The Statue was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in 1870 Gustav Eiffel was hired … Read more