Boston journalist who was covering a local dog theft FINDS the lost pup while reporting

A Boston reporter was covering the story of a dog theft last week when — as luck would have it — she spotted the very dog that had been stolen. WHDH-TV’s Juliana Mazza was in Cambridge reporting on Titus, a 13-year-old German Short Haired Pointer who had been taken from his owner’s car on May … Read more

‘Neo-Nazi’ student, 23, wrote an essay titled ‘Join your local Nazis’, court hears 

A neo-Nazi student was responsible for a string of tweets, including an anti-Jewish post on Remembrance Day which featured a picture of a German SS soldier, a court has heard. Andrew Dymock, 23, allegedly promoted the extremist right-wing group System Resistance Network (SRN) through a Twitter account and a website before it was banned. The … Read more

Boris Johnson promises to bring in laws to boost education chances after local elections victory

‘Rocket fuel’ to fire up Britain: After his election victory, Boris Johnson promises to bring in laws to boost education chances and help ‘level up’ the nation Plans to give every adult access to loans to fund college courses and training The PM wants ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ to help people upgrade qualifications  Is one of … Read more

Boris Johnson oversees a string of stunning Tory local poll victories

Boris Johnson defied political gravity yesterday as the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories.  Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000 in a seat the Tories had not held since 1964. Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley in … Read more

Local Elections Scotland 2021: Will Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP miss Holyrood majority by ONE seat?

Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum – which the PM has called ‘irresponsible and reckless’. Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leader’s hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, … Read more

Local Elections Scotland 2021: Will Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP miss Holyrood majority by ONE seat?

Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum – which the PM has called ‘irresponsible and reckless’. Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leader’s hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, … Read more

Boris Johnson oversees a string of stunning Tory local poll victories

Boris Johnson defied political gravity yesterday as the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories.  Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000 in a seat the Tories had not held since 1964. Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley in … Read more

Local Elections Scotland 2021: Will Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP miss Holyrood majority by ONE seat?

Nicola Sturgeon could miss out on an SNP majority at Holyrood by just a single seat in an election that could decide Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom.  As the process of counting Scottish parliamentary votes began, experts predicted that the First Minister’s chances of wielding enough power to demand a second independence referendum hang … Read more

Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more

Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more