Knifeman shot dead by police after rampage in Glasgow hotel is named as ‘loner’ Sudanese national

The alleged knifeman shot dead by police is a Sudanese national called Badradeen who warned the night before the carnage that he was going to launch an attack. His name was revealed by his close friend Abdal Nasser, 22, who told of his shock at seeing the ‘loner’ standing with a knife after six people, … Read more

Knifeman shot dead by police after rampage in Glasgow hotel is named as ‘loner’ Sudanese national

The alleged knifeman shot dead by police is a Sudanese national called Badradeen who warned the night before the carnage that he was going to launch an attack. His name was revealed by his close friend Abdal Nasser, 22, who told of his shock at seeing the ‘loner’ standing with a knife after six people, … Read more

Gavin Williamson brands National Education Union ‘No Education Union’ and will end ‘softly’ approach

Gavin Williamson has vowed to end the ‘softly, softly’ approach for dealing with teaching unions and get all children back in school by September.  The Education Secretary said he plans for all children to go back to school at the start of the next school year ‘come what may’. It was said Mr Williamson ‘got the knuckle … Read more

Gavin Williamson brands National Education Union ‘No Education Union’ and will end ‘softly’ approach

Gavin Williamson has vowed to end the ‘softly, softly’ approach for dealing with teaching unions and get all children back in school by September.  The Education Secretary said he plans for all children to go back to school at the start of the next school year ‘come what may’. It was said Mr Williamson ‘got the knuckle … Read more

Rail union warns of national strike unless 2m rule kept on trains

The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more

Rail union warns of national strike unless 2m rule kept on trains

The Prime Minister has announced a series of changes to the lockdown in England from July 4. Here is how the alterations will affect people’s lives: Do we have to keep to being two metres apart? No. For people not from the same household it is now ‘one metre-plus’. The ‘plus’ element is what the … Read more

Rallying cry for the Masters to revert back to Augusta National Invitational

Calls for The Masters to change its name over ‘slave’ connotations at Augusta – where the club founder once insisted: ‘As long as I live, there will be nothing at the Masters besides white players and black caddies’ US broadcaster Rob Parker has called for a name change at The Masters Parker says the name … Read more

Rallying cry for the Masters to revert back to Augusta National Invitational

Calls for The Masters to change its name over ‘slave’ connotations at Augusta – where the club founder once insisted: ‘As long as I live, there will be nothing at the Masters besides white players and black caddies’ Tiger Woods, the 2019 Masters champion, is proud to be part of the club’s history Masters and … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: A national lockdown cannot be repeated

Boris Johnson has not looked as cheerful for a long time as he did in the Commons yesterday.  His is a sunny nature and he does not like to be cast in the part of Charles Dickens’s Thomas Gradgrind — a sober man obsessed with numbers. That is a role he cedes happily to Sir … Read more

Slash National Insurance and VAT to get the economy back on its feet, says ex-chancellor Sajid Javid

Former chancellor Sajid Javid heaped pressure on successor Rishi Sunak to cut taxes to help Britain recover from coronavirus today as he called for reductions in National Insurance and VAT. Mr Javid, who quit in February after a bruising clash with Boris Johnson and his aide Dominic Cummings, called for a  ‘significant temporary’ reduction in NI … Read more