One in five people aged over 55 admit to feeling peer pressured into drinking MORE alcohol, study finds Experts found that peer pressure is felt across all age groups — just differently Senior citizens may feel ‘older and wiser’ but they are not immune to influence Older people are less likely to identify peer pressure … Read more
The move to board up the monument of Sir Winston Churchill has been compared by one Tory peer to the ‘fascist days of Islamic State’ in Syria. Tory Lord Marlesford said the targeting of statues amid fears of a clash between Black Lives Matters activists and far-right groups in the capital gave way to raising the … Read more
Remainer peer passed on information to ‘very good contacts in the region’ to help expose Dominic Cummings’s alleged Covid-19 breach when he drove to Durham Former Durham MP Hilary Armstrong is being feted by Labour colleagues Sources revealed that Lady Armstrong received reports about six weeks ago She passed on the ‘tip off’ that he … Read more
Beak-a-boo! First white stork chicks born in Britain for 600 years peer out of their nest for first time in historic sighting Pictures show the chicks at their parents’ nest at Knepp Castle in West Sussex The baby birds were born earlier this month as a result of the White Stork Project The project is … Read more
Beak-a-boo! First white stork chicks born in Britain for 600 years peer out of their nest for first time in historic sighting Pictures show the chicks at their parents’ nest at Knepp Castle in West Sussex The baby birds were born earlier this month as a result of the White Stork Project The project is … Read more
A local council digital zoom meeting spilled over into a shouting match this week, after a retired grandmother and councillor burst into a furious tirade and repeatedly branded one of her peers ‘thick.’ Councillor Karen Tippins is facing calls to resign after a furious row engulfed a pretty market town over claims she ‘bullied’ and … Read more
A peer was last night accused of ‘milking the taxpayer’ by furloughing himself while claiming the daily House of Lords allowance during lockdown. Lord Fox, 62, has used the Government’s job retention scheme to pay himself as the owner of a strategic communications company. But the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesman for business has also chosen … Read more
Labour peer nets millions as investors in his collapsed Koovs fashion firm are wiped out Koovs went under on Tuesday in a pre-pack administration Its chairman, Lord Waheed Alli, bought the clothing company, saving jobs But small shareholders in the AIM-listed company will lose out Alli’s TV production company was snapped up on the very … Read more
Death of Labour peer James Gordon – Lord Gordon of Strathblane – at 83 was caused by coronavirus, says radio station he founded The former broadcaster died at the age of 83 on Tuesday, announced his family Labour peer is said to have died from coronavirus at Glasgow Royal Infirmary Family paid tribute to Labour … Read more