The vicar who called for a review on lockdown fines handed to families travelling for childcare purposes is a former actor who was in TV crime dramas Boon and The Bill. Reverend Martin Poole, the vicar of St Luke’s Prestonville in Brighton, raised the issue at the daily Downing Street press conference in a question … Read more
Boris Johnson flatly dismissed calls for an official inquiry into Dominic Cummings today as he was grilled by senior MPs. The PM said he ‘totally understood public indignation’ about the situation, but said some of the allegations about his chief aide were ‘not correct’ and urged people to ‘move on’. Pushed on whether the Cabinet … Read more
A billionaire has told of the dramatic moment 20 armed police swooped on his North London mansion hunting for a big cat on the loose. Nirmal Sethia said a mob of officers armed with guns and Tasers turned up at his sprawling Hampstead home at 9.30pm last night after one of his wealthy neighbours called … Read more
An armed police response team were deployed after a big cat escaped from a mansion on ‘Billionaires’ Row’ in North London on Monday night and it remains on the loose. They were called at 9:00pm after multiple reports from anxious residents around leafy Hampstead that a large cat was roaming around the area. A helicopter … Read more
A Government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip to Durham, delivering a massive blow to Boris Johnson and Downing Street. Douglas Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced this morning he is quitting the frontbench because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings’ defence of the 260-mile journey. Mr Ross said … Read more
A Government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip to Durham, delivering a massive blow to Boris Johnson and Downing Street. Douglas Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced this morning he is quitting the frontbench because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings’ defence of the journey. Mr Ross said in … Read more
Hargreaves Lansdown bosses bag £2.3m in shares days after Woodford savers learned the size of their losses By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:09 BST, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 5 February 2020 Hargreaves chief exec Chris Hill pocketed share options worth £306,000 Bosses at investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown have bagged share … Read more
Robert Tchenguiz is embroiled in a vicious spat with powerful City stockbrokers after his multi-million pound bet on the transport giant FirstGroup turned sour. City sources said that at least one of the brokers had threatened legal proceedings, claiming the flamboyant tycoon owes them millions of pounds. But Tchenguiz is understood to be furious with … Read more
No10 has disowned Cabinet minister Therese Coffey after she blamed government blunders on coronavirus testing and care homes on ‘wrong’ science advice. Downing Street heaped praise on its experts and insisted ‘ministers decide’ after the comments by the Work and Pensions Secretary caused a storm. As a furious blame game erupted yesterday, Ms Coffey appeared to … Read more
Moment politician and his son are shot dead by angry villagers while inspecting road being built ‘through locals’ fields’ in India Chote Lal Diwakar and his son Sunil were killed in northern Uttar Pradesh today Footage shows an angry confrontation between the gunmen and the visitors Reports say the villagers were angry over a planned … Read more