Boss of pub chain Marston’s declares war on coronavirus red tape

Contact details? No, just pop in for a pint: Boss of pub chain Marston’s declares war on coronavirus red tape – and refuses to make staff wear masks because it would ‘feel like a hospital’ Pub chain Marston’s to let customers up to the bar when they re-open next week   Ralph Findlay, chief executive of … Read more

Portland is ‘war zone’ during violent night of anti-police protests

Portland is turned into a ‘war zone’ as stores are looted, anti-police protesters set a precinct on fire and cops use tear gas during violent night of demonstrations Protesters attempt to create an ‘autonomous zone’ outside the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct Thursday night Cops used tear gas to disperse protesters in the early hours of … Read more

Portland is turned into a ‘war zone’ during violent night of anti-police protests

Portland is turned into a ‘war zone’ as stores are looted, anti-police protesters set a precinct on fire and cops use tear gas during violent night of demonstrations Protesters attempt to create an ‘autonomous zone’ outside the Portland Police Bureau’s North Precinct Thursday night Cops used tear gas to disperse protesters in the early hours of … Read more

TOM UTLEY: A storm in a teacup over tea. Wags in £1m legal war. Why I’m tickled by trivia’s return

You can tell life is edging slowly back to normality when people stop dwelling on the possibility of imminent death and start turning their minds once again to the wonderfully trivial obsessions that help to make the world go round. So it is that I’ve been delighted to see so many getting hot under the collar … Read more

Coleen Rooney steps out amid claims Rebekah Vardy has ‘launched £1million WAG war lawsuit’

Coleen Rooney stepped out in Cheshire on Tuesday amid claims Rebekah Vardy will take her on in High Court after launching a £1million lawsuit.  The WAG, 34, was spotted stocking up on her weekly groceries at her local Waitrose in Cheshire. Coleen cut a low-key figure in a pair of black gym leggings and a grey designer sweatshirt. … Read more

No more British troops will be prosecuted over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

No more British troops will be prosecuted over Afghanistan war crimes, Veteran’s minister Johnny Mercer says after £10m probe was closed without bringing any charges Inquiry by Royal Military Police found no evidence with which to bring charges At peak, investigation looked into 675 criminal allegations from 159 people Comes as UK government proposes laws … Read more

No more British troops will be prosecuted over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

No more British troops will be prosecuted over Afghanistan war crimes, Veteran’s minister Johnny Mercer says after £10m probe was closed without bringing any charges Inquiry by Royal Military Police found no evidence with which to bring charges At peak, investigation looked into 675 criminal allegations from 159 people Comes as UK government proposes laws … Read more

How BBC’s Frank Gardner’s father was Cold War MI6 agent caught up in a shootout with Czech soldiers

In a quiet street on the outskirts of Ostrava in Communist Czechoslovakia, a British secret agent carefully unearths a package containing highly classified documents.  Working with practised ease, he replaces it with cash, which he puts in a food tin, along with instructions for his contact, and buries it in the pre-arranged spot. It is … Read more

How BBC’s Frank Gardner’s father was Cold War MI6 agent caught up in a shootout with Czech soldiers

In a quiet street on the outskirts of Ostrava in Communist Czechoslovakia, a British secret agent carefully unearths a package containing highly classified documents.  Working with practised ease, he replaces it with cash, which he puts in a food tin, along with instructions for his contact, and buries it in the pre-arranged spot. It is … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: A schmoozing by Le Président in honour of France’s war debt to Britain

After more than three months gathering dust and moths in a cupboard, the UK’s red carpet was unrolled yesterday.  For the first time since lockdown began in March, Britain had a visitor, a proper one – a head of state no less. The arrival of President Emmanuel Macron of France might not have been quite … Read more