Labour’s Lord Ahmed of Rotherham found guilty of attempting to rape young girl and sexually assaulting a boy January 5, 2022 A jury has found former Labour peer Nazir Ahmed guilty of attempting to rape a young girl when he was a teenager in the 1970s. Ahmed, 64, who was formerly Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, was found guilty on Wednesday of sexual offences against a boy and a girl dating back more than 40 years. A [...]
EU domain name revoked: thousands of UK websites taken down in post-Brexit internet push January 5, 2022 Nearly 50,000 internet domain names belonging to UK businesses and citizens have been taken down this week following the revocation of their .eu domain names.
Macron says he will ‘p*** off’ France’s unvaccinated until they get Covid jab January 5, 2022 Emanuel Macron has vowed to “p*** off” France’s unvaccinated until they get a Covid-19 jab in comments that have sparked a fierce backlash from his election rivals. The French President said he would continue in his campaign to hassle people to get vaccinated, after already implementing strict vaccine passport rules in most settings. He is [...]
Keir Starmer tests positive for Covid again and will miss PMQs January 5, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has tested positive for Covid-19 again and will miss today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner will instead step in for Starmer, after testing positive for the virus twice in just a matter of months. Starmer tested positive for Covid-19 just hours before Rishi Sunak’s October Budget, forcing him [...]
Sunak warns allies of limit to government help on surging energy prices January 5, 2022 Rishi Sunak has warned colleagues there is little the government can do to abate soaring energy prices as he mulls whether to slash VAT on energy bills. The chancellor has reportedly told other government ministers that any government help on the cost of living crunch should be targeted at those who need it most. The [...]
Scientists cautiously suggest Omicron wave is easing in London January 5, 2022 Scientists welcome the sign that Omicron may be flattening in the capital, as the Prime Minister says the UK will "ride out" the pandemic storm without any further stringent restrictions.
Shock and astonishment after Boris Johnson plans to ‘ride out’ Omicron wave without new Covid restrictions January 5, 2022 Covid experts have responded with shock and astonishment that the government has said it plans to “ride out” the Omicron wave without any new lockdowns or additional restrictions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face scrutiny over his decision despite the NHS coming under significant strain from coronavirus. Johnson will argue to his Cabinet on Wednesday [...]
Johnson will not bring in more Covid restrictions as he says UK can ‘ride out’ Omicron wave January 4, 2022 The government will not bring in more England Covid restrictions at a crunch meeting tomorrow and the country has a “chance to ride out this omicron wave” without a new lockdown, Boris Johnson has said. Johnson said the NHS will move onto a “war footing” as Covid cases continue to hit record highs and that [...]
Nearly 40 places apply for UK city status with entries from Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands January 4, 2022 Nearly 40 places across the UK and British Overseas Territories have applied to win city status as part of a competition being run in honour of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee.
Starmer offers ‘contract with British people’ as he sets stall for future Labour government January 4, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would offer a new “contract with the British people” based around “security, prosperity and respect” in a key set piece speech today. Starmer sought to use the speech to make political gain out of recent scandals about Tory MPs taking lucrative second jobs and Boris Johnson’s staff [...]