Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has leapt to the defence of his Government’s new appointment to its universities watchdog as other prominent Tories have defended Toby Young too despite his appalling comments about working class students and women. "Ridiculous outcry over Toby Young. He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit....
Theresa May was at pains yesterday to insist that a national A&E meltdown and 55 cancelled ops is NOT an NHS crisis. Even though Jeremy Hunt apologised for it, then appeared on TV again, insisting actually it wasn't a crisis as at least it’s not like last winter when loads...
As the scale of the winter crisis facing the NHS - a crisis the Government was repeatedly warned about - became increasingly apparent today, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary veered from one car crash interview to another. On Wednesday Theresa May flatly denied there was any "crisis", insisting “the NHS...
After four young men were stabbed in London in one night on New Year’s Eve, former Senior Investigating Officer at the Metropolitan Police Peter Kirkham was invited onto Sky News to explain the appalling events, as well as the shocking upturn in violent crime in recent months. His candid response is...
Reform of police forces is being blocked by membership of the Freemasons, the outgoing Police Federation chair Steve White has warned. Previously some police figures such as former Met police commissioner the late Sir Kenneth Newman and those investigating police forces have warned that membership of the secret society should...
This evening’s fire that spread quickly across a 20-storey apartment block in central Manchester has been brought under control by Manchester firefighters who have been praised for their rapid response. The building was evacuated with a 23-year old taken to hospital for checks for smoke inhalation. https://twitter.com/manchesterfire/status/947222824795688960 Manchester fire brigade...
UPDATE: The fire us still being tackled by firefighters with one casualty taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. It appears to be under control. https://twitter.com/manchesterfire/status/947161047324078080 https://twitter.com/MotherLeopard92/status/947159526104584192 Breaking News: Reports are emerging of a rapidly spreading fire in an apartment block in the Northern Quarter of Manchester city centre this evening....
With barely hours left until the end of the year, Donald Trump may have just tweeted his dumbest tweet of the year yet. There have been quite a few contenders this year, especially this tweet incriminating himself. But the climate sceptic President hell-bent on removing science from government departments as...
When Nigel Farage hasn’t been moping about how sowing division and campaigning for Britain to leave the EU has left him broke, single and without a knighthood, - or claiming credit for the the giant victory of British passports turning blue, the former Ukip leader has been watching the Queen’s...