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Buckingham Palace announces Donald Trump state visit in June, protests already planned

Buckingham Palace has just confirmed a state visit from the US president between June 3 and June 4. Donald and Melania Trump last met the Queen on a visit to the UK in July 2018 amid large public protests. As well as visiting the Queen who hosts state visits, Donald Trump is to meet the Prime Minister at Chequers and travel to his Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland. Trump’s visit last year was greeted by hundreds of thousands of protestors...

Boris Johnson’s sister to stand in EU elections for anti-Brexit party

Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris, is to stand in the European elections for anti-Brexit party, Change UK. Change UK, originally the Independent Group, has also signed up ex-BBC journalist Gavin Esler to stand during the June vote. The party used the We The Curious science centre in Bristol for its election launch, after receiving more than 3,700 applications from people willing to stand in the upcoming vote. Heidi Allen, the former Tory MP and now Change UK member, described the...

Research finds screens have “taken over our lives”

New research has revealed screens have taken over our lives after it was revealed that the average Brit now spends five and a half hours a day staring at their devices. More than half the nation now sit through the working week looking at a monitor before winding down the day watching television, which means it’s almost impossible to avoid the harsh blue light of digital devices. Many of those who work a 9 to 5 start to struggle with...

Multi-millionaire who lost his fortune in global financial crash talks of journey back to the top

A multi-millionaire businessman has spoken of his struggle after losing a fortune in the global financial crash, before painstakingly making his way back to the top. Yorkshireman Matt Haycox, 38, lived a life most can only dream of during his 20s – thinking nothing of spending tens of thousands of pounds on a weekend away with friends. Rubbing shoulders with celebrities like Britney Spears, with a garage stuffed with supercars like the Ferrari 360 Spider and Bentley Continental GT, the...

Diane Abbott caught drinking M&S ‘tinny’ on London Overground – Twitter reacts

The ‘train tinny’ has been hailed a British institution in defence of Diane Abbott after the shadow Home Secretary was photographed drinking an M&S mojito on a London Overground train. Abbott apologised after pictures emerged of her drinking on a TFL train yesterday afternoon. Boris Johnson banned alcohol on London services in 2008 when he was mayor of London. At the time he said: "I firmly believe that banning the drinking of alcohol on London's public transport will create a...

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