Sam Francis Political reporter PA Media TalkTV host David Bull has been named as Reform UK’s new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who quit last week after clashing with colleagues over calls for a burka ban. A long-time ally of party leader Nigel Farage, 56-year-old Bull has held several roles in Reform and its predecessor the…
(left) courtesy photo (right) Glen with his new shed – credit, Bucket List Wishes Charity In late 2023, GNN reported that a construction worker had been rescued from the side of a burning high-rise building thanks to a heroic crane operator. A basket was suspended on the end of Glen Edwards’ crane meant for holding…
BBC James Yeates’ son Luca was born in September 2024 The UK’s statutory parental leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world” and has “fundamental flaws”, a group of cross-party MPs has said. A report published today by the Women and Equalities Committee said paternity leave rules “entrench outdated gender stereotypes”. It…
Emil Kalibradov via Unsplash Last month in Arizona a young man profited unexpectedly from choosing honesty over greed after finding a lost wallet. 14-year-old Cody Chalmers found the wallet while riding his bike in Chandler on May 2nd, finding 300$ cash and credit cards inside. But even though he was in the middle of saving…
A man on trial with his partner over the death of their newborn baby has described the prosecution case against him as “like a script from a movie”. Mark Gordon said in his closing speech that the prosecution had “just made things up” during his retrial with Constance Marten at the Old Bailey in London.…
– credit Curated Lifestyle for Unsplash + The UK government has announced that 500,000 additional children will receive a free school lunch following a major expansion in the program that provides it. Previously, the free meal was available only to students who come from the lowest of low-income households. Following the expansion, most low and…
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. “Connection has been lost” on the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) campaign group said on the Telegram app. It posted a photo showing people in life jackets sitting with their hands up. The report could not be…
Arabella Duffy’s miniature strawberry short cake– SWNS Meet the 12-year-old who has turned her hobby into a career and has earned thousands selling her miniature doll houses and accessories. Arabella Duffy started making tiny food out of polymer and clay two years ago and spends up to six hours on each creation, whether a cookie,…
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk offers US president Donald Trump the chance to live in his house for a week to experience the reality of the war in Ukraine. Source link
76 years ago today, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was published for the first time in the UK. This groundbreaking and best-selling novel has become a hallowed literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It birthed the incredibly useful term “Orwellian” as an adjective for government without limit, and many terms used throughout the novel…
