Alex Barton

Dec 6, 2024 | krcu.org | Alex Barton

If you've opened your water bill lately, you have likely seen a letter addressing lead pipe remediation, but may not know much about the process or what it looks like as a consumer. Cape Girardeau’s water system is taking important steps to address lead service lines, following the Biden-Harris Administration’s final rule that will require the replacement of lead pipes from drinking water systems within 10 years.

Nov 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Barton

Writer Alex Barton photographed in The Devonshire pub in London wearing a T-shirt from JW Anderson’s latest collection Credit: Rii Schroer If you were asked to conjure an image of a typical Guinness drinker you might previously have pictured an elderly flat-cap wearing gentleman or a rowdy rugby lad; oh how times have changed. While those two crowds remain fiercely passionate about the dark nectar, Guinness’s audience has broadened dramatically in recent years. That is true to such an extent...

Nov 19, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Barton

Jeremy Clarkson has addressed a crowd of around 10,000 people at the farmers’ protest in Westminster. Clarkson, who became a farmer five years ago, urged the Labour government to abandon its inheritance tax raid and criticised the Chancellor for pursuing the policy despite fervent opposition. Read Clarkson’s speech in full:I’m not supposed to be talking but I’ve got a few things to say. I am going to start with a bit of honesty. I lived in London for 25 to 30 years.

Nov 18, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Barton

Mrs Thatcher wrote the ‘majority’ of her speeches at the Dormer Desk, purchased by the Thatcher family in the 1960s Credit: Sloane Street Auctions Carol and Mark Thatcher are selling Baroness Thatcher’s private desk for up to £2,000 at auction. The former prime minister’s children will auction off the Dormer desk, an antique five-drawer mahogany desk with dark red leather drawers and a gilt inset top. It was bought by the Thatcher family in the 1960s and was initially kept in their home, The...

Nov 15, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Alex Barton

At Whipps Cross Hospital, an intern was pictured wearing a Palestine football shirt Credit: UK Lawyers for Israel NHS staff have been reported for allegedly “intimidating” Jewish patients by wearing pro-Palestine badges and shirts while treating them. Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs five hospitals in central and east London, is reviewing its workplace dress code following complaints of staff wearing political symbols and Palestine football shirts. Lawyers claimed that NHS staff have...