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Jan 21, 2025 | 
irishmirror.ie | Mikey Smith |Dave Burke
Nigel Farage has denied getting into a heated row with Conor McGregor at Donald Trump's inauguration yesterday. The UFC fighter, who was last year found by a civil jury to have sexually assaulted a woman in a Dublin hotel in 2018, was all smiles when posing for a photo with the Reform UK leader for Instagram.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
chroniclelive.co.uk | Dave Burke
Millions of bus passengers across the country could be hit with significant fare increases if Chancellor Rachel Reeves decides to scrap the nationwide £2 cap this Wednesday. The measure, which is anticipated to be axed in an effort to save the Treasury around £350 million annually, has been described by campaigners as potentially disastrous.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Lizzy Buchan |Dave Burke
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced that police firearms officers who kill in the line of duty will not be named unless they are convicted. In a statement to the Commons, Cooper said there will be "a presumption" against publicly identifying officers facing criminal proceedings. If the rules had been in place when Chris Kaba was shot dead, the name of police marksman Martyn Blake would never have been released. Mr Blake was cleared of murder by a jury on Monday.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Rory Cassidy |Dave Burke
Boris Johnson has said he regrets saying sorry over the Partygate scandal. The disgraced former Prime Minister touched on the bashes in his memoir. He said he "made us look far more culpable than we were" after pathetic” and "grovelling" apologies was a mistake. And in an ITV interview tonight, he was pressed over whether he regrets saying sorry to the Queen.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Rory Cassidy |Dave Burke |William Morgan
Liz Truss ran off stage in a huff after a brutal lettuce banner mocking her time as Prime Minister was unfurled behind her - hours after she voiced her support for free speech. The ex-PM fumed "that's not funny" and gathered up her papers before leaving the event after jokers from campaign group Led By Donkeys pulled off the stunt.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
chroniclelive.co.uk | Dave Burke |Sophie Huskisson |Lizzy Buchan |Daniel Hall
Keir Starmer's new Labour Government will unveil its legislative agenda in the King's Speech today. The speech will include several new laws the Government wants to pass, ranging from new rules on workers' rights and reforms of the House of Lords, to the nationalisation of the railways. The list will be formally read out by King Charles as part of the grand State Opening of Parliament, a long-standing tradition.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
kentlive.news | Dave Burke |Chloe Holmwood
The UK has a brand new Government. Yesterday (July 5) Keir Starmer took the reins of the country as its 58th Prime Minister - becoming only the sixth Labour leader to take charge at Downing Street. He has vowed to lead a "decade of national renewal" and harbours the ambition to hold the reins for the next 10 years. The focus is now on Mr Starmer to turn his aspirational pledges into reality.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Dave Burke |Thomas George
A young woman who is accused of chucking a banana milkshake over Nigel Farage outside a Wetherspoons has been unmasked as a social media influencer and OnlyFans star. Mr Farage was left drenched after social media footage appeared to capture Victoria Thomas-Bowen hurling the contents of a McDonald's cup at the Reform UK leader outside a pub in Clacton, Essex, yesterday. On her Instagram profile, the 25-year-old mum-of-one describes herself as a 'video creator'.
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May 27, 2024 | 
chroniclelive.co.uk | Dave Burke
A Northumberland Tory minister has refused to rule out the possibility of fining parents if their adult children fail to participate in Rishi Sunak's heavily criticised National Service plan. Foreign Office minister and MP for Berwick upon Tweed, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, stated that the scheme would be mandatory, similar to remaining in education or training until the age of 18. However, when questioned about whether parents could face penalties if their children do not attend, she did not deny it.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
gazettelive.co.uk | Dave Burke
Shoppers face higher food prices and empty supermarket shelves as a result of new post-Brexit border charges, suppliers warn. The dire outlook comes as businesses brace themselves for new charges coming into force at the end of the month. New guidance suggests importers will have to pay up to £145 to bring goods like cheese, salami and fish through the port of Dover or the Eurotunnel. Around a quarter of the UK's imported food comes through these routes.
