Jon King
News Reporter at Daily Express
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1 week ago |
express.co.uk | Alex Lane-Kieltyka |Jon King |Filipa Gaspar
Bollards painted to resemble cigarettes have been spotted on street in Wiltshire with some locals brandishing them "disgusting". Three bollards painted white and orange to replicate the look of a cigarette appeared in Hythe Road, Swindon. The "cigarette" bollards have divided neighbours, with some finding it funny and others left fuming. Others have described it is a "brilliant idea" and thanking the anonymous artist for "making the area look a bit better".
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express.co.uk | Jon King
Critics have dismissed a town hall's "woke" plan to tackle the nature emergency as "virtue-signalling". Despite opposition from Conservative councillors, Darlington Borough Council gave a green light to the declaration of a Nature Restoration Emergency. The move lays out the local authority's plan to boost nature by 2040 and was passed amid a heated debate, according to GB News. Tory members branded the idea from the Labour-Lib Dem coalition-led council as "woke" virtue-signalling.
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express.co.uk | Jon King
The tiny island where you don't have to pay tax - or need a CV for a jobGen Z is flocking to a British Crown Dependency in the English Channel measuring a little over two square miles. By Jon King, News Reporter 12:25, Sun, May 25, 2025 | UPDATED: 12:29, Sun, May 25, 2025 Share Article Bookmark Islanders don't pay income tax on Sark (Image: Getty)There's a tiny island 100 miles off the coast of Dorset where locals don't have to pay income tax and CVs "aren't a thing".
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express.co.uk | Will Stewart |Jon King
Ukraine 'tries to kill Putin' by downing his helicopter in Russia war zone missionUkraine launched repeated military drone attacks at the moment when Vladimir Putin made a rare visit close to the war zone, a Russian major-general says.
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express.co.uk | Jon King
Reform UK's Darren Grimes questions Starmer's governmentReform UK upended years of two-party political dominance earlier this month, snatching control of councils from both Labour and the Conservatives up and down the country. In red and blue heartlands, a turqouise tidal wave washed over England as Nigel Farage's outfit took control of 10 councils, won two mayoral races and gained a fifth MP at the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
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