Boris’s revenge? How Prime Minister clashed with Parliament sleaze watchdog Kathryn Stone
Boris Johnson’s extraordinary decision to intervene in Parliament’s anticorruption system and attack a standards watchdog that had previously been targeted by him for his lavish lifestyle has caused outrage. Kathryn…
New car sales slump to lowest level since 1991 as experts warn shakier consumer confidence
The October sales of new cars fell to their lowest level since 1991. Registrations were down by a quarter in October, primarily due to a lack of semiconductor chips that…
Dorset PC Matthew Littlefair who claimed £150k while telling boss he was too injured to work jailed
A police officer has been jailed for defrauding his force out of £150,000 – after an app on his mobile phone showed he had been taking 10,000 steps a day…
New Zealand mega-spud is grown could be biggest ever (and owners say they will turn it into VODKA)
Is this the largest potato ever? 17½lb mega-spud is grown in New Zealand (and owners say they will turn it into VODKA instead of making monster mash) Monster spud has…
Couple want to knock down their £700,000 house and rebuild it 100 yards away
A couple whose home had been destroyed by floods twice in the past 15 months is now planning to remove it and move it 100 yards up to their garden…
Woman who became ill with salmonella after eating five bags of pork scratchings starts legal action
A woman who became ‘very unwell’ with salmonella after eating five bags of pork scratchings has launched legal action to see if the illness triggered her subsequent heart failure. After…
James Middleton took ‘unintentional’ post-wedding social media break to ‘enjoy’ married life
James Middleton, Kate Middleton’s brother, has shared a cute dog selfie after taking an unintentional post-wedding Instagram break to ‘enjoy these first few months with my new wife’ James, the…
Norfolk prison officer lost her baby with rapist boyfriend after abusive relationship, court hears
After their secret, abusive relationship turned violent, a prison officer became ‘obsessed with’ a rapist inmate and lost their unborn child. ‘Manipulative’ ex-con Kade Sibthorpe, 29, was arrested after punching…
Social mobility tsar defends claim that children are born with ‘original sin’
During an appearance on Lorraine today, the country’s strictest headteacher defended her claim that children are ‘born in original sin’. Newly appointed Government adviser Katharine Birbalsingh, from London, now the…
‘Rust’ armorer’s lawyers say gun that killed Halyna Hutchins was left unattended for two hours
Lawyers representing Alec Baldwin’s armorer claimed that the gun that killed Halyna Hutchins was left unattended for two hour on set before it was returned to them and they claim…