School fees for the children of Armed Forces personnel cost taxpayers £83million last year, according to a Daily Mail investigation. Spending reached a five-year high last year after rising by £3million in just 12 months. The Continuity of Education Allowance ensures children of military personnel do not have their schooling disrupted when their parents move … Read more
Labour’s chief whip has demanded that Jeremy Corbyn ‘unequivocally’ apologise for claiming that the scale of anti-Semitism in the party was ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’. MP Nick Brown said the former-Labour leader caused ‘distress and pain’ to the Jewish community with his response to a damning Equality and Human Rights Commission report into antisemitism in … Read more
A mother-of-two was killed after being hit by a car as she tried to take a picture of the I’m a Celebrity castle. Sharn Iona Hughes, 58, travelled ten miles from her home to Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales to see the lights on the set of the ITV show. But charity volunteer Sharn, … Read more
The four-person split-party panel who certifies presidential elections in Michigan voted Monday afternoon 3-1 to confirm Joe Biden’s popular vote win in the swing state. The vote is yet another blow to Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the presidential election, which includes mounting several lawsuits in battleground states like Michigan. The Michigan Board of … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, a pivotal role in which she would help shape and direct his economic policies at a perilous time, according to a person familiar with the transition plans. Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the … Read more
The British brother of rapper 21 Savage was stabbed to death ‘during an argument with a friend,’ on a south London estate, it has been revealed. Terrell Davis was killed on the Blenheim Gardens estate in Brixton last night. Mr Davis, a 27-year-old drill rapper known as TM1way, had been taking some shopping to his … Read more
Chris Whitty urged caution tonight as he warned that there is still a ‘long haul’ to get back to normal after Oxford unveiled its ‘vaccine for the world.’ England’s chief medical officer said the results from his Alma mater did not mean that ‘the virus will disappear’ as he kept uncharacteristically quiet throughout much of … Read more
Boris Johnson today insisted that MPs should not get a pay rise in the spring as No10 hinted it could block the Commons watchdog’s plans. Downing Street waded into the row amid a furious backlash at the idea politicians could receive more money while the wider public sector faces a freeze and coronavirus hammers the … Read more
British Airways 747 bursts into flames at Spanish airport where it was being stored following its retirement The Boeing 747-400 was being stored at Castellon Airport in Spain It burst into flames on Monday with smoke billowing out from behind the cockpit Firefighters put out the blaze and confirmed the plane was due to be … Read more
Boris Johnson today published a 56-page Winter Plan mapping out coronavirus rules which will apply to daily life until the Spring when the Government hopes draconian curbs can start to be lifted for good. The Prime Minister confirmed the England-wide lockdown will end as planned on December 2 and the nation will then move back into … Read more