Family of 18th century MP Henry Dundas say he is being wrongly treated like a ‘mass murderer’ by BLM activists over ‘simply untrue’ claims he was linked to slave trade Henry Dundas is commemorated at the Melville Monument in St Andrews Square Statue was graffitied as his role in delaying abolition of slavery was highlighted … Read more
Sweeping transformation! Six people spend 50 hours scrubbing layers of mould and piles of rubbish from filthy Cumbria semi where widower in his 80s lived alone without cleaning it for years Every surface of the two-bedroom property was covered in dirt and mould A team of six cleaners worked tirelessly to leave the house squeaky clean … Read more
People traffickers are hiring French fishing boat crews to carry desperate migrants halfway across the Channel in a bid to evade eye-in-the-sky military drones. Once in open water, asylum seekers clamber into pre-inflated dinghies held in the fishing boat to complete the rest of the perilous 21-mile crossing, reports suggest. Using fishing trips as a guise … Read more
A businessman has been handed a £30,000 payout from a jewellers after a £29,000 yellow diamond he gave his girlfriend for Christmas was lost when it fell out of her ring. Olivia Claffey, 48, noticed the £29,000 ‘fancy’ octagonal 3.1 carat yellow diamond was missing from the setting of her ring as she got off a train … Read more
Bolton Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi is taken to hospital suffering with pneumonia two weeks after being diagnosed with coronavirus Yasmin Qureshi began to feel unwell two weeks ago before having Covid-19 test Shadow international development minister then started self-isolating at home Began to feel much worse ten days later and went in to hospital on … Read more
Donald Trump yesterday said the US would be in a ‘massive depression’ if he had listened to the scientists on coronavirus, while his top diseases expert told an interviewer that the president had hosted a ‘super-spreader event.’ As the president pitted the election as a ‘Trump super-recovery’ versus a ‘Biden depression’ at another rollicking rally, Dr … Read more
The BBC‘s new political drama Roadkill was today slammed for its ‘left-wing bias’ as calls grew for a new chairman who will stop the broadcaster ‘disappearing in a puff of woke smoke’. The drama sees Hugh Laurie playing corrupt Tory government minister Peter Laurence, who in the first episode is seen lying in court during … Read more
Rush-hour traffic has plunged in London two days after the capital was put into a tier two coronavirus lockdown. Congestion levels this morning were at 46 per cent during the rush hour at 8am, down 14 percentage points from 60 per cent at the same time last week and down from a 63 per cent … Read more
Sweeping transformation! Six cleaners spend 50 man-hours scrubbing layers of mould and piles of rubbish from filthy Cumbria semi where widower in his 80s lived alone for years Every surface of the two-bedroom property was covered in dirt and mould A team of six cleaners worked tirelessly to leave the house squeaky clean The homeowner hadn’t … Read more
Billionaire James Dyson and his wife are selling their three-storey luxury Singapore apartment for £34.5million, at a reported loss of £9million in just a year. The inventor, 73, also owns a sprawling £26million mansion in the wealthy Asian city-state but has decided to cut his losses on its most expensive penthouse which he bought last … Read more