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Earl of Cawdor loses battle with his duchess stepmother over new visitor’s centre

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An aristocrat has lost a battle with his stepmother over plans to build a visitor attraction at the castle linked to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Colin Campbell, the seventh Earl of Cawdor, was enraged after his Czech stepmother, the dowager duchess Lady Angelika Cawdor, applied to build an events, exhibition and banqueting venue in the garden of … Read more

NHS told care homes to put ‘do not resuscitate’ orders on ALL residents at height of Covid crisis

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NHS managers told care homes to put blanket ‘do not resuscitate’ orders on ALL residents at height of Covid crisis, report shows Professor Alison Leary MBE authored the report on DNR orders in care homes One in 10 care home staff were told to change DNR orders for their residents Professor Leary is now calling … Read more

Kirsty Wark hits out at cancel culture and warns of ‘dangerous mob mentality’ growing in society

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Kirsty Wark hits out at cancel culture and warns of ‘dangerous mob mentality’ growing in society Kirsty Wark, 65, says critics should engage with JK Rowling rather than shunning The BBC Newsnight presenter warned of ‘incredibly dangerous mob mentality’ She said people risked being ‘found guilty in the court of public opinion’  By Kumail Jaffer … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with ‘prosperous’ Jews new book claims 

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn couldn’t empathise with today’s ‘prosperous’ Jewish community and stopped talking to shadow Chancellor John McDonnell for months, a new book claims.  Stunning new details from the party’s largest general election defeat since 1935 have come to light in Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour under Corbyn, written by two … Read more

Serving cocktails in outward-sloping glasses increases the amount people drink by a THIRD

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The glass that leaves you shaken and slurred: Serving cocktails like martinis in outward-sloping glasses increases the amount people drink by a THIRD, scientists find Cambridge University carried out experiments on students to analyse drinking serving drinks in outward-sloping cocktail glasses increases the amount drunk  Drinkers with cocktail glasses downed 30 per cent more in … Read more

Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid than children says leading scientist

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Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid-19 than children, according to a leading scientist.  Shamez Ladhani, a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at Public Health England (PHE), said that school staff will maintain social distancing rules during work but are more likely to break them outside the classroom.  It comes as figures show that just … Read more

Charity that rehomes chickens asks potential owners to send photos of their COOPS

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Charity that rehomes chickens asks potential owners to send photos of their COOPS to prove they are appropriate to house the birds after a surge in interest during lockdown Chicken rehoming charity asks to see dated photos of would-be owners coops  Fresh Start for Hens now forces people to prove they have the right facilities Keeping … Read more

Starving pigs are caught on film resorting to cannibalism at ‘high standards’ farm

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Starving pigs are caught on film resorting to cannibalism in a shocking catalogue of neglect unveiled at ‘high standards’ farm Workers seen on film brutally killing piglets at Flat House Farm, Leicestershire Activists at animal rights group placed cameras at farm home to 8,000 pigs  Footage depicts dead animals left to rot and being eaten … Read more