Boris Johnson promises to bring jobs to Red Wall areas to stop people moving to cities

‘Live local and prosper’: Boris Johnson promises to bring jobs to Red Wall areas to stop people feeling forced to move to bigger cities for better-paid work The prime minister wants to level up Britain by moving jobs and skills from cities In the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday, he will pledge to stop the brain … Read more

Victory in Aberdeen West where the Royals holiday at Balmoral stops SNP majority

Wealthy Tories with the Queen as a neighbour save the Union… for now: Victory in Aberdeen West where the Royals holiday at Balmoral stops SNP majority Aberdeenshire West is the constituency that takes in the Queen’s Highland home Win would have given Sturgeon firm moral mandate to hold repeat of the indyref But the SNP … Read more

Queen’s cousin in Kremlin cash-for-access storm

Fictitious executives were told Prince Michael of Kent could be hired to endorse their company to Vladimir Putin‘s inner circle, a bombshell report claims.    The Queen‘s cousin, 78, was filmed in a Zoom meeting where undercover reporters posing as clients from South Korea were told he could be hired for £10,000 a day to make ‘confidential’ representations … Read more

Grandmother who’s been doing workouts to raise money for the NHS celebrates her 100th birthday 

A former pro dancer who has been running keep fit lessons and dancing every day to raise money for the NHS is celebrating her 100th birthday today.  Grandmother-of-four Dinkie Flowers from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, who has been dancing since the age of three, is marking the three figure milestone with her regular exercise routine – as well … Read more

Troubles veterans welcome South Africa-style ‘truth’ commission

British veterans who served in Northern Ireland have today welcomed proposals to make them exempt from prosecution under new legislation to be announced in the Queen‘s Speech next week.  Ministers will introduce a statute of limitations so no one can be charged over incidents up to the 1998 Good Friday agreement – except for cases … Read more

Zulu war of succession: Hundreds of warriors escort Queen Mantfombi’s body through Johannesburg

Mourners draped in leopardskin have paraded in honour of Zulu Queen Mantfombi, rumoured to have been poisoned after she was named successor to the late king. Hundreds of warriors with cowhide shields escorted the queen‘s body through the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday ahead of a private funeral held in the ancestral lands today. The … Read more

EastEnders SPOILER: Mick Carter struggles to come to terms with Linda’s pregnancy bombshell

Mick Carter is left reeling on Thursday’s EastEnders after Linda told him on Tuesday’s episode that she is pregnant and he’s not the father. In new spoiler pictures, it sees Mick, played by Danny Dyer, struggling to come to terms with Linda’s, played by Kellie Bright, bombshell that it is in fact Max Branning (Jake Wood) who is … Read more

Prince Charles, 72, visits Combermere Barracks in Windsor, Berkshire

The Prince of Wales personally thanked some of the soldiers who took part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral today, saying they ‘did his father proud.’ Prince Charles, 72, was undertaking his first official engagement since Prince Philip’s funeral service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, last month, visiting the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Combermere … Read more

Ministers ‘must be filmed reading the Queen’s speech’ to stop leaks of post-Covid plans

Ministers WON’T get a copy of the Queen’s Speech and will ‘be filmed reading it remotely’ to stop leak of post-Covid plans amid claims the Government DOES know who ‘chatty rat’ lockdown leaker is but ‘can’t prove it’ Cabinet ministers ordered to read the speech while being recorded remotely  They will not be allowed to … Read more