Angela Merkel expresses ‘grave concern’ over Wembley crowd size

Angela Merkel expresses ‘grave concern’ about the number of fans attending Euro 2020 games at Wembley as she says it is ‘a bit too much’ but Boris Johnson insists matches are going ahead in ‘very careful and controlled manner’ By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:52 BST, 2 July 2021 | Updated: … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘wants City of London to be excluded from G7 tax crackdown’

Rishi Sunak ‘is pushing for the City of London to be excluded from new global tax crackdown’ despite leading G7 efforts to make big firms pay more G7 finance ministers agreed plan last weekend to introduce global tax changes Plan designed to make big firms pay their fair share of tax where they operate  But … Read more

Northern Ireland: Loyalists warn violence ‘NOT off the table in efforts to tear up Brexit protocol’

Violence is not completely ‘off the table’ in efforts to tear up the Northern Ireland protocol, loyalists warned today.  Giving evidence to MPs, a member of the Loyalist Communities Council said violent action would be a ‘last resort’ but could not be ruled out totally. Representatives from the LCC were appearing before the Northern Ireland … Read more

Pakistani politician apologises for backing CNN journalist sacked for Hitler tweet

Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a top Pakistani politician who meets with UK government officials, lent support to sacked CNN reporter One of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s closest advisors has apologised after endorsing a TV journalist who said the world ‘needs a new Hitler’ amid clashes between Israel and Hamas. Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Mr Khan’s right-hand … Read more

Covid England: Indian variant now behind 20% of cases as hotspots lag behind in vaccine rollout

A total of 2,323 cases of the Indian Covid variant have now been found in England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today and figures show it now accounts for at least one in five infections.  Mr Hancock said in a statement to Parliament today that 483 of the cases were in Bolton and Blackburn and … Read more

UK supermarket bosses set to meet government to call for end of mask wearing and social distancing

Supermarket bosses are set to meet with government in ‘coming days’ to call for the end of mandatory mask wearing and social distancing in stores as country eases out of lockdown Supermarket and chain store bosses are in ‘crunch talks’ with the government They are calling for scrapping of masks in stores and one metre … Read more

Convoy of cars that drove through Jewish community yelling ‘f*** their mothers’ were from Bradford

A group of men who shouted anti-Semitic abuse while driving through a Jewish community in North London were part of a convoy that travelled 200 miles from Bradford, it was reported today, as police stepped up patrols at synagogues and Sadiq Khan said there was ‘no excuse’ for racism.  Onlookers were left horrified after the … Read more

Outrage as convoy of cars driven through Jewish community in Finchley yelling ‘f*** their mothers’

A convoy of cars bearing the Palestinian flag drove through a Jewish community in north London today while the passengers screamed ‘f*** their mothers, f*** their daughters.     Labour MP Tulip Siddiq condemned the ‘horrifying’ scenes of anti-Semitism in Finchley, adding that there is ‘no place’ for ‘vile hate speech’.   Onlookers were left horrified after the … Read more

Thousands of protesters march through Hyde Park in solidarity with people of Palestine

Thousands of protesters have marched through Hyde Park in solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. Organisers say ‘immediate action’ is needed by the UK Government to help end the ‘brutal’ violence against the Palestinian people. At midday on Saturday, demonstrators arrived at Hyde Park near Marble Arch to march … Read more

The Algarve in green-listed Portugal is the cheapest Eurozone destination for British holidaymakers

The Algarve in Portugal is the cheapest Eurozone destination for British holidaymakers this summer. That’s according to the 2021 Post Office Travel Money Holiday Money report, which also reveals that Portugal – one of the 12 countries on the UK government‘s ‘green list’ for travel and accepting Britons from Monday – has earned the highest rating … Read more