By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Deeply shocking news has emerged that up to 500 people may have drowned in a failed attempt to enter Europe via the Mediterranean. However, there has been no official confirmation, which may never come. Only 41 survivors were rescued and were moved to another ship, ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor An MP whose life was saved by the NHS after suffering a heart attack at the weekend has told Jeremy Hunt to stop “talking down” the NHS. Mike Grapes a Labour MP was struck down with a heart attack in November said the Health Secretary ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Belgian ex-pat called Mario Van Poppel bought the domain to voteleave.co.uk, voteleave.org, voteleave.com and voteleave.net and redirected them all to Rick Astley’s huge 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up. Visit any of these domains and you will hear the lyrics and see the ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The split between pro and anti-EU Tory MPs widened even further yesterday, after the Treasury claimed that a Brexit would lower GDP by 6.2 per cent by 2030, due to reduced investment from the EU and higher trade barriers. Here are 6 MPs who didn’t ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There is “credible” evidence of illegal weapon sales at the DSEI arms fair. The House of Commons Committee on Arms Export Control, plan to look into allegations that a judge said had not been “appropriately investigated by the authorities”. This news comes after the acquittal of ...
Review by Jack Deslandes Filmed entirely in one take, Victoria is a roller coaster ride of nail-biting tension and heart-stopping suspense that, if you make it through, will leave you bitter, cold, and gasping for breath. The story takes place between the hours of 4 and 6 am as it ...
Review by Leslie Byron Pitt Scandinavian fiction has gained a significant amount of attention over the last few years. With good reason too. Whether it's film or television, there’s been an abundance of mature, adult drama. Be it critiques on masculinity such as the 2014 feature Force Majeure, or the ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A video has emerged of a youth aggressively threatening a passenger on the Tyne and Wear Metro. The footage, taken over the weekend, shows him losing it with a passenger. The two-minute exchange was filmed by a fellow passenger. The man filming believes the two ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Osborne laid into Boris Johnson during BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He called his Tory rivals “dishonest” and “economically illiterate,” over their Leave campaign. He said: “What's not honest and what's economically illiterate is to say we can have all the economic benefits of ...