Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a memorial service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorest. The group were 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers. On 18 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were...
A Europhile academic declared his home an independent Republic in a bid to avoid Brexit, recreating Ealing comedy 'Passport to Pimlico'. Dr William Riches, 77, made his wife the President and gave his children and grandchildren citizenship of the Independent Republic of Middlewatch - the name of his house -...
A male model has become the first amputee to be crowned Mr England - and hopes to go on to be Mr World. Jack Eyers, 28, won over the judges at the final of the pageant and made history. He accepted the crown at an awards do after he triumphed...
A cyclist who had her bike nicked played thieves at their own game when she set up a sting to steal it back. Jenni Morton-Humphreys, 30, planned a sting operation with a stranger and had her expensive German racing bike back within the space of 24 hours. She met a...
A British couple have got married in one of the most remote places on Earth in the first wedding in the British Antarctic Territory. Polar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tied the knot in sub-zero temperatures surrounded by the continent's beautiful snowy mountains. They shared their special day...
Tory Philip Hammond refused to deny saying public sector workers are “overpaid” even when the Shadow Chancellor showed him a pay slip from a cleaner who made £297 a week. Millionaire Hammond still was dumbstruck by McDonnell's clever ploy. John McDonnell slammed the Chancellor for the comments, allegedly made during...
An UberEats delivery driver burnt in an acid attack has told how his moped helmet prevented life-changing injuries. Jabed Hussain, 32, suffered burns to his lip when he was sprayed with a corrosive liquid through his helmet at traffic lights before robbers snatched his motorbike. The dad-of-one is alleged to...
What is your show about? Polly and Eve have a surprisingly hilarious time travelling the UK with their best friend’s ashes in a Wizard of Oz lunchbox. At Dylan’s funeral, they are handed the box along with posthumous instructions to take him on the UK road trip he never got...
GMB, Unison and Unite have submitted a police staff pay claim to break the government imposed pay cap. Police staff, along with other public sector workers, have had thousands of pounds pinched from their wages due to a government imposed 1% pay cap which forces them to foot the bill...