Police Authority pay out £22,000 after sacking trade unionist claiming he tried to ‘further his political career’
They didn't understand his role.
Six teenage girls criticised over ‘distracting’ skirts – in front of 200 pupils – had best response
"People were laughing and saying ‘slag'". In response, hundreds of girls at the school wore skirts the following day as a sign of solidarity.
Australia trade: John Redwood’s reason for not buying from EU is comical but not everyone is finding deal funny
One twitter user wrote: "And this Australia deal seems to be Schrödinger’s Deal: so big and important it should be shouted to the rooftops whilst at the same time so small and insignificant it won’t have any impact on British farmers."
Watch: Gove denies he breached ministerial code after Court finds his office broke law
"What do you have to get punished in the cabinet?"
Best tweets about G7 photo of all the world leaders standing together
"Without Trump around Boris has that 'Wait, so now I'm the as*hole???' face."
Boy taken from Muslim parents should not be circumcised now – judge
The boy’s mother had asked Mr Justice Cobb to rule that he should be circumcised, in accordance with Muslim custom, and said the procedure should take place before he turned two. His father agreed.
BBC review – by ex-BBC man – finds no evidence of BBC ‘cover-up’ over ‘promoted’ Martin Bashir
The BBC’s former director of nations and regions Ken MacQuarrie,conducted the inquiry. He worked for the BBC for 45 years on a salary of £325,000 a year as BBC Director of Nations and Regions and sat on both the BBC Board and Executive Committee. He left at the end of...
‘Unlawful:’ Fears raised over ‘detention’ of migrant children arriving in Dover
“The Home Secretary (Priti Patel) has the statutory power to require local authorities to take responsibility for these children but she declines to bring it into force and to provide adequate funding, preferring instead to hold children – indefinitely – in a deeply inappropriate detention facility including with adult strangers."
The seedy underbelly of politics? Lobbying ban for up to five years for ministers suggested
Mr Cameron placed calls and sent dozens of texts and emails to ministers and senior officials as he tried to win access to Covid support programmes for the since-collapsed financial firm.