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Video ‘Dressing up as Alan Partridge’ – Farage mocked for visit to hotel housing asylum seekers
Nigel Farage has been ridiculed for his trip to a hotel to uncover asylum seekers staying there.
Scots advised against travel to northern England amid Covid-19 spike
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has spoken to the Prime Minister about the situation.
Ghislaine Maxwell ‘trained me as a sex slave’ documents allege
Testimony from 2015 case reveals series of claims regarding Maxwell's role in Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking ring.
Payouts made to fewer than 8% of Windrush compensation claimants
A total of 1,392 claims were made to the scheme by the end of June and £755,110.88 has been paid out to 110 people, just 7.9%, according to the department’s figures.
Former Telegraph editor who fat shamed nurses to be given a peerage – along with a host of Brexiteers
And there's a knighthood in line for Theresa May's husband Philip.
Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke
The company said that Duke’s account ‘has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct’.
Documents reveal details of civil case involving Ghislaine Maxwell
Maxwell, a former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffey Epstein, is in prison awaiting trial in New York.
‘Reached the limit’ – Chris Whitty hints that schools may not reopen
Lockdown easing postponed as PM ‘squeezes the brake’ to control virus
Supreme Court to consider whether Shamima Begum should return to UK
The 20-year-old was a schoolgirl when she travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group in 2015.