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Queen’s relative freed is halfway through prison sentence for sex assault
He was jailed for a late-night attack on a guest staying at Glamis Castle in Angus, his ancestral home.
Cornish campaigners threaten to blockade all routes into county to protest against second homeowners
"We cannot live like this any longer, and we won’t accept growing mass homelessness of people in Cornwall and ever-expanding house prices becoming an accepted part of life."
PM promises ‘smooth’ transition to renewables…then insists Cambo oil & gas field contracts can’t be torn up
He also caused outrage saying Margaret Thatcher’s closure of coal mines had given the UK an “early start” in moving to a greener economy.
Nigel Farage aggrieved after ‘taxi for migrants’ comments raise £200k for the RNLI
Ironically, his GB News rant fuelled a further surge in donations for a hovercraft named the Flying Farage.
Coal Mines: Fury as PM says Thatcher gave UK ‘early start’ in battling climate change by closing pits
"Thatcher’s decimation of the coal industry had absolutely nothing to do with environmentalism and everything to do with her despicable anti-trade union ideology."
Anti-vaxxers pretend to be vegan to avoid getting jabbed
Laurence Fox claimed he will be identifying as a "trans vegan" from this day forward.
Dan Snow asks people to post a pic that encapsulates Britain – and it went exactly as expected
Not everyone decided to share lovely images of rolling hills and babbling brooks....
Ex-prisoner slams Boris Johnson’s high viz idea, saying Timpson ‘changed his life’
“It’s another punishment, you don’t need that on top of the punishment you were given,” he told TLE.
Risk of riots ‘higher than ever’ ten years on due to Tory inaction
“The deep social inequalities have grown wider after a decade of cuts to vital services that support struggling families and a rise in poverty," Labour said.