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Councils lose active travel funding for ‘prematurely’ axing new cycle lanes
A number of councils reversed the schemes following vocal opposition by motorists.
Best responses as UK among 5 countries most likely to survive global civilisation collapse
'Buddy we aren't even surviving Brexit,' wrote one bemused Twitter user.
‘Got to be f*cking kidding me!’ Dismay as Latin offered in state schools to make language less ‘elitist’
Michael Rosen tweeted: "If you can read a bit of Latin you must be clever. If you are bilingual in English and Welsh, or English and Punjabi or English and pretty well any other modern language, you're not clever."
Judge slams ‘yob’ who put Chris Whitty in a headlock leaving him ‘humiliated’
The disgraced former estate agent claimed he put Professor Chris Whitty in a headlock because he wanted a "selfie for his mum."
‘Appalling:’ Woman who returned from holiday received a flirty text from a government contact tracer
"I think it’s appalling that he used his power in a completely inappropriate way and it made me concerned for any other female in the same position."
Alex Scott owns Brexiter Lord who told her to talk properly on TV
When will these people learn? You don't mess With Alex Scott.
Tory MP claims people who want ‘racist’ statue removed have an ‘unquenchable desire to be outraged’
A local resident said: “As a person of colour, walking past it all this time has made me feel incredibly uncomfortable in the place that I call home; a bygone relic of the transatlantic slave trade looking down at me."
NHS: Pay rise offer a ‘big kick in the teeth’, as protesting nurses slam govt
"I felt insulted after what we’ve done with both waves of Covid to be offered 3%, I found it really depressing."
24-year-old pleads guilty to assaulting Chris Whitty
Lewis Hughes, from Romford in Essex, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault by beating at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.