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Boris Johnson and wife Carrie expecting second child
Carrie Johnson also discussed fertility issues after suffering a miscarriage.
Court quashes acquittal of man who filmed Grenfell Tower bonfire and now faces retrial
The prosecution at the original trial argued that the footage, in which cardboard figures burned as the model went up in flames, was racist in showing black and brown characters representing victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze, which killed 72 people in 2017.
Costa: UK anti-vaxxers boycotting coffee chain over its vaccination policy in different country
"Makes me even more likely to keep using @CostaCoffee knowing that nutters like Lozza won't be allowed in. Well done #CostaCoffee," wrote one twitter user.
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.