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Tory MP blames lorry driver shortage on Tony Blair for educating people too well
Unfortunately, data from the Road Haulage Association seems to point to a different reason for the lack of drivers.
Almost £30k raised to buy RNLI new hovercraft named ‘The Flying Farage’
If successful there might be a second vessel called 'The Galloping Grimes' or 'The Hovering Hopkins'.
Crowdfunder to buy RNLI a ‘Flying Farage’ hovercraft nears £20,000
Nigel Farage - the former UKIP leader - had criticised the charity, claiming it was being used as a “taxi service for illegal trafficking gangs”.
Alex Scott hailed for cheeky on-air nod to Lord Jones comments
The former member of the House of Lords had taken to Twitter to proclaim that Scott “spoils” coverage with her “inability to pronounce her ‘g’s at the end of a word” on Friday.
Piers Corbyn tricked into taking £10,000 bung to stop criticising AZ vaccine
A pair of YouTube pranksters convinced Corbyn to take an envelope stuffed with £10,000... in Monopoly money.
Deliveroo and Uber offer discounts to young people getting Covid jabs
Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and Pizza Pilgrims are among the brands who will be offering incentives to encourage younger people to get vaccinated.
‘Despicable approach:’ Home Office set up fake website to deter asylum seekers from travelling to UK, it’s claimed
"Whenever I think that I’ve now seen it all when it comes to the Home Office, there is a new low. This one is particularly low though," Tweeted Prof Tanja Bueltmann.
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.