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Listen for yourself: Rees-Mogg under fire after using parliamentary privilege to ‘smear’ journalist
“To use parliamentary privilege to smear a journalist – knowing you can’t be sued for defamation because you are saying it in Parliament – is extremely troubling.
Charity whose trustees are partly appointed by Queen settle racial discrimination claims
One staff member was allegedly paid a confidential settlement after a senior manager described visitors to the Tower of London as being from “bongo-bongo land”.
Size matters? News presenter mocks Robert Jenrick’s ‘bit small’ flag
Jenrick did not like the comment...
Greta Thunberg takes down Priti Patel over Policing Bill
She also gave Donald Trump the same treatment last year...
Shamima Begum says she was ‘suicidal’ after losing her children
Begum says in a new documentary that she was “naive” and does not share the beliefs of the Islamic State.
Tommy Robinson spent donations from far-right supporters on ‘coke and nights out’, ex-allies claim
The founder of the English Defence League - now a self-styled journalist - was listed on the insolvency register this month under his original name, Stephen Christopher Lennon.
Second person in a week walks off Good Morning Britain live on air
“I’m gonna do a real Piers Morgan and just say that it’s not okay to have ‘addict to wellness guru’ on the bottom of the screen," she said.
Piers Morgan’s Meghan comments draw most complaints in Ofcom history
It later emerged that Meghan also made a formal complaint to Ofcom about the TV host after he dismissed her account of suffering suicidal thoughts and experiencing racism at the hands of the royal family.
Man suspected of shooting eight at Atlanta massage parlours ‘may have sexual addiction’
Former president Barack Obama said: “Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America.”