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Court of Appeal quashes convictions of Ricky Tomlinson, Arthur Murray and the Shrewsbury 24
“This was a political trial not just of me and the Shrewsbury pickets, but was a trial of the trade union movement," Tomlinson said.
EU lashes out at AstraZeneca over ‘serious’ vaccine shortfall
Sandra Galina, the chief of the European Commission’s health division, threatened that any shots produced by AstraZeneca in the EU could be forced to stay there.
Strap on your seatbelts! Reactions as government buys second ‘Brexit jet’
"Tell me again how we can't afford to give nurses a proper pay rise?'
Academics call for Scotland to rejoin Erasmus amid criticism of UK’s ‘not fit for purpose’ alternative
"Despite the claims of the UK Government, they have not backed up the new Turing scheme with the funding required to support postgraduate students to study abroad.This will harm the futures of thousands of students for years to come."
Houses of Parliament to fall silent for Covid reflection day
But, with Easter around the corner, there has been a wave of encouraging news suggesting the end is nigh.
Regulator won’t pursue complaint against BBC over racist term even though over 18,000 people complained
After the news report was broadcast, Sideman announced he was quitting BBC Radio 1Xtra over the incident. He said the news report represented an “error of judgement”, adding it “feels like a slap in the face to our community”.
10 best reactions to Royal Family looking to hire a Diversity Tsar
"Royal variety performance."
Farage accused of ‘racism’ after blaming Bristol unrest on BLM protesters
"Coming back to this because white racists love sprinkling BLM in their outrage tweets like coriander."
Labour urge Tories to rebel over fire safety improvements which ‘heaps years of debt onto the victims of this scandal’
"Conservative ministers promised that residents would not be burdened with these costs, at least 17 times by my count."