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Man charged after 92-year-old woman ‘tricked into paying £160 for fake vaccine’
He is alleged to have charged her £160 before returning on January 4 to ask for another £100.
Holyrood candidate quits Scottish Tories after labelling food bank users ‘fat’
"People have no idea how fat they are."
Covid: Rejection of jab by ethnic minorities ‘could fan flames of Islamophobia’
“I think it’s extremely concerning that even during this pandemic there are people that are exploiting opportunities and also spreading misinformation online and scapegoating communities.”
Brexit: ‘Embarrassment’ as Lorry drivers spend days waiting to get paperwork to leave UK
“The French were ready for this, the Dutch were ready for this. It’s an embarrassment that we never were.”
Free school meals: Labour demands Gavin Williamson resigns as he ‘plainly isn’t up to the job”
“Our children’s future, our children’s education, our children’s well-being, is too important to be left in the hands of someone who plainly isn’t up to the job and I think it’s time for him to go.”
Daily Mail warns of Brexit food crisis as mountains of fish rots and fresh food is held up
The paper promised a "great future outside a broken, dying Europe" just days ahead of the referendum in 2016.
‘It was a very welcome relief’ student defends lockdown-breaking snowball fight
“I know many students who are extremely depressed, and stressed with online exams and have had little support."
150,000 police records wiped: Labour claims ‘huge dangers for public safety’ and Patel ‘must take responsibility’
“The incompetence of this shambolic Government cannot be allowed to put people at risk, let criminals go free and deny victims justice.”
Marcus Rashford steps up pressure on PM over free school meals
“School food is essential in supporting the health and learning of our most disadvantaged children."