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Taxpayers foot £346m bill for insolvency payouts to former staff in 2019
Payouts to staff affected by firms which have collapsed or closed stores jumped by 16% last year.
Man punched woman in face after racially abusing her friend over coronavirus
West Midlands Police confirmed it was investigating the incident.
The Sun records £68m loss as cost of phone-hacking claims hits
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers spent an enormous £54 million on legal fees and damages related to the illegal interception of voicemails.
David Dimbleby says move to scrap BBC licence fee is ‘dangerous’
Downing Street is considering replacing the TV licence fee with a subscription model.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary slammed for ‘abhorrent’ remarks on Muslims
The businessman said bombers ‘will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion’.
Home Office still separating families not deported on chartered flight to Jamaica
As MPs slam the Government for deleting the phrase ‘institutionally racist’ from a report on the Windrush Scandal, we reveal what those at the brunt of Home Office policy are still suffering.
Mosque attack had ‘been brewing’, say leaders
Yousif al-Khoei said Muslims ‘have become easy targets for some sections of the media’.
Prayer leader stabbed in mosque says he forgives attacker
Raafat Maglad, who is in his 70s, returned to the scene for Friday prayers.
Damilola Taylor killer jailed for driving into police officer
Ricky Preddie, 32, and his brother Danny were convicted of the schoolboy’s manslaughter in 2000.