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Times journalist tweeted that the Burka was disrespectful to deaf people…it didn’t end well
Iain Martin, a Times columnist, took to Twitter to defend to Boris Johnson's recent comments about the Burka. The reactions to his tweet didn't go well. He battled on replying to his detractors for while, but eventually gave up, as it was relentless. Many reasons to dislike the burka, but disrespect of the deaf (who often need to see faces to follow communication) always high on the list — Iain Martin (@iainmartin1) August 8, 2018 Here is a selection of...
David Cameron buys SECOND pricey shepherd’s hut…for the £2m house he is renovating
The former PM has bought the luxury cabin on wheels for the garden of his Cornish bolthole
Watch – Muslim schoolgirl travels to Westminster to deliver open letter slamming Boris Johnson
Straight-A pupil Anam Ahemdi, 16, took time out of her Summer holidays to urge the ex-Foreign Secretary to apologise for "letter box" remarks
Mum banged up abroad with young daughter because she had a glass of wine on plane
Dr Ellie Holman was arrested in Dubai and thrown into a "baking hot and foul smelling" detention centre after an eight-hour flight with four-year-old Bibi - because a disgruntled immigration official took issue with her visa.
A pub has been ordered to fork out £10,000 for illegally showing Sky Sports
Sandra Dow, tenant and manager at the Spey Lounge, in Leith, Edinburgh received the order following legal action by Sky.
Tragic Harriet Forster died after a rock slide in a sleepy seaside village
The family of the nine-year-old girl described her as the 'light of our lives'
Exclusive FOI request reveals record-breaking evictions from social housing – by local councils
This June, in light of lack of public trust after the Grenfell disaster, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire promised that a green paper on social housing would be published before the parliamentary recess. Its failure to appear, despite a worsening housing crisis and the fact that the Labour party published its own review of social housing back in April, has led to widespread anger across the housing sector. A freedom of information request...
Man with mental health problems failed by London council
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has today found that a London Borough failed to support a man with mental health problems properly, resulting in him sleeping on his parents’ sofa for 18 months. Hounslow council has agreed to apologise, make amends and provide financial compensation to the family; and make changes to avoid similar issues arising in future. Responding to the findings of this investigation by the Ombudsman, Ellie White, Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer at Mind said:“This truly sad case...
Coral reefs ‘have been around since the age of the dinosaurs – about 100 million years longer than thought’
A new study suggests they are hardy enough to survive global warming