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Farmer with thousands of acres of land underwater says he was not eligible for flood recovery funding
Farmers with 90 per cent of their land saturated or underwater have been told that they are not eligible for flood relief by the government.
Ian Hislop opens up about being harassed by Piers Morgan
The Private Eye editor has been in a long-running feud with the ex-editor of the Daily Mirror.
‘Drunk and dishevelled’ Johnson slams Sunak’s proposed smoking ban
“When the party of Winston Churchill wants to ban cigars, donnez-moi un break as they say in Quebec," Johnson said.
GB News reportedly set to cut jobs, as major board member ‘ready to step down’
The punishing media landscape is - allegedly - taking its toll on GB News, with multiple redundancies now expected.
Asylum seeker murdered pensioner ‘in revenge for deaths of Palestinian children’
Ahmed Alid denies murdering Terence Carney, 70, in a Hartlepool street eight days after the Hamas attacks on Israel.
Martin Lewis bags new presenting gig… on HIGNFY!
Martin will be in the hot seat on Friday, April 26th at 9pm on BBC One.
Changes to visa rules ‘destroy notion of UK as place for families’, campaigners say
The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.
Patients seen queuing ‘around the block’ for GP care
"This is the worst I’ve seen it, I’ve seen it bad but never as bad this", Patient Anna-Maria Cahalane said.
Open Democracy announces lay-offs
Ruby Lott-Lavigna said it was a "sad day for radical, not-for-profit media"