Tommy Robinson has been jailed over comments made outside court

The founder of the English Defence League has been jailed over comments made on camera outside a court building which had the potential to derail a long-running trial. Tommy Robinson filmed himself during an hour-long rant outside Leeds Crown Court which he streamed on Facebook Live and was viewed a quarter of a million times. A judge who locked the right-wing activist up for 13 months for contempt of court told him his actions may cause the sensitive case to...

LIVE REVIEW: Cigarettes After Sex battle a bored crowd in Brixton

Venue: Brixton Academy Date: 24.5.18 First, a word on that name. Truly it’s an all-time clanger, the sort of thing no band could come back from. Arctic Monkeys got away with it, just about, but Cigarettes After Sex? Really? The explanation (from my brother, a deeply unreliable source) is that frontman Greg Gonzalez has put together several outfits over the past 10 years or so, to the point where he was having to come up with names on the fly....

Calls for PM to implement new EU workplace rights or “risk betraying voters”

GMB is urging Theresa May to implement at the earliest opportunity important changes to a European Union directive that will make it harder for unscrupulous employers to exploit workers. Following the landmark vote in the European Parliament today to strengthen protections on posted workers, the union is calling on the government not to drag its feet in implementing the change to the rights of posted workers. The changes are intended to prevent undercutting employers paying EU workers posted in the...

LIVE REVIEW: Svalbard break the Black Heart at album launch show

Venue: The Black Heart, Camden Date: 24.5.18 Support, Group of Man, møl It’s a younger crowd descending on the Black Heart than we’re used to seeing, a testament to the high energy blackened hardcore that tonight’s headliners, Bristol’s Svalbard, have been playing for nigh on a decade now. It’s heartening to see the ‘next’ generation of bands drawing in the ‘next’ generation of fans, and there’s a sense that the four piece are set to step over the threshold from...

Richard Madeley terminates interview with Gavin Williamson after defence sec refuses to “give straight answers”

ITV's Richard Madley terminated an interview with Gavin Williamson this morning because the defence secretary refused to give straight answers to his questions. The broadcaster was clearly infuriated with Williamson for dodging questions after he challenged him over the Salisbury poisoning case. After asking him three times whether he regretted having told Russia to “shut up and go away” in the aftermath of the attack, the Good Morning Britain presenter suddenly announced “interview terminated”, adding it would be “helpful if you answered...

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