The Tories would be Moggs to make Jacob leader
Since winning a first general election majority for 23 years in May 2015, the Conservative Party has been little short of dire having been left to its own devices in government. U-turns, party splits and a never-ending NHS crisis were the aperitifs for the dog’s dinners that were the 2016 Brexit referendum and Theresa May surrendering a slim majority in an election that snatched relative defeat and sheer embarrassment from the jaws of victory. All the above makes dismal reading,...
Price paid for electricity from offshore wind farms drops 50% in 5 years
Government figures to be published today are expected to show that the price paid for electricity from offshore wind farms has dropped by more than 50 per cent in under five years - making offshore wind the lowest cost option for large-scale, low-carbon power. The UK’s offshore wind sector has transformed over the last decade. Government support, huge strides in home-grown innovation and increases in both turbine efficiency and blade sizes, have placed the UK as number one, globally, for...
Watch: Lost episode of Only Fools and Horses
A ‘lost’ episode of Only Fools and Horses that is said to have been lying on a dusty shelf for years has been released to viewers for the very first time. The never-before-seen episode filmed in 1984, titled ‘Licensed to Drill’, features Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad at the top of their game, and is especially significant as it was Lennard Pearce’s final appearance as Grandad before his death. In the episode, Del Boy, played by David Jason, thinks he’s on to a...
MEPs hear how cross border spycops can “move into your home, your family”
To bug your phone the state at the very least needs the permission of a judge or Home Secretary. But as the bereaved family of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence found out, to send an undercover police officer to spy on you and your family, all that is needed is the permission of the police chief handling them. This week campaigners whose lives have been affected by “spycops” addressed the European Parliament as it is not only this nation’s undercover...
Jury laughs at pathetic excuses of child abuser before returning guilty verdict
A jury laughed at the lies of a child rapist before returning a unanimous guilty verdict which saw him jailed for 18 years. Alan Dart, 30, was homeless when he was offered an attic room by the ten-year-old girl's mother but he soon began to groom her daughter for sex. He started a three-year sexual relationship with her when she was just 11. A court heard he manipulated the victim so successfully she became convinced she was in love with...
Huge leatherback turtle washes up in Cornish harbour
One of the world's largest leatherback turtle's has been found dead in a Cornish harbour. The animal, whose species is 'critically endangered', was found on Friiday (8/9) in Portreath by amateur photographer Bob Philips, 73. The turtle washed up in Portreath, Cornwall. It is around six feet long and weighs around 200kg (31 stone). Retired taxi driver Bob said: "I'm amazed at how big it is and decided to take a photograph of a man who was stood close by...
Three have-a-go heroes honoured for wrestling knifeman who stabbed pregnant woman
Three have-a-go heroes who tackled a crazed knifeman after he repeatedly stabbed a heavily pregnant woman have received bravery awards. Natalie Queiroz, 40, was knifed 13 times in the chest and stomach when she was brutally attacked by fomer lover Babur Raja. Ms Queiroz, who was 36 weeks pregnant, survived after three members of the public wrestled Raja to the ground the grabbed the ten-inch blade from him. Police Chief Constable Dave Thompson with Natalie Queiroz and John Mitchell who...
New Banksy appears on bridge in Gloucestershire
Graffiti artist Banksy is believed to have struck again with a mural taking aim at a curator he branded "disgusting" for flogging his work for millions of pounds. The new artwork - daubed on a former railway bridge in Cheltenham, Glos., - appeared overnight on Friday (8/9). A piece of street art resembling the style of Bansky has appeared on a former railway bridge which now forms the Honeybourne Line in Cheltenham. It shows an elderly person, wearing an audio...
In Pics – We will never be defeated…One love at Manchester Arena
Members of the public arrive in high spirits wearing One Love Manchester T-shirts. There is tight security with police and searches outside Manchester Arena ahead of tonights benefit gig, the first show since the Manchester Bombing. Members of the public arrive in high spirits wearing One Love Manchester T-shirts. There is tight security with police and searches outside Manchester Arena ahead of tonights benefit gig, the first show since the Manchester Bombing. Women with tickets take selfies infant of security...