Jeremy Hunt tries to claim Tories created NHS – Jon Ashworth calls him out
By Benjamin Jenkins Jeremy Hunt has been called out for trying to rewrite history at the Conservative Party Conference after he claimed that the Tories were responsible for the creation of the National Health Service. The Secretary of State for Health played a clip from 1944 when the NHS was founded, insinuating that it was the Conservatives that had created it. But the Tories fought it "tooth and nail" all the way through Parliament on a three line whip and voted against...
Buckfast Monks blast Scottish confectioner as “highly irresponsible” for making Buckfast flavoured sweets
The monks behind a controversial tonic wine have blasted a Scottish confectioner as "highly irresponsible" for making BUCKFAST FLAVOURED SWEETS. Buckfast have struggled to shake off a reputation which has seen the drink directly linked with violent crime and anti-social behaviour. And confectioners Ross's of Edinburgh have now concocted the flavour to appeal to "the younger generation". The sweets, called Buckfast Flavoured Creams, have only been on sale for a few weeks and there is already a growing demand for...
Range Rover driver jailed for killing cyclist as he dashed to work following boozy night out
A Range Rover driver who killed a cyclist as he dashed to work after he overslept following a night boozing and snorting drugs has been jailed. Bar manager George Hacker, 26, was more than 90 minutes late for work when he got behind the wheel of his powerful £30,000 Range Rover Evoque. As he was driving to work and chatting to a pal on the phone using Bluetooth he drifted onto the opposite carriageway and smashed head-on into cyclist Simon...
Ruth Davidson tells Conservative party to “man up” and get over “nervous breakdown”
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has come out swinging for the Tories, and seems to be the only one up for the fight, to beat Labour, rather than each other. She said that the Conservative Party needs to “get over its current nervous breakdown and man up.” Davidson said that the support for Jeremy Corbyn will drop off and she will “start the fight.” Currently the main battle in the Conservative Party appears to be between Boris Johnson and Theresa...
20-year-old blasted for sparking huge police manhunt after he secretly joined the French Foreign Legion
A gung-ho 20-year-old man has been blasted for sparking a huge police manhunt after he joined the French Foreign Legion - without telling his family. Charles Luck has since apologised and admitted his actions were 'idiotic', say family. He was last seen by relatives in June when he apparently left on his way to start a new gamekeeping job in the South of France. But he instead secretly signed up with the military service branch of the French Army, established...
“Get on your bike” & “work with gorgeous EU women” Tory MP tells unemployed
The Conservative party conference in Manchester has been under intense police security and subjected to large protests, but inside the ring of steel, Tory MPs are still mouthing off with their reactionary views. It was the turn of South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay to step up and make a statement to wind up everyone outside of the Tory bubble. Mackinlay won his seat in Kent following a close battle with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage in 2015, but is set...
Small Chinese dish sells for world record £28 MILLION at auction
A small but highly-important ceramic dish from Imperial China sold for a world record £28 MILLION. The "virtually unobtainable" brush washer is around 1,000 years old and was commissioned by the imperial court during the Song dynasty. It was made by Ru guanyao, which is one of the most revered of the Five Great Kilns used during this period. The dish, which has a diameter of just 13cm and would have been used to clean brushes, has a glowing, intense...
Graham Bell filmed being towed across the Arctic Circle at almost 120mph
This is the moment former Winter Olympian Graham Bell set a world record by being towed across the Arctic Circle at almost 120mph - on SKIS. Bell, 51, braved temperatures of -28C for the daring attempt at Jaguar Land Rover's Arctic Revi Test Centre in Arjeplog, Sweden. After putting on a pair of skis, the Brit was towed by the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake at 117mph - smashing the previous record for 'fastest towed speed on skis' of 70mph. Bell,...
These are the first pictures of a man shot dead by police after a rush-hour motorway chase
These are the first pictures of a man shot dead by police after a rush-hour motorway chase. The CCTV footage from 2016 was captured in a locksmiths' shop and showed Spencer Ashworth as he threatened a shopkeeper and demanded he "empty the till". Pete Taylor, 60, said Ashworth came into the shop Avon Lock & Key in Bristol and bought a keyring before returning the next day to return it. He called the police and Ashworth disappeared - but was...