Politics
‘A truly historic result’: Conservatives win Hartlepool by a landslide
The party declared a "truly historic result" after Jill Mortimer secured a 6,940 majority. Labour held the seat in 2019 with a majority of 3,595.
Von der Leyen: Europe is vaccinating the world whilst others are ‘keeping to themselves’
Europe exports as many vaccines as it delivers to its own citizens because "viruses know no borders", she said.
Tory links to Jersey – one of the ‘worst tax havens in the world’
They sent gunboats to monitor the island today. If only they protected free school meals which such vigour.
Stars hit out at Williamson’s ‘catastrophic’ cuts to university arts funding
Jarvis Cocker, the former Pulp frontman, described the plans to cut arts funding by 50 per cent as “astounding”.
Windrush victim denied NHS care forced to ‘pull his own teeth out’
Anthony Williams said he thinks the hostile environment, which massively impacted on his life, is the result of political point-scoring.
French fishing blockade ‘like an invasion’, rages Jersey fisherman
"The French being the French, they don't mess around," the fisherman said.
Hartlepool tipped to turn blue – here’s why
After 47 years as a Labour stronghold, Hartlepool looks likely to elect its first-ever Tory MP tomorrow. We went to the town to find out why.
Windfall tax on megacorps like Amazon ‘most popular way to cover the £2.8bn cost of lockdown’
Ahead of local elections, voters want Covid profiteers to fund frontline workers and public services.
‘At least the Nazis kept the lights on’: UK hits out at French threats to Jersey
“To threaten Jersey like this is clearly unacceptable and disproportionate," Jersey's external relations minister said.