School reopening drive is 'last chance' for 'useful idiot' Gavin Williamson

Test will be his handling of full school reopenings slated for September Gavin Williamson has one 'last chance' to save his Cabinet position, with Ministers suggesting his final test will be the reopening of schools in nine days time. But some of the country's biggest education and teaching unions don't …...Read More

Letter written by Admiral Lord Nelson year before his death emerges for sale for £10,000

A letter written by Admiral Lord Nelson penned a year before his death at Trafalgar has emerged for sale for £10,000. The note revealed he feared for his financial future after the Napoleonic wars when his Royal Naval pay would have been half of what he was used to. Nelson …...Read More

Covid-19 Updates: Latest News and Analysis

As tropical storms bear down, residents are urged to heed the virus in their preparations. With Tropical Storms Marco and Laura continuing to churn in the Caribbean this weekend, prompting warnings and watches for several countries, Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana has urged residents to be mindful of the …...Read More

London jewellers J McCarthy could be forced to close

Prestigious London jeweller J McCarthy could be forced to close after more than 200 years - over proposed plans to turn the building into a restaurant. The Westminster store, which counts Princess Anne and Margaret Thatcher among its customers, may have to search for a new premises after commercial property …...Read More

Children's balloon artist gave himself up for having child porn

A children's entertainer gave himself up to police after his horrified girlfriend found child pornography on his tablet, a court heard. Samuel Stamp-Dod's girlfriend found an indecent picture of a ten-year-old on the balloon artist's tablet and went on to find more child porn, prosecutor Matthew Bagnall told Ipswich Crown …...Read More

Quarter of migrants who claim to be children after crossing Channel from France are older than 18

A quarter of migrants who claimed to be children after crossing the English Channel from France were older than 18, council figures have revealed. Of the 1,668 who told officials they were children after landing on the Kent coast in the last five years, more than 400 were later found …...Read More

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have 'endless gratitude' to Tyler Perry for providing 'safe haven'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are 'really grateful to Tyler Perry for his kindness' after he provided them with a 'safe haven during a complicated time', a source told People magazine. The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, stayed at the American actor's $18million, 12-bedroom, eight-bathroom Beverly Hills home …...Read More

One of Britain's first gay dads proposes to daughter's ex-boyfriend while on holiday with them both

One of Britain's first gay fathers has proposed to his daughter's ex-boyfriend - while on holiday with them both. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 50, who is originally from Manchester, is engaged to his bisexual assistant Scott Hutchison, 25, who previously dated his 20-year-old daughter, Saffron, for several months. The couple announced earlier …...Read More

Chemical firm ICI are being sued by family of safety inspector who died from lung cancer

The British chemical giant Imperial Chemical Industries is facing legal action after the family of a worker who died from terminal lung cancer claimed he was exposed to asbestos over a 34-year period. Christopher Lees, 79, who was an in-house healthy safety inspector at the company's research plants, was unaware …...Read More

Rod Stewart, 75, and Penny Lancaster, 49, sport vibrant face masks in Venice

Advertisement They been leading quite the jet-setting lifestyle as they've spent the last few months between London, Florida and Croatia. And Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster kept the good times rolling as they enjoyed some quality time together during their holiday in Venice on Saturday. The music legend, …...Read More