Boris Johnson advertises for £100,000 spokesperson

Boris Johnson will today fire the starting gun on the race to become his spokesperson at the government's new televised press conferences. The Prime Minister is seeking to hire a surrogate who will 'communicate with the nation' on his behalf as part of a radical shake-up of the Number 10 …...Read More

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'are top of the guest list for Brooklyn Beckham wedding'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are thought to be at the top of the guest list for Brooklyn Beckham's wedding to Nicola Peltz. The groom's parents David, 45, and Victoria, 46, are good friends with the royal couple, even attending their nuptials at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Although their …...Read More

‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill

“It’s needed,” Mr. Shelby said. “The question is, is it needed now?” In recent days, Mr. Meadows had pushed the plan to replace the building, which is crumbling, out of date — and long the subject an unusual fixation for Mr. Trump, a former real estate developer. As far back …...Read More

Millionaire farmer Ben Goldsmith claimed £25k in EU funds last year

Millionaire farmer Ben Goldsmith was facing growing pressure over his role as a Defra board member last night as it emerged he had benefited from tens of thousands of pounds in farming subsidies. Mr Goldsmith faces controversial allegations – exposed by the Daily Mail at the weekend – that he …...Read More

Pessimists die two years earlier on average - but being overtly optimistic doesn't improve longevity

People who are pessimistic die earlier than those who don't have overtly negative or positive views, a new study suggests. Researchers found that those with negative outlooks about the presents or future died about two years earlier than the average person. However - and rather surprisingly - being particularly optimistic …...Read More

Barr Clashes With House Democrats in Testimony, Defending Protest Response

Critics have called those figures misleading because they do not account for relative population differences; a Black person is more likely to be killed than a white person. Republicans backed the attorney general for showing “courage” by taking aim at the Russia investigation and attacks on the police. Their most …...Read More

That's lucky... a Waitrose ducky! Teacher, 26, hatches a baby bird from a box of free-range eggs

When a teacher bought a box of duck eggs from Waitrose she didn’t intend to eat them – she wanted to hatch them. Lauren Barton, 26, got the idea from a news story about a woman who had hatched ducklings from supermarket eggs. She bought a six-pack of free-range Clarence …...Read More

Minneapolis Police Link ‘Umbrella Man’ to White Supremacy Group

The tall man, dressed head to toe in black, including a black gas mask and a black umbrella, can be seen in a video wielding a sledgehammer as he calmly smashed the windows of a Minneapolis auto parts store. The scene was one of the first widely shared images of …...Read More

Kebab house customer bares her breasts, spits at staff

A kebab shop owner was subjected to a tirade of racist abuse and spat on by a woman who bared her breasts at him while falsaccusing him of rape. The woman, 33, entered the Kebabish restaurant in Falkirk shortly before midnight on Tuesday, July 21, where she allegedly became abusive …...Read More

The Vatican Is Said to Be Hacked From China Before Talks With Beijing

In a recent interview with an Italian television program, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, a key negotiator of the agreement, said that with the provisional agreement set to expire in September, the Holy See “wants to continue with this step, it wants to go forward.” Matteo Bruni, the Vatican spokesman, did …...Read More