An environmentalist who believes that owning pets is ‘selfish and cruel’ has urged Brits not to replace their animals when they pass away because of their carbon footprint. Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, environmental auditor Donnachadh McCarthy debated Countryfile host Julia Bradbury about whether we should stop owning pets all together, because of the detrimental impact … Read more
A campaigner whose five-year-old sister was killed in the Dunblane massacre said to ‘never forget the lives lost’ 25 years ago as he revealed he’s fighting to change gun laws in the US. Jack Crozier, 27, lost his sister Emma in the tragedy on 13 March 1996 and was instrumental in the subsequent Snowdrop Campaign, which launched … Read more
A campaigner has applied for a public footpath to be opened through Sarah Beeny’s former dairy farm in Somerset in a bid to convince the TV presenter to join her fight against ‘nightmare’ ramblers reopening byways on private land. Ann Scott, 72, who lives over 200 miles away in Norfolk, submitted the claim which will … Read more
Boris Johnson takes time out of his busy schedule juggling Covid and Brexit deal to join fiancee Carrie Symonds in phone call to Christmas Eve bell-ringing campaigner PM told Mary Beggs-Reid he, Ms Symonds and Wilfred ‘will be out ringing bells’ The event on December 24 is designed to combat loneliness over Christmas Discussion comes … Read more
Green campaigner loses High Court fight against two-decade extension of oil drilling near Gatwick airport Sarah Finch objected to extension of oil drilling by Surrey County Council She said council had failed to assess ‘the indirect greenhouse gas impacts’ Judge dismissed her claim and indicated that the council had behaved lawfully By Bhvishya Patel For … Read more
A campaigner who worked to make upskirting illegal has turned down an OBE from the Queen. Gina Martin, 27, cited the ‘deep and unsettling race issues’ of the British Empire as the reason for her refusal in a letter. The activist was nominated in June for the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours, but said it would be ‘deeply hypocritical’ to … Read more
Boris Johnson is planning to set up a new ‘policy board’ as he scrambles to reconnect with increasingly mutinous Tory MPs Ministers swiped at Dominic Cummings today as the government desperately tried to draw a line under the extraordinary coup in Downing Street. Environment Secretary George Eustice branded the maverick former chief aide a ‘campaign’ … Read more
Nigella Lawson apologises for column she wrote 27 years ago which said gender re-assignment surgery was ‘self-mutilation’ – after campaigner tweets ‘she’s no trans ally’ Campaigner for non-gendered people, Christie Elan-Cane, has spent 27 years waiting for an apology over the comments made by Lawson, 60, in 1993 In her then Evening Standard column, the … Read more
Are patterned masks making coronavirus trendy? Wearing funky face coverings could make them fashionable and the new normal, campaigner warns Patterned masks may make coronavirus trendy, Dame Helena Morrissey claimed The financier and campaigner said she has stopped wearing ‘fashionable’ masks She believes it will make the ‘unusual’ pandemic times become the new normal Celebrities … Read more
Together against all odds: Charity campaigner and son, three, have survived life-saving organ transplants – while the mother has also battled against lymphoma cancer Mother Alexe Deane survived a heart transplant and also battled against cancer Her son Khari had to have his gall bladder removed and have a liver transplant Miss Deane, 27, has … Read more