Members of the Shrewsbury 24 – including Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson – who were convicted for unlawful assembly during the 1972 builders’ strike have won a bid to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Two dozen trade unionists who picketed during the 1972 national builders’ strike were charged with offences including unlawful … Read more
Dozens of subpostmasters who say they were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting in the Horizon IT scandal are battling to clear their names at the Court of Appeal. Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of postmasters were sacked or prosecuted after money appeared to go missing from their branch accounts. Post Office bosses were … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon is facing fury today after making clear she will ignore a bombshell inquiry finding in a leaked report that she misled the Scottish Parliament over her handling of sexual harassment claims against Alex Salmond. A committee of MSPs said the First Minister’s ‘inaccurate’ evidence to them amounted to a ‘potential breach of the ministerial … Read more
Made In Chelsea’s Jamie Laing pranks girlfriend Sophie Habboo by using her as a MOP to clear up a puddle of water in his latest lockdown joke By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 02:30 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 02:30 GMT, 16 March 2021 The laughs haven’t stopped since they confirmed their relationship in … Read more
Campaigner and broadcaster Deborah James has said it should be made ‘loud and clear’ that cancer treatment is a priority amid the Covid-19 pandemic – and has revealed she’s now had her vaccine. The mother-of-two, 38, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2020 when she was 35, and given five years to … Read more
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to ‘go all the way’ to clear his name, two days after being handed a three-year prison sentence for corruption. A Paris court ruled that Sarkozy had formed a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer Thierry Herzog to convince a judge to obtain and share information about an inquiry … Read more
Jaw-some escape! Impala leaps clear of snapping crocodile as it suddenly pounces out of watering hole Female impala seen sipping at a watering hole in Luangwa National Park, Zambia A crocodile, weighing 700lbs, springs out from the water to catch its prey But in a remarkable display the impala jumps up and narrowly avoids being eaten … Read more
How NOT to clear away the snow: Man is BURIED after trying to clear balcony with a broom handle Young man is filmed trying to nudge heavy snow off his flimsy balcony roof But he pokes to hard with a broom handle, causing the structure to cave in Footage was recorded in town of Lytkarino, … Read more
A company’s share price does not normally rise after it places shares at a discount – quite the reverse – but Clear Leisure has pulled off this rare trick. Less than two weeks after raising £680,000 by placing shares at 0.6p each the investment company raised a further £1million by placing shares at a penny … Read more
First banker jailed for rigging interest rates believes that new evidence will clear his name By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 22 February 2021 The first banker jailed for rigging interest rates believes that new evidence will clear his name. Tom Hayes, a former … Read more