Tories back lockdown critic Graham Brady as he gets re-elected to role of 1922 committee chairman 

Tories back lockdown critic Graham Brady as he gets re-elected to role of 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady was re-elected as chairman of the 1922 committee last night  The MP for Altrincham and Sale West faced a challenge from Heather Wheeler Sir Graham, 54, who has held the post since 2010, has thanked his colleagues … Read more

Television critic lists five ways to save MasterChef Australia after ratings nosedived

Top television critic devises plan to save MasterChef Australia starting with a kitchen set makeover – after shock ratings nosedive By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:04 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 15:04 BST, 2 May 2021 MasterChef Australia saw a ratings decline in its first week, pulling in a paltry 527,000 metro … Read more

Police renew appeal for information on murdered Putin critic Nikolay Glushkov hours before inquest

Police renew appeal for information on murdered Putin critic hours before his inquest today – with call for witnesses of ‘black VW van’ seen near home of 68-year-old found ‘strangled to death’ a week after Salisbury Novichok attack Met Police’s Richard Smith said questions remain over Nikolay Glushkov’s death The 68-year-old was found in New … Read more

Putin’s critic Navalny vows to continue hunger strike as TB sweeps through penal colony

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has vowed to continue a hunger strike despite suffering from a heavy cough and fever as he claimed inmates in his Russian prison ward were being treated in hospital for tuberculosis. Vladimir Putin’s biggest opponent has vowed to continue a hunger strike he launched last week demanding adequate medical treatment at … Read more

Putin critic Alexei Navalny likens prison to ‘concentration camp’

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has revealed he has a ‘freshly shaven head’ in a message from a prison colony in Russia which he likened to a ‘concentration camp’.  Surfacing for the first time since he was moved to the penal colony 60 miles from Moscow, Navalny described hellish conditions at the camp where he claims … Read more

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been moved to a ‘concentration camp’, lawyer claims

Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny reveals his ‘freshly shaven head’ as he likens his Russian penal colony to a ‘concentration camp’ and says inmates are even banned from swearing Navalny says he is woken every hour at night by guards at Russian prison camp He was taken to the penal colony after conviction for flouting … Read more

EU imposes sanctions on Kremlin officials in response to crackdown on Putin critic Alexei Navalny 

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.  Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday blasted the move amid the crackdown on Kremlin critic Navalny and his supporters. EU foreign ministers earlier Monday agreed to impose … Read more

Putin critic Alexei Navalny faces nearly three years in jail after losing appeal

Putin critic Alexei Navalny faces nearly three years in jail after losing his appeal and has also been convicted of defamation for calling a World War Two veteran a ‘traitor’ for appearing in a pro-Kremlin video. Judge Dmitry Balashov dismissed Navalny’s appeal of a decision to imprison him for violating the terms of a 2014 … Read more

Putin critic Alexei Navalny LOSES appeal against nearly three year jail term

Putin critic Alexei Navalny LOSES appeal against nearly three year jail term as Moscow judge defies calls from Europe’s top human right’s court to free him immediately Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 44, was arrested in January this year Judge Dmitry Balashov rejected Navalny’s appeal of the February 2 ruling He will now be imprisoned … Read more

Nigella Lawson ‘will become a TV art critic and help judge food entries on Grayson’s Art Club’

Nigella Lawson is reportedly set to be an art critic on TV show Grayson’s Art Club. The writer and television chef, 61, is thought to be appearing during Food week and will judge entries sent in by the public, reports The Mirror. It comes eight years after she split from gallery owner ex-husband Charles Saatchi, … Read more