Labour MP Dawn Butler backs 24-hour boycott of BBC

Labour MP Dawn Butler has thrown her weight behind a campaign to boycott the BBC for 24 hours today over the corporation’s use of the N-word in recent TV news reports. More than 18,000 people complained last month after a report by social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin on a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol saw … Read more

Spring will be a ‘new dawn’ for Britain, says deputy chief medical officer

Spring will be a ‘new dawn’ for Britain and people should be able to live safely without fear of the coronavirus, says top government adviser Jonathan Van Tam Deputy chief medical officer said a working vaccine could transform daily life He said he hoped people could ‘live fairly safely’ by Easter next year  Though admitting … Read more

Boris Johnson says Scotland Yard must act with ‘fairness and equality’ after Dawn Butler car stop

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today said Scotland Yard should act with ‘fairness and equality’ after it apologised to Dawn Butler for ‘racially profiled’ vehicle stop in Hackney. He spoke out as she again questioned why police pulled over her and her friend as they drove through London, adding ‘all I can tell you factually is I’m … Read more

‘I’m black, my friend’s black and he’s got a fairly decent car’: Dawn Butler on Met Police car stop

Labour’s Dawn Butler this morning again questioned why police stopped her and her friend as they drove through London, adding ‘all I can tell you factually is I’m black, my friend is black and he’s got a fairly decent car’. The MP for Brent Central yesterday accused the police of racially profiling her after she … Read more

Labour MP Dawn Butler is pulled over by the police driving through London

Labour MP Dawn Butler accuses Met Police of racially profiling after they stopped her driving through Hackney The MP for Brent Central tweeted she had been stopped by police in Hackney  Ms Butler, parliament’s third black female MP, later released heated footage Chief Superintendent Roy Smith confirmed there had been a police stop  By Jack … Read more

Lookalike mother and daughter Dawn Hubsher (60) and Cher Hubsher (30) stun

A woman says she looks so similar to her mother that her own husband once mistakenly smacked her mom’s derriere in a very embarrassing case of mistaken identity – despite their 30-year age gap. Authors and reality TV stars Dawn Hubsher, 60, and Cher Hubsher, 30, who live in Florida and New York respectively, may look … Read more

House prices up £4,500 but Nationwide warns of a ‘false dawn’

House prices jumped £4,500 in July as lockdown buyers hit the market but Nationwide warns of a ‘false dawn’ House prices bounced back in July, reports Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide said level of activity in the property market is better than expected But it warns ‘there is a risk this proves to be something … Read more

Gary Barlow, 49, enjoys refreshing swim with bikini-clad wife Dawn Andrews, 50, in Italy

Gary Barlow, 49, looks elated as the shirtless star enjoys a refreshing swim with bikini-clad wife Dawn Andrews and their kids during their Italian family trip to mark her 50th birthday By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 13:54 BST, 28 July 2020 | Updated: 13:54 BST, 28 July 2020 Advertisement Gary Barlow continued to ring … Read more

Dancing On Ice: Coronation Street’s Sally Dyvenor and RHOC’s Dawn Ward audition for next series

Dancing On Ice: Coronation Street’s Sally Dyvenor, RHOC’s Dawn Ward and Hollyoaks’ Carley Stenson join slew of TV stars battling it out at auditions for upcoming series By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 15:00 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 15:32 BST, 21 July 2020 Coronation Street’s Sally Dyvenor and Real Housewives of Cheshire star … Read more

Dawn O’Porter and Olly Murs share tributes to Caroline Flack five months after her tragic death

Dawn O’Porter and Olly Murs paid tribute to their late friend Caroline Flack on Wednesday, as they marked the five-month anniversary of her tragic death. On February 15, Love Island Caroline took her own life, age 40, at her new flat in Stoke Newington, London, hours after she was told she would face trial over the … Read more