The date everything changed is entrenched in my memory – June 23, 2016, the day Britain voted for Brexit. Before that moment I was a professor of British politics who loved his job, enjoyed spending time with his colleagues and looked forward to life in Britain’s universities, which are among the best in the world. … Read more
The Government’s quarantine hotels plan has been plunged into chaos today amid claims by a hotel chief that the sites become Covid infection hotspots, while union bosses warned the new system will not be enough to stop variants from spreading Ahead of the new rules being introduced at midnight, Meher Nawab, chief executive of the … Read more
Half of Britons fear freedom of speech is ‘under threat’ in the UK as rampant ‘cancel culture’ scares people out of speaking their minds, a poll has found. Some 50 per cent of Britons feel it is harder to share their honest thoughts on controversial topics such as immigration or transgender rights now than it … Read more
Premier League clubs fear new laws to combat vile online trolls will NOT go far enough as Government vows to make social media firms more accountable after a string of attacks on players Clubs are not convinced that laws to tackle online abuse will be effective enough Government want to make Twitter, Instagram and Facebook more … Read more
Anne-Marie confesses to suffering from ‘food-phobia’ and a ‘fear of vomiting’ before entering the tent on The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2021 By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 01:46 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 01:46 GMT, 6 February 2021 She recently made her debut as a judge on The Masked Singer UK. And now … Read more
Carbon tax plan gets binned by Boris Johnson amid fear it would spark a rise in food prices Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dropped plans to introduce a carbon tax The move would have seen prices for meat, cheese and gas rise sharply Whitehall departments had been asked to draw up a ‘price’ for carbon … Read more
TV presenter Beverley Turner says she refused to clap for Captain Tom because she didn’t want to ‘maintain the fear that imminent death is all around’ Ms Turner, 47, said she believed it was the Government’s way of hiding failings She highlighted an NHS worker who said he’d prefer proper funding than clap TV presenter … Read more
The family of a British man found dead with one hand ‘tied to the deck’ of his sunken sailing boat fear he may have been killed, a report claims. Hugh Kerr Bradley Roberts, 74, was found on the half-submerged vessel by fishermen in the port of Souda on the Greek island of Crete. His dog, which … Read more
The family of a 91-year-old grandfather who is in hospital with Covid-19 fear he may have caught the deadly virus from a pen at a vaccination centre. Peter Short had not left his home in Bloxwich, Walsall, since last February before he was invited to have the Pfizer-BioNtech injection last month. The retired ITV engineer, who … Read more
She’s one of the greatest tennis players of all time, with 23 grand slam titles and four Olympic gold medals under her belt. But despite her huge passion for tennis, Serena Williams has revealed that the ‘greatest love of her life’ is none other than her three-year-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. The athlete, 39, also … Read more