Congress finally outlaws lynching – 65 years after murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till

The federal government reopened its investigation into the brutal slaying of black teenager Emmett Till in 2018, 63 years after the black teenager’s death in Mississippi.   The Justice Department told Congress in a report that March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving ‘new information’.  Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant, pictured … Read more

‘Submarine’ Boris Johnson FINALLY surfaces to face PMQs

‘Submarine’ Boris Johnson FINALLY surfaces to face grilling from MPs in the Commons on mounting Coronavirus crisis and floods misery… but he STILL hasn’t visited victims of extreme weather 11 days on Boris Johnson will take PMQs in the Commons after keeping low profile for week The premier has been criticised for failing to visit … Read more

River Severn finally begins to consume Bewdley

Flood defences were finally breached in Bewdley last night after the Worcestershire town held out for days against the rising levels of the River Severn.     Photographs taken at Beale’s Corner in the riverside town, which straddles the Severn north of Worcester, show flood water pouring over the top of temporary barriers erected in the wake of Storm … Read more