Clive Tyldesley, 65, says he can’t understand why he is being ‘sacked’ as ITV’s voice of football

Legendary commentator Clive Tyldesley has revealed his dejection in an emotional video after being replaced in his lead role with ITV after 22 years in the job.  Tyldesley’s voice has provided the backdrop to a huge number of historic matches over more than two decades at major international tournaments and the biggest games in club … Read more

Best-selling children’s author sacked after posting hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ on Twitter

Best-selling children’s author Gillian Phillip is sacked – after adding hashtag ‘I stand with JK Rowling’ to her Twitter handle amid bitter row over transgender rights JK Rowling has become embroiled in a transgenders rights row in recent weeks  Children’s author Gillian Phillip tweeted her support for the Harry Potter author  Ms Phillip has since … Read more

£2m golden goodbye for sacked boss of Thames Water

Britain’s biggest water company has handed its former boss a £2million pay-off after he was fired for a series of failings. Thames Water has been accused of rewarding failure over the golden handshake for Steve Robertson. Robertson presided over numerous major leaks, hefty fines and sewage flooding controversies during three years in charge. Former Thames … Read more

Dr David Starkey sacked as professor after slavery comments

TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more

Dr David Starkey is sacked from professor role at Canterbury and quits fellowship at Cambridge

TV historian David Starkey today quit his University of Cambridge fellowship and was stripped of his visiting professor post at Canterbury Christ Church University after he claimed ‘slavery was not genocide’ because ‘so many damn blacks live in Africa and Britain’. Professor Starkey has also resigned from the Mary Rose Trust and could soon be stripped of his … Read more

Rebecca Long-Bailey FINALLY deletes anti-Semitism row tweet that got her sacked from shadow cabinet

Axed Corbynista Rebecca Long-Bailey FINALLY deletes tweet praising a Maxine Peake interview containing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory almost a WEEK after it got her sacked from the shadow cabinet Ex-leadership candidate sacked as shadow education secretary on Thursday  She praised Maxine Peake interview containing anti-Semitic conspiracy theory  Offending tweet was finally deleted from her Twitter … Read more

Boris stands by Robert Jenrick: Housing Secretary ‘WON’T be sacked’ over Tory donor row

Downing Street rallied round beleaguered minister Robert Jenrick today as he facing ever increasing demands to quit over a ‘cash-for-favours’ row involving a Tory donor’s £1billion property development. No10 sources said this morning that the under-fire Housing Secretary still had the support of Boris Johnson after documents showed he rushed through approval of the Westferry Printworks … Read more

Rebekah Vardy dons a ‘rock and roll’ shirt after rival Coleen Rooney sacked her lawyers’

Rebekah Vardy was spotted in a rock and roll motif shirt on Friday as she headed to the supermarket with her eldest daughter Megan. The TV star, 38, sported the casual look amid claims her rival Coleen Rooney has sacked her lawyers as their dramatic WAG war rages on. Rebekah and her daughter, 15, were … Read more

Sacked Amazon employee warns staff are at risk because they can’t socially distance

Designer Emily Cunningham was fired from Amazon in April after speaking out One of the sacked Amazon whistleblowers has said staff are at continued risk of COVID-19 because it is impossible for them to socially distance in warehouses.  Tech worker Emily Cunningham was fired last month for ‘repeatedly violating internal policies’ after she spoke out about … Read more