Dover: Traffic brought to a standstill at port by anti-immigration protesters

Traffic is brought to a standstill at port of Dover as anti-immigration protesters chanting ‘English streets’ march against migrant crossings About 50 people marched down the dual carriageway leading to Dover, Kent Lorries lined up along the A20 and are unable to reach the key trade terminal  The small group waved England flags and held … Read more

XR protesters ‘demanded Sun owner Rupert Murdoch be brought to protest’, police officer tells court

Extinction Rebellion protestors allegedly requested Sun owner Rupert Murdoch be brought to a protest at a newspaper print works, a police officer told the court following disruption to the XR trial as an activist glued himself to the dock. Six of the protestors accused of taking part in the unlawful protest went on trial at St … Read more

Inner-city school that brought in ‘Britain’s toughest headteacher’ is slammed

Inner-city school that brought in ‘Britain’s toughest headteacher’ is slammed for labelling pupils in its 80 detentions a day as ‘detainees’ under ‘excessive’ discipline regime Hackney New School in inner-city London brands kids in detention detainees It is under fire for discipline after bringing in controversial teacher Barry Smith Four present and former staff have … Read more

Anthony Mundine regrets saying Americans ‘brought 9/11 on themselves’

Anthony Mundine regrets saying Americans ‘brought 9/11 on themselves’ as the outspoken boxer uses his retirement speech to apologise to those he offended during his 30-year career career By Aap Published: 04:28 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 04:28 GMT, 24 March 2021 Anthony Mundine has used his retirement announcement to apologise for his ‘dumb’ … Read more

Football’s darkest secret brought into the light… new BBC documentary reveals shocking failures

It is Dean Radford’s description of what happened in court which makes you wonder where he found the resolve to keep up the fight against the Southampton football coach who abused so many young players like him. Radford’s February 1989 evidence against Bob Higgins, offered at a time when very few felt able to speak … Read more

Facebook asks judge to toss antitrust lawsuits brought by FTC and 48 states

Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints ‘do not credibly claim’ that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December … Read more

China offers glimpse of the first moon samples brought back to Earth in more than 45 years

China has shared a look at the first moon samples to be brought back to Earth in more than 45 years. The lunar regolith was collected by the nation’s Chang’e 5 mission that returned in December with 3.8 pounds of soil and rocks from our natural satellite. The images show the samples as small as … Read more

Tory demand lockdown end date is brought forward from June

Coronavirus cases, deaths and hospital admissions are continuing to fall rapidly, according to official figures that will pile even more pressure on Boris Johnson to ease lockdown sooner. Department of Health bosses today recorded 9,938 infections — down by a fifth on last week. Another 442 victims were also added to the toll, in a … Read more

Care home that REFUSED to ban visitors during lockdown has brought in hairdressers and entertainers

Care home that REFUSED to ban visitors during lockdown has brought in hairdressers, entertainers and even taken residents out on rickshaw rides during the pandemic Birkdale Park Care Home in Southport has been reported by some to the CQC  Boss and former army Major Jonathan Cunningham openly dismisses guidance He called tales of relatives seeing … Read more

‘World first’ as NHS doctors transplant hearts in children using organs brought back to life

NHS doctors have reportedly become the first in the world to successfully transplant a heart that has previously stopped into a child patient. Surgeons have historically used hearts from brain-dead patients – someone whose heart is still beating but is unable to survive without artificial life support – in transplants. But, in a move which … Read more