An environmentalist who believes that owning pets is ‘selfish and cruel’ has urged Brits not to replace their animals when they pass away because of their carbon footprint. Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, environmental auditor Donnachadh McCarthy debated Countryfile host Julia Bradbury about whether we should stop owning pets all together, because of the detrimental impact … Read more
A campaigner whose five-year-old sister was killed in the Dunblane massacre said to ‘never forget the lives lost’ 25 years ago as he revealed he’s fighting to change gun laws in the US. Jack Crozier, 27, lost his sister Emma in the tragedy on 13 March 1996 and was instrumental in the subsequent Snowdrop Campaign, which launched … Read more
A campaigner has applied for a public footpath to be opened through Sarah Beeny’s former dairy farm in Somerset in a bid to convince the TV presenter to join her fight against ‘nightmare’ ramblers reopening byways on private land. Ann Scott, 72, who lives over 200 miles away in Norfolk, submitted the claim which will … Read more
Boris Johnson takes time out of his busy schedule juggling Covid and Brexit deal to join fiancee Carrie Symonds in phone call to Christmas Eve bell-ringing campaigner PM told Mary Beggs-Reid he, Ms Symonds and Wilfred ‘will be out ringing bells’ The event on December 24 is designed to combat loneliness over Christmas Discussion comes … Read more
A campaigner who worked to make upskirting illegal has turned down an OBE from the Queen after saying the British Empire has ‘deep and unsettling race issues’. Gina Martin, 27, posted a letter on social media revealing she had refused to accept the honour because it would be ‘deeply hypocritical’ while ‘continuing to be vocal … Read more
Boris Johnson is planning to set up a new ‘policy board’ as he scrambles to reconnect with increasingly mutinous Tory MPs Ministers swiped at Dominic Cummings today as the government desperately tried to draw a line under the extraordinary coup in Downing Street. Environment Secretary George Eustice branded the maverick former chief aide a ‘campaign’ … Read more
Nigella Lawson apologises for column she wrote 27 years ago which said gender re-assignment surgery was ‘self-mutilation’ – after campaigner tweets ‘she’s no trans ally’ Campaigner for non-gendered people, Christie Elan-Cane, has spent 27 years waiting for an apology over the comments made by Lawson, 60, in 1993 In her then Evening Standard column, the … Read more
Are patterned masks making coronavirus trendy? Wearing funky face coverings could make them fashionable and the new normal, campaigner warns Patterned masks may make coronavirus trendy, Dame Helena Morrissey claimed The financier and campaigner said she has stopped wearing ‘fashionable’ masks She believes it will make the ‘unusual’ pandemic times become the new normal Celebrities … Read more
Domestic abuse campaigner holds memorial for five women who died within space of two months during lockdown in Doncaster Amy Cousens planned vigils for the five women who died in Doncaster, S Yorks. Believes austerity cuts have left domestic abuse victims with nowhere to flee Police have launched murder probe into deaths of Amanda Sedgwick, … Read more
Windrush campaigner Paulette WIlson who was nearly deported despite living in the UK for nearly 50 years has died aged 64 Paulette Wilson, 64, was found dead by daughter Natalie Barnes on Thursday The Windrush campaigner had delivered a petition to Downing Street last month She had spent 50 years in the UK before being … Read more