Olivia Colman’s private school withdraws plan for 25 blue plaques celebrating ‘prominent’ ex-pupils

Olivia Colman‘s private school has withdrawn its application to put up 25 blue plaques celebrating ‘prominent’ ex-pupils after it was blasted for including just one woman and Soviet spy Donald Maclean. Gresham’s School – which costs up to £36,000-a-year – applied to put up plaques celebrating a selection of ‘prominent’ alumni on its Old School House … Read more

Belarus jails two prominent activists

Belarus today jailed two prominent activists for ten days as the country’s exiled opposition leader declared a ‘peaceful revolution’ is underway.  Olga Kovalkova and Siarhei Dyleuski were brought before separate courts and jailed as protests continued against the 26-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.   Kolvakova is the main representative still in Belarus of opposition candidate … Read more

German police are suspected of sending neo-Nazi death threats to prominent left-wingers

German police are suspected of sending neo-Nazi death threats to prominent left-wingers after force computers are linked to case  Left-wing politicianJanine Wissler received threatening mails signed ‘NSU 2.0’ Comedian Idil Baydar has also been the target of right-wing extremist threats   Police force computers in Frankfurt and Hesse have been linked to the cases   German minister said … Read more

Prominent MeToo activist Amanda de Cadenet drops her support for Amber Heard

Prominent MeToo supporter Amanda de Cadenet has dropped her support for Amber Heard after listening to her ‘verbally abusing’ Johnny Depp in bombshell audio tapes published exclusively by DailyMail.com. The 34-year-old actress was expecting de Cadenet, a close friend and longtime women’s rights activist, to testify against Depp in a series of looming defamation cases. … Read more

Protesters place names of prominent black people beside Scottish street names

Black Lives Matters protesters have been renaming Scottish streets after prominent black people and civil rights activists. Tens of thousands have joined the demonstrations against systemic racism across Britain today, two weeks after African American George Floyd died while being arrested by police in Minneapolis. In several streets in Glasgow city centre signs with a … Read more