Private school pupil, 18, who was due to stand trial for murdering his mother in sleepy Hampshire village dies at mental health facility Private school pupil Rowan Thompson was due to appear in court on Wednesday The teenager was accused of killing his mother Joanna Thompson at their home The 18-year-old died while being detained … Read more
The Proud Boys were celebrating online Tuesday night after Donald Trump told them to ‘stand back and stand by’ during the first presidential debate. Members of the far-right group posted about the shout out, telling the president: ‘We’re ready.’ Their account on the social media app Telegram posted: ‘Standing down and standing by sir.’ Proud … Read more
Eddie Redmayne has turned radical! The actor portrays Tom Hayden, a towering figure of 1960s activism, in Aaron Sorkin’s thrilling and energetic exploration of the court case that has become enshrined in U.S. history as The Trial Of The Chicago 7. Hayden and a who’s who of American anti-war and civil rights protesters were charged with … Read more
This bestselling laptop stand improves your posture AND saves desk space (plus it’s less than £16 on Amazon) By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 14:28 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 14:28 BST, 22 September 2020 Working from home does have its perks, but you might have found that it’s playing havoc with your posture. … Read more
In our third exclusive extract from the previously unpublished teenage diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard, a lifelong friend of the Queen and Princess Margaret, she describes picnics, dinners and games with the Royal Family and confesses her fear of change as the growing sense of duty felt by Elizabeth as the war progressed meant the … Read more
Last month I visited Wareham, my home town in Dorset. While there, I sat on the quay by the river Frome watching kids jumping into the water in the sunshine. If I’d done the same as them back in the 1950s, my mother would have half killed me. Polio, which was a scourge, could be … Read more
** Have you had problems getting a test? Contact 02036152973 or email [email protected] ** Thousands have been caught up in Covid-19 chaos while testing centres stand empty and ministers say one in four people who have booked slots turn out to be ineligible. Parents in Bolton and Hull have complained of struggling to get tests … Read more
My ex-husband contacted me recently because he intends to take advantage of the change in UK pension law, to allow him to withdraw 25 per cent of his pension in a lump sum (tax-free) and then receive the balance in monthly or yearly payments. As we have a UK divorce order from 2002 which ordered … Read more
The Black Lives Matter movement is planning to select candidates to contest seats at the next General Election. Makes sense. Judging by that sinister stab-vests-and-balaclavas march through South London recently, BLM already has a paramilitary wing. A political arm is the logical conclusion. It will be called the Taking The Initiative Party, or TTIP for … Read more
Inequality in the workplace reduces employees’ motivation — even among those who stand to benefit from unfair advantages Researchers in the UK asked 810 participants to complete a task for money Each subject was told that the other people were being paid more or less The greater this disparity, the more unhappy and unmotivated the … Read more