Plan to ban prosecutions on Troubles is rejected by all five main Northern Ireland parties By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 01:06 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 01:19 BST, 17 July 2021 Proposals to ban Troubles prosecutions were yesterday rejected by all five of Northern Ireland’s main parties. Leaders from across the province’s political divide condemned … Read more
Minister slams foot-dragging over law to protect Troubles veterans from historic prosecutions Johnny Mercer openly criticised the Government’s ‘pace of progress’ over promised legislation to protect soldiers who served in Northern Ireland Veterans are unhappy with ministers’ failure to fulfil Tory manifesto pledge to protect them from ‘vexatious’ historical prosecutions Soldiers fear being hauled to … Read more
After several days of sheer misery caused by a worsening pandemic and the scenes of truck chaos at Dover, the financial markets and businesses nationwide may have something to celebrate. A reason, at last, to start putting the Champagne on ice. True to form, with a final deadline looming for a new UK-European Union trade … Read more
The son of a Russian oligarch, who was given a £29 million flat when he was 19 and lost £35 million of his father’s money at 21 has spoken of his ‘troubled’ life. In a moving statement submitted to the High Court, Temur Akhmedov insists that despite benefiting from his father’s enormous wealth ‘that does … Read more
‘End this witch-hunt now’: Former soldier Lee Clegg, whose conviction for murder in Northern Ireland was quashed after he spent two years in prison, calls on veterans of the Troubles to be protected from alleged historic offences Lee Clegg was jailed over two teenagers deaths in 1993 at checkpoint in Belfast But he was released … Read more
MPs and former soldiers reacted with fury yesterday to Boris Johnson‘s failure to bring in laws to protect Northern Ireland veterans from decades-old probes into the Troubles. Back in January, the Prime Minister promised to deal with ‘legacy issues’ within 100 days – but the Mail can reveal that plans for a new Bill have … Read more
Relatives of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane were handed a blow in their decades-long demand for an official probe into his death today after the Northern Ireland Secretary refused pleas for a public inquiry. Brandon Lewis told MPs that he would not order an investigation into state collision into the lawyers brutal death at the … Read more
Britney Spears relieved some tension on Wednesday amid an ongoing legal battle with her father, Jamie Spears. The 38-year-old pop star took to Instagram to show off her moves in the ring, as she sparred with her boxing trainer. The Toxic hitmaker’s sweat session comes after it was revealed that Britney and her father hasn’t … Read more
Shares in two of London’s biggest gold miners were tarnished by warnings they will dig up less of the precious metal than planned. Mid-capper Centamin tumbled after admitting production will fall short of expectations and costs will jump, this year and next. Work at its flagship Sukari mine in Egypt has been disrupted by ground … Read more
I’m a middle-class hypocrite: David Attenborough admits eating free-range meat troubles him because of its effect on the planet Veteran broadcaster, 94, said his conscience ‘troubles’ him when he eats meat He added: ‘If we all ate only plants, we’d need only half the land we use now’ Comments come ahead of the launch of … Read more