Boris Johnson ordered Remainers calling for a second referendum to ‘put a sock in it’ today as he hailed his staggering election landslide. After laying waste to Labour’s ‘red wall’ of Leave-backing strongholds, the PM said he had been given a ‘powerful’ vote of confidence by the British people and would work ‘night and day’ … Read more
As millions of Britons headed to the polls yesterday, TV presenters and pundits were on hand throughout the night to provide coverage of the election. For many broadcasters, it was a long night of rolling commentary as they kept viewers up to date on results across the UK. And Tom Bradby – who had been … Read more
Groping gay police officer is SACKED for touching the backsides of two male colleagues during boozy work night out he was ‘too DRUNK to remember’ Special Chief Officer Cairn Newton-Evans had campaigned for LGBT rights The 28-year-old faced investigation after two officers complained about him He offered his resignation before being formerly sacked for gross … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg took his wife and 12-year-old son to his election count last night as he won his seat after being sidelined for most of the campaign. The Conservative minister was returned in North East Somerset with 50.4 per cent of the vote and an increased majority of 14,729 over Labour. His wife Helena and … Read more
Police say two teenagers who were being questioned over the stabbing murder of an 18-year-old college freshman in New York have been cleared as suspects in the brutal crime. Tessa Majors, from Charlottesville, Virginia, was stabbed to death in Morningside Park near the Barnard College’s Manhattan campus on Wednesday evening. Detectives said Majors had been … Read more
Chukka Umunna has lost his battle for a City of London seat despite a 13 per cent Remain-fuelled swing to the Liberal Democrats. The former Labour MP and Change UK founder came second behind Conservative Nickie Aiken in the battle for the Cities of London and Westminster constituency, losing by 3,953 votes. Mr Umunna, a … Read more
Beast of Bolsover loses his seat: Labour’s Dennis Skinner is defeated by the Tories on a 11.5% swing The ex-miner was among a raft of Jeremy Corbyn’s MPs ushered out by Tories Tory Mark Fletcher won 21,791 votes compared to his Labour rival’s 16,492 The Derbyshire constituency has been Labour since its inception in the … Read more
She’s no doubt the woman of the decade after numerous sold out tours (including stadiums), chart topping albums, and the heart for other artists to back it all up. Taylor Swift (who turns 30 tomorrow) stunned as she posed on the red carpet at the Billboard Women in Music event where she was honored for Woman … Read more
Wearing industrial yellow protective suits and Chernobyl-style gas masks, these are the first pictures of the New Zealand rescue workers heroically trying to recover the last two victims of the White Island disaster. Eight specialist NZ Defence Force soldiers were deployed to the disaster scene off the coast of the north island on Friday to … Read more
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has clung on to his seat despite a pro-EU backlash in his Remain-backing constituency seeing his vote share cut dramatically. The battle for Surrey’s Esher and Walton seat had been billed as a potential ‘Portillo moment’, following Michael Portillo’s shock defeat in 1997 when Labour’s Stephen Twigg sensationally ousted the sitting … Read more
The whale that is 25 years OLDER than the USA: Scientists discover Bowheads could have been swimming around the Arctic for 268 years Australian scientists at CSIRO worked out animals’ lifespan using 42 genes The bowhead whale, which is the longest-living mammal, can live for 268 years None that old have been found but one … Read more
Stefanie Powers, 77, unloaded on fellow actress Meghan Markle in a new interview where she shared a range of unrestrained opinions about the Royal Family Stefanie Powers unloaded on fellow actress Meghan Markle in a new interview where she shared a range of unrestrained opinions about the Royal Family. Powers, who is best known for … Read more
Minutes later, I swung my leg over the back of Ted’s motorcycle. He had equipped me with a windbreaker, gloves and the assurance I could hold onto him anywhere but his arms and face. After giving him directions to an address that was close to where I actually lived, I braced his midriff and prayed. … Read more