Author name: Simon Crane

The Turkish Presidency will go to a run off poll to elect a new president on 28th of May. Neither President Erdogan nor the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, managed to secure a majority – with 49.51 per cent and 44.88 per cent of votes respectively. The third candidate, nationalist Sinan Ogan, took just over 5% […]

The owners of a café in Exmouth, Devon have removed a small statue of a monkey in top hat and tails after someone complained it was offensive. The news of its removal has been welcomed by the anonymous complainant, who said: “I was recently at Fortes and noticed they have a figurine of a monkey

The House of Lords is set to clash with the Government when its plan to tackle small boat crossings takes its next step through Parliament later. The Illegal Immigration Bill was passed by MPs last month but will now run into stiff opposition from the upper chamber. The Archbishop of Canterbury is one of 90

Sir Mark Rowley has defended his officers after six anti-monarchy protesters were arrested and detained for sixteen hours. The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police said it was unfortunate those arrested could not protest, but supported the actions of his officers. Sir Mark also said the Met had had growing concerns that protesters would use rape

The leader of the anti-monarchy group Republic has spoken out after being arrested in London on Saturday morning. Graham Smith, who was one of 64 people arrested, has stated that the Metropolitan Police had “every intention” of arresting him before the event. He went on to say he’d been in close conversation with the Police

The chief executive of the Post Office, Nick Read, will return part of his £450,000 bonus for last year, after a rebuke from the chairman of the inquiry into the Horizon computer scandal. The Horizon inquiry is investigating how hundreds of sub-postmasters became victims of a vast miscarriage of justice. They were blamed for discrepancies

As people headed for the polling booths yesterday campaigners claim to have seen countless examples of voters being turned away from polling stations for not having sufficient identification. Jess Garland, the Electoral Reform Society’s director of policy and research, said: “We’re already seeing countless examples of people being denied their right to vote due to

Bumper profits from energy firms have led to calls for them to pay more tax, as households face high bills. BP profits topped £4 billion in the first three months of this year alone. The gas and oil giant reported record annual profits last year as the company – along with the rest of the