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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a doctor have been jailed for nine, four and ten years respectively by a court in London. They were found guilty of trafficking a 21-year-old man from Lagos to the UK for the purpose of illegally harvesting his kidney for a transplant for their seriously ill daughter. Ike
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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
SNP MP Joanna Cherry has spoken out after she had been cancelled for “being a lesbian with gender critical views”. The Edinburgh South MP has been highly critical of Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform plan which would make it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex. Ms Cherry was due to appear at The
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
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Nurses in England are taking part in a fresh strike in what they describe as their biggest walkout so far. The Royal College of Nursing strike affects half of England’s NHS trusts and will last until midnight on Monday. It is the first time areas such as intensive care, chemotherapy and dialysis have been affected.
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