Kemi Badenoch’s trade mission to Japan to promote British luxury firms is branded ‘ironic’ by business leaders as they criticise the UK’s tourist tax Over 400 business leaders called for return of VAT-free shopping for tourists A mission to promote UK luxury firms in Japan was questioned yesterday by critics of a shopping tax on visitors to Britain. Trade Secretary […]

Wheelchair user whose vehicle was destroyed in Luton car park inferno misses business meetings and a funeral because he is still waiting for a replacement bespoke car Andrew Miller, 56 from Northamptonshire, lost bespoke car in Luton Airport fire A wheelchair user whose vehicle was destroyed in the Luton Airport car park inferno earlier this month has said he is still […]

A heartbroken aid worker with family trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip has issued a desperate plea for humanity, asking: “How much more do Gazans have to endure?” Oxfam policy lead Bushra Khalidi, 35, called for an immediate ceasefire to allow unfettered access for deliveries of food, water, fuel and medicine. Just a fraction of the usual aid has been […]

A man who dove nude into a river and started touching himself in public after getting wasted on booze has been jailed. Gary Ashby, 41, had wandered through the river after stripping off in a river close to the centre of Norwich. He was spotted staring at a teenage girl while completely naked near Cow Tower, Norwich Magistrates Court was […]

Hezbollah – Israel’s monster to the north: Iran-backed terror group that could join war in the region is ten times stronger than Hamas, with 200,000 missiles, rockets and mortars Hezbollah is well equipped with thousands of rockets, considerable air defence and a fleet of tanks and APCs  Hamas, meanwhile, has a huge stockpile of rockets and small arms but no […]

One of Angela Merkel’s former ministers has claiemd that EU borders could be shut within the next five years. Jens Spahn, former German minister under Merkel and current deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), claimed that EU borders will eventually be closed, though he could not pinpoint the exact timeframe. Speaking on The Pioneer podcast, he said: “The […]

Serving police officer, 24, who posed as 14-year-old boy to groom more than 200 young girls before blackmailing them into sharing explicit photos on Snapchat refuses to attend sentencing as he’s jailed for life for minimum of 12 years A police officer who blackmailed more than 200 teenage girls into sending him explicit images has been jailed for life with a […]

Jacinta Allan rages at ‘sexualised’ cartoon showing the new Victorian premier walking naked down a catwalk: ‘It’s not the 1950s’ Victorian Premier lashes out at cartoonist for naked depiction  Jacinta Allan said women don’t deserve to be ‘sexualised’ in the media READ MORE: Jacinta Allan slams claims she did not know about new land tax  A newspaper cartoonist has offended Victoria’s […]

Chilling moment man pulls imitation firearm on police – before spitting at and trying to bite officers when arrested Steven Trevor Nelson, 35, pointed a fake gun at an officer on the side of the M1 Road policing officer had thought they were responding to a man in distress Police said Nelson had then spat on and tried to bite […]