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Elementor #578160January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Justice! Post Office victims will be cleared “Justice!” is the headline on the front page of the Daily Express as it reports on Rishi Sunak’s announcement of legislation to clear post-masters and post-mistresses involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal.The paper quotes Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that the government wants to “right the wrongs of the past”. It says…
Elementor #578154January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Mr Bates: It’s Not Enough Alan Bates – the man who inspired the TV drama that has thrown the Post Office Horizon scandal back into the headlines – says Rishi Sunak’s payout plans for wronged sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses are not enough, the Daily Mirror reports.The front page reports on the latest from Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island gossip. Today’s…
Elementor #578148January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Wife dumps cheat Kyle The Sun reports that the wife of Manchester City and England star Kyle Walker has split from her footballer husband. The paper says Walker has been dumped by his wife Annie Kilner after 15 years together. The paper says Kilner, with whom Walker has three children, kicked him out of their home following a “series of…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: Post Office scandal payout – reaction Thursday’s front pages report on the news that the government will introduce legislation to overturn the convictions of hundreds of victims of the Post Office scandal. Post Office scandal continues The Sun declares it a “first-class result,” the Daily Express hails it as “justice,” and the Times refers to it as “deliverance for postmasters.” The Financial Times and the Guardian both describe the…
Tesco and M&S report strong Christmas sales Retail giants Tesco and Marks & Spencer have both reported stronger-than-expected sales for the key Christmas trading season. Tesco said UK like-for-like sales – which strip out the impact of new stores – rose up 6.8% over the six weeks to 6 January. The supermarket giant also raised its profit forecast for the full year. M&S also reported robust demand for the festive period, especially in its food…
US and UK hint at military action after largest Houthi attack in Red Sea The US and UK have hinted about using military action against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This comes after the rebels attacked ships in the Red Sea, but the US and UK stopped 21 of their drones and missiles. The UN also said the attacks need to stop right away. The Houthi rebels say they are targeting ships connected to Israel…
Bobby Lee, 74, suffered severe burns and died from the effects of toxic smoke after the blaze broke out in his home, an inquest heard.
‘You won’t forget your time in this romantic, memorable place.’
It sends exactly the wrong signal at the wrong time, and actively undermines global efforts to tackle climate change.
Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated and compensated The PM announced plans to introduce a new law aimed at quickly exonerating and compensating individuals wrongly convicted in the Horizon Post Office scandal. During the first Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) of the year, Rishi Sunak outlined his intention to secure parliamentary approval to exonerate those implicated in the Post Office scandal. Sunak also revealed that individuals involved in the group litigation order against the Post…
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Is PMQs on today? PM faces Starmer as Post Office scandal dominates Prime Minister’s Questions is back today, marking the first PMQs in 2024. The PM will face Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and questions from a handful of backbench MPs. There has been speculation the prime minister could announce the government’s response to the Post Office Horizon scandal – which has been dominating the UK news for the past few days. What time is…
A university student who took her own life after being sent to prison for drink-driving had been “petrified” of fellow inmates who showered her with verbal abuse.
EXCLUSIVE: Red Wall MP Marco Longhi has demanded a full inquiry into the Post Office scandal and devised a list of questions for figures involved to answer.
‘All she really wants is the ashes back. This is blackmail and is upsetting my mum.’
‘In the core city centre, you don’t have maximum speed limits of 50mph or higher, it’s a maximum of 20mph. You don’t have the infrastructure for driving very quickly.’
It was cheaper for 11 months out of the year in 2023.
Pupils say the ‘discriminatory’ uniform rule has ‘disproportionately affected girls’.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set an election date (sort of) ruling out an election in the first half of the year – that’s his “working assumption” anyway.
The phrase “working assumption” does give Sunak wriggle room should circumstances change, and he has not ruled out a spring election.
But experts suggest a Mid-November election is most likely and with the Tories still trailing behind Labour by around 20 points in the polls, the longer Sunak can drag the year out, the better chance it’ll be for him.
Polling suggests that despite the Tory noise around immigration, it’s the economy and the NHS that are the two top concerns for the British public.
Dru Marshall claimed to be an ardent royalist carrying out a ‘social experiment’ to see how much interest the stick would get.
‘My mum absolutely loved it; she instantly said that it’s my nan playing tricks on me.’
But currently the RSPCA estimates tat there may as many as 5000 monkeys being kept as pets across the UK.
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‘Everyone can see what he’s all about as he’s been absolutely ripping it up this season.’