Animal rights activists should be banned from sitting on an animal sentience committee to stop ‘vocal lunatics’ hijacking the bill, say Peers Amendment specifying the ban is planned for the Animal Welfare Sentience Bill It aims to avoid Government laws being sabotaged by animal rights groupsCritics have warned the Bill is poorly designed and the Bill … Read more
Frustrated mum locked in ‘petty’ feud with neighbour who ‘intentionally parks his car close to hers with just an inch gap’ despite there being plenty of room on the street says she feels trapped in her own home Tracey Featherstone from Hull has been sucked into a feud with her neighbour She claims he is parking … Read more
A U.S. Olympic fencer who is under investigation for sexual misconduct claims to have confronted two of his teammates after they stood on the Olympic stage wearing pink face masks in what appeared to be a protest of his presence at the Games. Alen Hadzic, 29, an alternate on the men’s epee fencing team, wore a … Read more
Millions of Britons are taking their cats on holiday after lockdown brought pet-owners closer to their moggies More pet-owners are taking their cats on holiday after bonding during lockdownThirty-three per cent of adults aged 18 to 34 are now taking their cats on holidayThe poll of 2,000 pet-owners suggests 6.3million dogs are going on stay-cations … Read more
Anger flares over plans to chop down a 600-year-old tree… because its roots are damaging a 20-year-old house The 50ft tree, is last remaining from ancient wood that stood near PeterboroughContractors were blocked from felling it last month by resident Richard ElmerInurers ruled that damage caused by the tree required £75,000 of repairs By Andrew … Read more
Dozens of migrants are living in a plush hotel close to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridges’ home in Kensington Palace – with 55 asylum seekers put up for as long as nine months Dozens o f asylum seekers are housed at The Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel is closed and putting up 55 migrants, in … Read more
Boris Johnson’s efforts to privatise Channel 4 are in jeopardy because senior mandarins in the Civil Service have ‘serious reservations’ PM’s bid to privatise Channel 4 is jeopardised by opposition from in Civil ServiceSome senior mandarins are understood to have expressed ‘serious reservations’Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden decided channel doesn’t have a viable futureNo 10 was told … Read more
End of furlough will mean thousands of job losses as one firm in five plans to shed employees Support slowly being made less generous, with scheme ending by OctoberFrom today, Government support will be cut to 60 per cent to 70 per centEmployers now have to foot 20 per cent of furlough pay, instead of … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Extradition to America: shameful, unfair and oppressive By Mail on Sunday Comment Published: 18:41 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 18:41 EDT, 31 July 2021 Many countries, including highly civilised democracies such as Switzerland, simply do not allow extradition of their citizens. They think they should punish their own people in … Read more
The chairman of the Conservative party, who is also the nephew of the Duchess of Cornwall, profited from giving his concierge company’s wealthy clients access to Prince Charles, it has been alleged. Ben Elliot, 45, introduced super-rich clients from his company Quintessentially to the Prince of Wales after they paid his company tens of thousands … Read more