‘He treated me as an equal’: Former scrap dealer who was friends with Prince Philip for 40 years pays tribute to the duke’s down-to-earth nature Scrap dealer, George Bowman, 84, tells of 40-year friendship with Prince Philip Unlikely pair met whilst competing in Lowther Carriage Driving Trials in Cumbria Duke of Edinburgh visited the trials almost … Read more
The term BAME is ‘unhelpful and redundant’ and should be scrapped, Boris Johnson‘s racial disparity commission will suggest in a report. The acronym – which stands for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic – overshadows the fact that people from different ethnic groups have varying life experiences and should not be grouped together in one category, the … Read more
Here’s an embarrassing confession — and I fear that I’ll never be admitted to polite society again once it’s out in the open: reader, I’m not at all keen on live theatre. Indeed, my heart used to sink before the lockdown on those mercifully rare occasions when kind friends would ring to say they had … Read more
‘We had so many plans’: Sugababes forced to scrap plans for 20th anniversary reunion as they couldn’t get into the studio due to Covid By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 23:55 GMT, 2 March 2021 | Updated: 01:09 GMT, 3 March 2021 The Sugababes were forced to scrap their plans for a 20th anniversary reunion … Read more
Son of woman who was killed on a smart motorway pens letter to Grant Shapps pleading with him to scrap the ‘death trap’ scheme The fiery letter says Grant Shapps will be held responsible for future deaths Niaz Shazad’s mother died on the M1 in 2018 after she was struck by a lorry The letter … Read more
Never let a good crisis go to waste. It was Winston Churchill who made that saying famous. He was speaking in 1940 when the future of the nation was at stake. Even Covid can’t compete with that. But what we do face today is a crisis in education and, no, it has not been created … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Network Rail boss vows to scrap weekend engineering works this summer if leisure trips soar after Covid lockdown Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if leisure travel surges after lockdown Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicts weekend demand could surge To avoid disruption maintenance and upgrade work could move to weekdays By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Critics have called for an end to a year-long e-scooter trial in Newcastle after just seven days – after riders ditched helmets, rode on pavements and almost hit pedestrians. Some 250 electric scooters were opened up to the public for the first time last week as the Government decides whether to legalise the use of … Read more
The British Army could lose one third of its Challenger 2 main battle tanks as part of the government’s ongoing Strategic Defence Review. The tanks – which were designed to counter the threat of a Cold War Soviet Union – were threatened with being retired to save costs. However, it is understood that officials are … Read more