More than 700 Post Office branch managers received criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015, and some were sent to prison after a faulty computer system called Horizon showed money missing from their sites. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) A former Post Office owner said he had to empty his own savings account to cover shortfalls caused… Read More »
Andrew Murphy argues SNP ministers’ industrial strategy is a joke – Retail Week One of Scotland’s most prominent businessmen has aimed to launch a scathing attack on the SNP Government’s “off-the-shelf” tax policies ahead of Humza Yousaf’s big speech aimed at boosting his economic credibility on Monday. Andrew Murphy, former chief operating officer of John… Read More »
Kate Garraway has spoken candidly about the “raw pain of grief” as she thanked the public for their support following the death of husband Derek Draper. On Friday, January 5, Good morning England Presenter Garraway announced that her husband, a former lobbyist-turned-psychologist, had died at the age of 56. Garraway, who married Draper in 2005,… Read More »
Norman Brennan, 64, says criminal justice system is completely ‘collapsed’ – LinkedIn A retired police officer was fined for evading investigation while pursuing a thief in his car. Norman Brennan, 64, said the criminal justice system had completely “broken down” after a thief he had chased for nearly two miles before being arrested was released… Read More »
Jenny Tucker decided to try staying horizontal for longer than her usual closed-eye period. -Heathcliff O’Malley As I get older, I love my bed more. It’s not uncommon to find me slumped against the pillows at 8.30pm, ready to decompress and go to bed for the night. My late mother’s words ring in my head:… Read More »
Melania Trump, Prince Andrew, Gwendolyn Beck and Jeffrey Epstein at a party at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida in 2000 – Davidoff Studios Photography A lawyer representing Jeffrey Epstein’s victims has called on the FBI to release CCTV footage he claims could show Prince Andrew at the pedophile’s mansion. Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer… Read More »
There have been calls for the flogging of a minister to be postponed while allegations that the Prime Minister used his taxpayer-funded constituency office to campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party are examined. Pensions minister Paul Maynard has been referred to an investigator by the Parliamentary expenses watchdog over reports that he charged taxpayers… Read More »
Philip Rankin and his wife Anita inspect their tobacco crop just before their farm was seized in 2016 – TSVANGIRAY MUKWAZHI Philip Rankin had long hoped to receive compensation after his family farm in Zimbabwe was confiscated because he was white, but cancer caught him first. The 65-year-old farmer died in early December, nearly seven… Read More »