STEPHEN GLOVER: Tim Davie may have saved Match Of The Day – but he has damaged the BBC more than he knows There was a time when most children learnt the nursery rhyme about the Grand Old Duke of York, who marched his 10,000 men to the top of the hill — and then marched […]

Ex-lawyer dubbed ‘the female Basil Fawlty’ after she attacked staff while working as a hotelier on the English Riviera is kicked out of the legal profession Shirley Bothroyd, 64, was disbarred on Monday following a litany of charges   Read more: ‘Female Basil Fawlty drunkenly threw a plant pot at a barman’  A barrister who worked with […]

A FORMER soldier whose home faces toppling over a cliff edge is to drag it back inland this week – for the second time. Lance Martin, 65, first pulled his home back from the cliff edge at Hemsby, Norfolk, in 2018 after he lost 40 metres of his back garden to erosion. Today he said […]

Here’s a tip: picking an AFL winner is a mug’s game. You’re either a sucker who can’t bring yourself to pick against your team, or a ruthless operator prepared to sell your club out for a precious point. But we wouldn’t have it any other way. Being a passionate fan of a struggling team can […]

Map shows where snow will fall across this week as cold weather alert is extended across England Parks across London and golf courses are shut due to the high winds Objects blown on to train tracks, including Metropolitan Line, cause travel chaos Britons are being told to keep the homes heated to 18C to stay […]

TAKING THE NEXT STEP at work or changing roles and moving into a new industry can feel like stepping into the unknown, which can be daunting. But the government’s Skills for Life campaign is helping people get the skills they need, whatever stage of life.   Whether you want to boost your skills to get a […]

Cat owners could face £500 fine unless their pets are microchipped before 20 weeks old under new law All owners must have their cat microchipped by June 2024 – or they face a fine There are as many as 2.3 million unchipped cats in England, according to Defra READ MORE: Motorists warned driving with pet could land […]

EXCLUSIVE Woman, 55, slams ‘pathetic’ easyJet customer service claiming she and friends had to sleep on Tenerife terminal floor after flight home was delayed by nearly 24 hours Michelle Staveley, 55, was stranded at Tenerife South Airport for 24 hours  She and her friends slept on terminal floor as their Easyjet flight was delayed  A […]

Japanese hotel boss forced to apologise after it emerged their spa bath water was only changed twice a year is found dead on a mountain pass with a suicide note Makoto Yamada found on a mountain pass in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture  Mr Yamada said he felt ‘morally responsible for everything’ in a suicide note He […]

Three men tried to take their own lives after false rape allegations made by ‘fantasist’ woman, 22, who lied about being the victim of an Asian grooming gang, court hears Eleanor Williams claimed to have been abused by a gang in Barrow-in-Furness She is to be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday for nine […]