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Any one of us could be next, say female journalists as they rally around Allison Pearson




Female journalists are rallying around Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson, saying they could be next to face police investigations for their social media posts or columns…

Farmers besiege Welsh Labour conference




Angry farmers have besieged the Welsh Labour Party conference with tractors and farm trucks in protest at the Government’s inheritance tax changes…

Revealed: Britain’s worst traffic camera costing drivers £8m a year




Fines totalling a record £8 million have been issued to motorists after a Labour council installed a “cash cow” bus gate next to an MOT centre last year…

Inheritance tax raid will hit poor farmers as well as rich landowners, Chancellor told




Poor tenant farmers who do not own land are at risk of eviction and homelessness because of the Chancellor’s changes to inheritance rules, the Government has been warned…

Injured military horse that bolted through central London returns to service




A military horse that was injured after running loose in central London earlier this year has returned to service…

Sydney Sweeney: Female empowerment in Hollywood is fake




Sydney Sweeney has condemned “fake” empowerment of women in Hollywood, months after a female producer said she “can’t act…

Police forces failed to properly investigate obscene phone calls to BBC journalist




Police have apologised for not properly investigating obscene phone calls made to a BBC journalist…

Ten newborns killed in fire at hospital in India




At least 10 newborns have died from burns and suffocation after a fire broke out in the neonatal ward of a hospital in northern India…

North Korea to mass produce kamikaze drones




North Korea will start mass-producing kamikaze drones after dictator Kim Jong-un was impressed with a test display on Thursday, according to its state media…

‘Spider smuggler’ straps hundreds of tarantulas to his body




A suspected spider smuggler has been caught in Peru with hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body while he was leaving the capital city…

Wagner’s failures shake Africa’s faith in Putin’s promises




The videos from Mali’s capital in September were starkly at odds with the assurances Russia’s Wagner group mercenaries had given the country’s ruling junta about improving security…

Israel ‘destroyed’ secret Iranian nuclear weapons research facility




A secret Iranian nuclear weapons research facility was destroyed in Israel’s attack on the Islamic Republic last month, according to US and Israeli sources…

Romans furious at Airbnb campaign bringing ‘gladiators’ back to Colosseum




Romans are furious about an “insulting” deal to allow tourists to dress up as gladiators and stage mock fights in the Colosseum…

Leonid meteor shower: What time and where to watch it this weekend




The Leonid meteor shower is set to dazzle stargazers this weekend as it sends bright lights shooting across the night sky…

Police sniffer dogs could be replaced by invention of portable robotic nose




Cocker Spaniels and German Shepherds could soon be replaced with robotic canines after scientists invented a portable electronic nose…

Why Rami Malek demanded new action movie was filmed in Britain




Rami Malek demanded that his new action movie was filmed in Britain despite it being more expensive…

Thousands petition for Oxfordshire pub to keep ‘offensive’ name




A pub in Oxfordshire caught in the middle of a renaming saga may hold on to its original title after thousands of residents voted in favour of keeping it…

Domestic abusers could be let out of prison early under sentencing overhaul




Domestic abusers could be freed from jail on electronic tags as little as a quarter of the way through their sentence under new legislation laid before Parliament…

‘Intimidating’ NHS staff ‘wore Free Palestine shirts while treating Jews’




NHS staff have been reported for allegedly “intimidating” Jewish patients by wearing pro-Palestine badges and shirts while treating them…

Welsh Government vows to change ‘beliefs and behaviour of the white majority’




The Welsh Government has pledged to change the “beliefs and behaviour of the white majority” in Wales…

Woman’s body found in car boot




A woman’s body has been found in the boot of a car in east London, Northamptonshire Police have said…

Lord of St Michael’s mount locked in row with family friend over ‘gifted’ land




The Lord of St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall is locked in a “David and Goliath” row with a family friend over a disputed patch of land…

Geology is racist, claims university professor




The study of the Earth’s rocks and natural resources is racist and linked to “white supremacy”, according to a geography professor at a leading UK university…

Zambian glamourous granny becomes fashion icon




To her friends and neighbours in rural Zambia, Margret Chola is just a charming grandmother with a penchant for oversized sunglasses…

Watch: Georgian politician throws paint over election chief




An opposition politician has thrown paint at the head of Georgia’s electoral commission, accusing him of being a “black spot” on the country’s democratic system…

Police forces failed to properly investigate obscene phone calls to BBC journalist




Police have apologised for not properly investigating obscene phone calls made to a BBC journalist…