The Telegraph 2024-11-17 12:15:49


I too had visit from police over tweet, says writer




One of Britain’s most prominent feminist writers has revealed that police visited her home to warn they were investigating one of her tweets as a “hate crime…

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…

Tributes paid to ‘brave and beautiful’ Oxford student found hanged




An Oxford PhD student has been found hanged in a second blow for the university after it emerged that an undergraduate took his own life when he was ostracised by fellow students…

Essex Police pours resources into hate crime – but fails to answer the phone




Essex Constabulary has put a “strong focus” on tackling hate crime while failing to answer non-emergency calls swiftly enough, according to the police watchdog…

NHS alert over ‘shocking’ rise in strokes in middle age




The NHS has raised the alarm over a “shocking” rise in strokes among the middle-aged that risk people being pushed out of work and struck down in their prime…

How rogue cyclists have made London’s parks unsafe for children and the elderly




The full threat posed to pedestrians by dangerous and illegal cycling in the country’s best-known parks can be revealed by The Telegraph for the first time…

War will end sooner with Trump in White House, says Zelensky




Donald Trump’s election victory means the war in Ukraine will end sooner than expected, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in an interview calling for a “diplomatic” solution…

Trump set for clash with CIA over release of JFK secret files




Donald Trump is facing a clash with the CIA over a promise to release top secret files about John F Kennedy’s assassination…

‘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…

Zambian glamorous 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…

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…

Rachel Reeves accused of exaggerating time spent working for Bank of England




Rachel Reeves has been accused of exaggerating the length of her service working at the Bank of England…

Prisons minister opens door to allowing female criminals to avoid jail




The prisons minister has opened the door to allowing criminals to avoid full jail terms under a Spanish-style scheme that could reduce the number of women behind bars…

London nightclub Heaven forced to close over claim security guard ‘raped woman’




A London nightclub has been forced to close after one of its security guards was accused of rape…

Lord Hague ‘can see trouble coming on the Chagos Islands’




There is “trouble coming” between Washington and London over the Government’s Chagos Islands deal, Lord Hague, has said…

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…

Pro-Palestine activists blockade Barclays branches




Pro-Palestine activists blockaded several Barclays bank branches on Saturday in protest at the institution’s financial links with Israel…

Lord Blunkett calls for improvements to ‘death trap’ tube platforms after fall




Lord Blunkett is calling for action on “death trap” tube platforms after he was injured falling into the gap at Westminster station…

I too had visit from police over tweet, says writer




One of Britain’s most prominent feminist writers has revealed that police visited her home to warn they were investigating one of her tweets as a “hate crime…

‘The Church is an old boys’ club which covers up abuse – like the rape I endured’




When I heard the Archbishop of Canterbury had resigned last week, I immediately messaged my old friend James…

Essex Police pours resources into hate crime – but fails to answer the phone




Essex Constabulary has put a “strong focus” on tackling hate crime while failing to answer non-emergency calls swiftly enough, according to the police watchdog…

Rachel Reeves accused of exaggerating time spent working for Bank of England




Rachel Reeves has been accused of exaggerating the length of her service working at the Bank of England…

War will end sooner with Trump in White House, says Zelensky




Donald Trump’s election victory means the war in Ukraine will end sooner than expected, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in an interview calling for a “diplomatic” solution…

Essex Police pours resources into hate crime – but fails to answer the phone




Essex Constabulary has put a “strong focus” on tackling hate crime while failing to answer non-emergency calls swiftly enough, according to the police watchdog…