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England's Mary Earps makes Sports Personality of the Year shortlist
England goalkeeper Mary Earps has made the shortlist for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award - with no other footballer making the cut. Earps is joined by five other sporting legends on the list, but none are footballers - male or female.
Woke virtue signalling: 'Crackless' Christmas crackers!
Christmas crackers without the audible crack have been branded as yet another “virtue signalling” opportunity as dinner guests in the House of Commons were left confused by the lack of snap.
BBC announces plan to spend £14.5m on fancy new studios
Days after the BBC announced that its licence fee will rise more than £10 per year, the broadcaster has revealed plans to open a £14.5m studio in Stratford.
Schools accused of rewriting history as they claim St Hadrian was 'black'
A programme is reportedly teaching children that St Hadrian was black despite there being no evidence for the claim.
The Dark Age abbot St Hadrian of Canterbury (also known as St Adrian) has been referred to as a “black scholar” in primary school teaching material.
DWP Christmas bonus: An insult to pensioners
Pensioners have hit out at the amount they get via the annual Christmas Bonus, which has remained at £10 since it was introduced in the 1970s.
French police ‘completely overwhelmed’ by scale of migrant crisis
French police officers have admitted that they are “overwhelmed” by the scale of the migrant crisis in northern France and are “struggling to make a meaningful impact” on those trying to cross to the UK by small boat and inside lorries.
Illegal immigrant 'raped woman in park'
An illegal immigrant raped a woman in a park after giving her a vial of unidentified liquid, a court has heard.
Saad Gomaa, 35, sat down next to a woman on a bench in Skegness' Tower Gardens before telling her he was "illegal".
England's oldest Christmas market is scrapped by Labour scrooges
It was England's oldest Christmas market – a four-day extravaganza creating a festive wonderland attracting up to 300,000 people each year.
Jailed: Drug dealer who was filmed driving 120mph before fatal crash
A drug dealer who was filmed driving 120mph for a TikTok moments before he killed two wedding guests in a horror M4 car crash has been sentenced to 19 years in prison.