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Harvey Proctor, who was falsely accused of raping and murdering children in a witch hunt led by Tom Watson, has joined a string of politicians, music executives and performers urging UK Music to sack the former deputy Labour leader as its new chairman.
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Awaiting the arrival of 83 British citizens who are being flown back from Wuhan to Brize Norton RAF base. From there they will be driven to Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral where they will be quarantined for two weeks.
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@Gillyism
Hi Gill, I'm a journalist. Could you please follow me back so I can DM you privately?
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Medical students across the country have pooled their resources to form a nationwide network called National Health Supporters. The aim is to help NHS staff with domestic pressures such as childcare or grocery shopping so they can keep working. Check them out
@HelpingHandsNHS
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The RSPCA has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture commission is a ‘Trojan horse’ which risks undermining the UK’s high animal welfare standards in a future trade deal with the US.
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Not one, not two but THREE photos of yours truly in the Scottish Mail on Sunday today! Yours for the eminently reasonable price of £1.80.
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Proud to have played a small role in a big story on my last day at the Daily Mail. Off to the Mail on Sunday next week. Please send any tips or stories!
#journorequest
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Staking my claim as the animal correspondent... Couple of by-lines in today’s Scottish Mail on Sunday. Do pick up a copy if you can.
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This really beggars belief… A body-positivity campaign from the Spanish Government used a British model’s image without her consent - and even edited out her prosthetic limb.
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Very proud of all the work my dad’s partner, Kathy, has done to help organise the evacuation of cancer-stricken children from Ukraine as we reveal Great Ormond Street is set to take ten patients today
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WORLD EXC (lol): Notting Hill was inspired by a real-life romance between a normal British guy and Pulp Fiction star Uma Thurman... Read all about it in today’s MoS 👇
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Tens of thousands of coronavirus test results could not be logged with the new NHS Covid-19 app — because it did not recognise tests carried out by the NHS.
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Deep dive into controversial acne drug roaccutane in today’s MoS
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Simon Lythgoe has battled for years to escape the shadow of a prep school teacher who abused him from the age of nine. Here he bravely waives his anonymity to tell how he’ll finally see his tormentor face justice in the hope that it helps other victims come forward.
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An NHS administrator who cannot wear a mask because it triggers memories of a horrific sex attack has been barred from returning to the office – despite having no contact with patients.
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NEW: A top girls’ boarding school has been engulfed by hundreds of allegations of racism from former students. Read all about it in tomorrow’s Mail on Sunday 👇
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As Italy places up to 16 million people under quarantine today, a top Italian doctor last night warned European colleagues not to underestimate the virus. His comments are particularly concerning for the UK which has the lowest number of hospital beds per 1,000 of people
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Delighted to win best journal article at the
@legalcheek
awards last night. Here’s me with the star guest, former solicitor and Love Island contestant, Rosie Williams.
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Insulate Britain is threatening to ‘unleash hell’ in the run-up to COP26 if the Government does not agree to their demands. The group plans to blockade more roads on Wednesday morning before issuing an ultimatum to Boris Johnson to make a meaningful statement on insulating homes.
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Pleased to be shortlisted for 'best journal contribution' at the
@legalcheek
awards 2019. If you want to read my article and/or abuse me in the anonymous comments section, here it is:
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Back at the Scottish Mail on Sunday for the Christmas week. Yours for just £1.80!
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Counting underway in Esher and Walton where foreign secretary
@DominicRaab
is defending his 23,000 majority from 2017.
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New: Nine police officers raided Pastor Daniel Mateola’s church, shutting down a perfectly legal online service. They later turned up at his home address to warn him he faced court proceedings if he did not pay a fine.
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Looking to speak to companies, large or small, about their plans for this year's office Christmas party. Be it Zoom quizzes, festive hampers, socially-distanced secret santa... or nothing at all. Please get in touch
#journorequest
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Radio 1 DJ Greg James was paid £100,000 by oil giant Shell to front an online campaign which plugged the company’s ‘green’ credentials.
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Activist feted by Vogue at heart of paramilitary-style black power protest group
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Continuing the parrot/ pet theme, here is my story on how much the London Fire Brigade spent on rescuing animals and pets in 2018, as featured in today's Evening Standard:
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Enjoyed writing this piece for
@NewJournal
about missing lovebird, Angel, who was happily reunited with his owner after a 12-day odyssey across London.
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It’s an immense privilege to be accepted on the Daily Mail graduate scheme. I’ve had a great couple of weeks learning from the best on Fleet Street. Now I’m back home in Glasgow for five…
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How was this character ever allowed to work at the British embassy in Berlin?
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So disingenuous. Mail On Sunday broke the original story and here’s today’s splash:
When the Daily Mail finds a way to let Andrew off the hook tomorrow let it be known that they once tied Meghan to murder because she eats guac
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One law for them: UK-US extradition treaty is labelled 'not fit for purpose' as Priti Patel says 'Britain's Bill Gates' can be deported for US trial over criminal fraud charges
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Couple's fury at insurer's 'loophole' to avoid paying out on wedding
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My court report on the Jay Sewell murder trial made a page lead in today’s Mail. Read it here👇
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An understandably more muted response at the Ukrainian Social Club in Notting Hill but a very warm welcome and fantastic hospitality. 🇺🇦
Great fun at the Trafalgar Square fan zone yesterday. Cheering, chanting and beers being thrown underneath Nelson's Column... with one fan pouring a pint over his head in excitement when we got that fourth goal. 'We've conquered Rome...now it's coming home' was the mantra.
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Britain risks becoming a ‘third world country’ due to the decision to keep most public toilets closed as the lockdown eases. Me and
@Holly_JoyB
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Trench warfare...in tiny Yorkshire village and the latest from the south coast as migrants continue to flood in. 4,511 have made the treacherous crossing so far this year - more than double the 1,900 seized during the whole of 2019.
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Exc: French police foiled an attempted Channel crossing by a group of 45 migrants by puncturing the boat and smashing up its engine. But it came on a day when 10 boats carrying over 330 people made it to the UK. Read my dispatch from Gravelines beach here:
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EXC: Female suspects can be strip-searched by police officers who were born male but identify as women – and could be accused of a hate crime if they object.
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Almost 2,400 pints of hooch seized from inmates in one year
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Enjoyed working on this piece with Mr Ian Gallagher about Frau von der Leyen’s year spent living dangerously in London under an assumed name in the late 70s. Particularly fond of the quote from Ralph Brown who played the drug dealer in Withnail and I...
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Baron Badger of the Monster Raving Loony Party has rocked up, hoping to better his 318 votes from 2017. If he gets his deposit back he promises a ‘big piss-up’.
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@gbfoff
hey the great British fake off, are you gonna post any content? I followed on the promise that you would debunk fake news before the timer went off but I haven’t seen anything yet.
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Sadiq Khan under fire for 14,000-mile flight to climate change summit
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Andrew Neil may be a class interviewer but that white tie is unforgivable.
"Do you know what's in paragraph 5c?"
"No"
@AfNeil
challenges Boris Johnson on the detail of how the UK would trade with the EU after
#Brexit
The Andrew Neil Interviews: Watch in full at 7pm on
@BBCOne
#BBCOurNextPM
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Exc: The chairman of a British-based human rights organisation which has received over £1.4 million in charity cash and more than £20k in Government grants praised the fatwa on Sir Salman Rushdie less than a year ago.
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Home Office admits it has 'lost' 37,000 migrants in Britain
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You can read my undercover investigation here:
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At a time when councils across the country are being stripped to the bone, it’s crazy to think of the amount of money being spent on preparing for a no deal. Even scarier to think it might happen.
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Grenfell survivors are demanding answers about possible toxic soil contamination in a packed room in the Kensington Hilton hotel this evening.
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Police clearing Neal Street in Covent Garden. Lots of disappointed, makeup-less faces.
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@DominicRaab
wins by just 2,743 votes. Considering his 23,000 majority in 2017, that’s quite an astonishing result for the Lineral Democrats.
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Russian hackers praise the MoS: ‘Their analysis was done with the highest standards of reporting and uncovered things that we unfortunately missed.’
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Foreign Office officials were told of Navid’s plight on the morning of August 28, but nothing happened. But as Sam notes:
‘Room was found, however, that day for 170 dogs and cats from a Kabul animal sanctuary run by former Royal Marine Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing.’ Utterly shameful.
Shad Foreign Sec
@DavidLammy
: 'We can't simply abandon children like this who are in dire need of our help.
'After months of delay, ministers need to get the resettlement scheme they promised up and running so we can get Navid and his family to safety.'
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Popular e-scooter brands made by a Chinese firm are withdrawn after giving riders electric shocks and causing fires
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A regular Diet Coke and two cinema tickets at the Vue Finchley Road: £33. Watching Die Hard on the big screen: priceless.
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Cameras outside Holborn Bars preparing for the arrival of London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton who is giving evidence before
#Grenfell
Tower Inquiry today.
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Surrey man becomes first person to catch coronavirus in Britain
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The world’s ‘first EVER free makeup shop’ has just been cancelled because too many people turned up.
I’m hosting the world’s first EVER free makeup shop in London this Thursday (29th August). No entry fee, no sign up. Just show up from 5pm-7pm at this address: 67B Neal Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9PJ
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Victory for MoS as Information Commissioner rules that Ofcom must release some of its emails about meetings with Facebook lobbyist Sir Nick Clegg: via
@mailplus
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Exc: RAF accused of 'needless wokery' after ditching 'airmen' and 'airwomen' for ‘aviators’
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First use of 'stoush' in an intro - I've gone native: Fast food road rage as bloke runs a woman over and breaks her leg via
@MailOnline
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@ProfDavidWilson
Morning David, I wrote this today about medical students pooling resources to form a nationwide network to help NHS staff with childcare and food shopping so they can continue to work. Please share to get more involved:
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Cracking interview by
@IsaanKhan_
EXC: Cricket fraudster Allen Stanford, 110 years in prison, speaks exclusively from Florida jail:
- Claims England players are still writing to him
- Has final court appeal tomorrow
- Not ruling out cricket return if released
@mailplus
link: (1/x)
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@hannahtomes_
Aria did well to get a by-line on her first day of work experience! Big future ahead of her.
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The SRU should give fans free counselling. I cannot take this.
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@EMsmith38
get to the bottom of this pls
One very unlikely story has been widely reported this week, but no-one seems to have properly asked the REALLY OBVIOUS QUESTION which adds a big element of mystery to the tale.
(A brief thread)
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The MoS can reveal that not only did the artist use an image from Sian Green-Lord’s Instagram account without her permission, they also photoshopped in a leg and armpit hair that do not feature in the original photo. Body positivity - just not for amputees.
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Sadly Mr Fàbregas is in Monaco for pre-season training and was not in attendance at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court this morning.
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Dany Cotton defends the ‘stay put’ policy, claiming that “if the buildings behaves correctly, stay put is the safest policy”. She added: “it is impossible to train officers to recognise poor quality construction”.
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“Wild men, estimate more than 50, carrying various homemade weapons, are making two or three wooden boats,” the Primrose’s captain radioed to his headquarters in Hong Kong. “Worrying they will board us at sunset. All crew members’ lives not guaranteed.”
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Since being contacted by the MoS, Thames Valley police have admitted it was a ‘mistake’ and have apologised. You can read the whole saga here:
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Exc: Muslim preacher demands Uber drivers stop working during Sydney's gay pride parade via
@MailOnline
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