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Anger and apathy defined what could be a bruising day for Labour in its traditional north-east stronghold.
As someone who came to greatly love and admire the Georgian people during my three years’ service as British Ambassador there from 2013 to 2016, it is heartrending to see the current scenes of violence and confrontation on the streets of Tbilisi.
A decorated former army officer who’s served in Afghanistan and Northern Ireland has been turned away from voting as his veteran photo ID card was refused as ‘unacceptable’.
Adam Diver, 48, a British Army veteran who was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) for his service over 27 years, has now spoken to Byline Times about his ordeal when trying to vote in Thursday’s local elections in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Britain's readiness for conflict has been laid bare with official figures showing that if conscription took place tomorrow there wouldn't even be enough basic protective equipment for everyone.
Britannia Hotels has registered profits of nearly £40 million thanks to its involvement in the Government’s asylum seeker hotel network.
Drax power station burns wood pellets made of trees – a process known as biomass energy – imported from US, Canada, Brazil, and Europe for electricity production. It is the largest producer of carbon emissions in the UK.
The election race in North Tyneside Council has been turbulent, as local elections go. Last week, the Labour Party suspended its candidate in the Preston Grange ward over anti-Israel social media posts calling it a “terrorist nation” and comparing the country to Nazi Germany over the killings in Gaza.
The Ministry of Justice has been condemned for “egregious behaviour” in hiding from Parliament that it had awarded two new electronic tagging contracts worth more than £500 million to two companies that had been investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, fined £57.7 million, and had to repay £70.5 million to the ministry for fraudulent claims.
In mid-April, a number of allegations emerged about Conservative Party candidates collecting voter data ahead of the next election – potentially for campaigning purposes – without clearly indicating those intentions. Byline Times’ VoteWatch team has now clocked four more instances of dubious data harvesting.