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PM: Future leader needs to ‘be proud of your country’ says Starkey Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Historian and broadcaster Dr David Starkey, speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, said it was imperative for “any new Tory leader who hopes to hold the north and the south” of the United Kingdom to “be proud of his country”. Dr Starkery claimed issues of levelling up were “largely beside the point”, suggesting success in Downing Street was more to do with carrying forward a “big picture” that is “conditioned by the British experience”. Related articles Liaison Committee member slams ‘Boris bashing session' Boris Johnson will NOT … [Read more...] about ‘Be proud of your country’ Historian offers advice to incoming Tory leader ‘Patriotism!’

A performing elephant in Thailand (Image: GETTY) Sign up for FREE for latest news plus tips to save money and the environment SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Student nurse Andrea Taylor, 20, from Billinge, Merseyside, was gored to death in Thailand in 2000 after the animal charged at tourists during an obedience display at a park. Related articles Women at airport had 109 live animals including snakes and turtles in Anne Diamond sparks eco fury as she confesses she nets her trees But Save The Asian Elephants (STAE) has found at least 1,200 UK firms still promoting 277 overseas venues with the giants allegedly "broken in by torture" to do tricks, play games and give rides. Andrea's sister Helen Costigan, who … [Read more...] about Family of woman killed by tortured elephant in Thailand calls for advertising ban

Published 1 hour ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A tiny primary school in the Yorkshire Dales which has only 11 pupils could close next year. Governors at Fountains Earth Church of England Primary School in Lofthouse, Nidderdale, said there was no sign of pupil numbers growing in future. They said they had "with a heavy heart" started the process of applying for a consultation for closure. Chair of governors Abi Broadley said: "Our decision has not been taken lightly." She added: "Despite the best efforts of our headteacher, staff and governors, we cannot overcome the challenges of having such low pupil numbers. "We feel that we have exhausted all options to us to provide the right educational, social and emotional provision." Public meeting School leaders said the wide age range in classes meant delivering a varied, thorough curriculum and the … [Read more...] about Yorkshire Dales school with 11 children could close

Published 4 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing When Rishi Sunak quit as Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday he conceded "this may be my last ministerial job". However, just a day later some of his constituents believe he should now be positioning himself to take over Boris Johnson's job. Others in true blue Richmond in North Yorkshire think he's been disloyal. Mr Sunak said worries over standards pushed him to go - the public expects government to conduct itself "properly, competently and seriously", he said. 'Catch-22' Roger Saunders, from Northallerton, which is part of Mr Sunak's constituency, isn't persuaded by his MP's reasons for stepping down. "When I played cricket, my captain was the most important man, even if he made mistakes," he said. "I think he was in a bit of a Catch-22 situation. He should have stayed. I can understand why he … [Read more...] about Richmond voters on Rishi Sunak’s resignation

Ukraine needs an 'urgent' reconstruction agenda says expert Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info THE EXTENT of President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has been revealed as a new map shows how many thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia’s invasion. Russia began massing its troops along the Ukrainian border in February of last year — an exercise that continued for a few months until the summer, when personnel slowly peeled away. By October, however, the pile-up began again, and with the soldiers arrived military equipment. Related articles China’s President Xi refuses to visit Moscow Putin humiliated as blitzkrieg plans … [Read more...] about Horrific map exposes how many civilians have died in Ukraine

This story was originally published in Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. Poison drops over a million hectares are planned to counter a 'mega mast' predicted to spark a plague of predators in native forests. David Williams reports. When I last visited a forest frequented by orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka, there was quiet optimism. In 2009, I accompanied Department of Conservation (DOC) ranger Sandy Yong to Canterbury's Hawdon Valley, near Arthur's Pass, while she checked rat tracking tunnels and traps. READ MORE: P redator control project lasting legacy of conservation pioneers The weapon to wipe out wasps: The story of Vespex | Wasp Wipeout Back then, kākāriki numbers were estimated to be between 200 and 400 birds in three valleys - the Hawdon and Poulter in Arthur's Pass National Park, and the south branch of the Hurunui River. Yong thought the bird numbers were slowly growing. But she was concerned about a predator population … [Read more...] about $30.5 million hit planned for ‘mega mast’

M y reaction to O. J. Simpson’s arrest for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was atypical. It was 1994 . I was a young black man attending a historically black university in the majority-black city of Washington, D.C., with zero sympathy for Simpson, zero understanding of the sympathy he elicited from my people, and zero appreciation for the defense team’s claim that Simpson had been targeted because he was black. O. J. Simpson wasn’t black. He came of age in the 1960s—the era of Muhammad Ali’s opposition to the Vietnam War and John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s black-power salute at the 1968 Olympics. But the O. J. Simpson I knew, and the one poignantly depicted this year in Ezra Edelman’s epic documentary, O.J.: Made in America , recognized only one struggle—the struggle to advance O. J. Simpson. When the activist Harry Edwards attempted to enlist Simpson in the Olympic boycott, Simpson rebuffed him and later claimed that organizers like … [Read more...] about What O. J. Simpson Means to Me

Speaking at a news conference Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia would have to carpet-bomb the Ukrainian capital and kill its residents to take the city. Meanwhile, the Russian troops are attempting to encircle Kyiv further, fighting against heavy resistance in the west and the north of the city. And after twelve days of siege, the strategic southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is without water, gas, electricity or communications, and people were seen fighting for food in recent days. The situation is "almost desperate", warned Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The number of civilians killed during the siege of Mariupol reached 1,582, and some of the casualties had to be buried in mass graves. Local authorities fear that the actual number might be much higher. 03.12.2022 09:24 Saturday's main developments: The worst of the fighting overnight took place in Irpin, Mykolaiv and Sumy, according to the General Staff of the … [Read more...] about Ukraine war: Kyiv would only fall ‘if carpet bombed’ by Russia, Zelenskyy says

Kyiv rejects Russia's announcement that it destroyed two US-made HIMARS in eastern Ukraine Germany to replenish weapons' stock for countries supplying Ukraine New requirements for Ukrainian conscripts scrapped after Zelenskyy's criticism Lavrov to meet some G20 foreign ministers despite G7 threats The article was last updated at 17:43 UTC/GMT Scholz says Germany must speed up energy transition due to war Germany must implement the transition to green energy faster because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Speaking at an event hosted by the Renewable Energy Association Scholz said Russia was using oil and gas exports as a political weapon. "Energy policy is not just a question of price. Energy policy is also security policy," according to the German leader. "That's why we now have to turbo charge the expansion of renewable energy," he said. Russia to create youth movement reminiscent of Soviet-era Russian lawmakers approved … [Read more...] about Germany’s Scholz: Ukraine war calls for faster energy transition — live updates

Published 24 March 2016 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing The killing of criminal lawyer Joseph "Pino" Acquaro in Melbourne sheds light on the hidden machinations of the 'Ndrangheta, says Australian crime writer Adam Shand. Liborio Benvenuto, who died in 1988, was the last of the old-time Australian godfathers. He understood his power but also its limits. His protege Joseph "Pino" Acquaro, who was murdered in a Melbourne street last week, was not so wise. Benvenuto became the leader of The Honoured Society, a Melbourne-based Calabrian mafia group, after a bloody internal battle in the early 1960s dubbed the Market Wars. He presided over a quarter century of relative peace until he died of natural causes in 1988. It was Benvenuto who encouraged Acquaro, the son of a prominent accountant in the Calabrian community, to become a lawyer. Violence was bad for business, so a … [Read more...] about Lawyer’s murder hints at secrets of Australia mafia