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Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak was mocked on Twitter for a spelling error on his campaign poster after receiving the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Statesman reported. Sunak was taking part in his first televised debate to pitch for the ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak came out on top in the latest round of voting Thursday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, followed by bookmaker favourite Penny Mordaunt. Mordaunt earlier came under blistering attack after she surged in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, as another long-shot candidate for leader was eliminated. The little-known Mordaunt, a committed ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six with the elimination of two candidates. Early frontrunner Sunak — who quit as finance minister last week, helping to trigger outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s downfall — topped ...

London, Oct 5 : Prince Harry is suing The Sun and the Daily Mirror, two of Britain’s most popular tabloid newspapers, over alleged phone hacking. Buckingham Palace confirmed Saturday that claims regarding “illegal interception of voicemail messages” were filed on Harry’s behalf. The palace declined to say more or provide details “given the particulars of the claims are not yet ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s governing Conservative Party lost a special election early Friday, leaving it with a one-vote working majority in Parliament as Brexit looms. In the Conservatives’ first electoral test since Johnson became prime minister nine days ago, the party was defeated for the seat of Brecon and Radnorshire in Wales by Jane Dodds of the opposition Liberal ...

Peter Brown HE WAS DESCRIBED as the ringleader of an acid attack at a shop in Mare Street Hackney – and last month Peter Brown, 29, of Hope Avenue, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, was sentenced to ten years in prison for his crimes.The incident occurred on 10th March 2017. Four men – all wearing masks and gloves – burst into a supermarket ...

A Japanese pilot who was arrested at Heathrow Airport for being drunk has admitted being more than nine times the legal alcohol limit. Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, who works for Japan Airlines, was arrested on 28 October after failing a breath test.   He was found to have 189mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system – the legal ...

 A heavily pregnant Labour MP was allegedly accused of “bringing down the whole of womankind” and “playing the pregnancy card” after she broke the rules of the Commons by leaving a debate to eat. According to the Evening Standard Tulip Siddiq was allegedly told by Eleanor Laing, the Deputy Speaker of the Commons, that she had “made women look bad” ...

Bangla Mirror: The fight is on for the battle to become the Mayor of Tower Hamlets now that the General Election is out of the way.  After a huge defeat in General Election, Labour Party has decided to spend its full force to capture the borough. Labour’s John Biggs was first to declare his name two days after last month’s ...

Tower Hamlets Council and its partners across the NHS are encouraging residents to be a ‘proud quitter’ on No Smoking Day, Wednesday March 11. This year’s national campaign is focusing on ex-smokers who share their reasons and motivations for quitting. Stop smoking advisers will be seen across Tower Hamlets providing free and friendly advice, information and support on local stop ...