Restaurant owner demands £2,000 payout after ‘feeling bullied’ into closing while BBC’s Chloe filmed

A restaurant owner is demanding a £2,000 payout after ‘feeling bullied’ into closing for a day for the filming of a new BBC thriller.  Bosses of Bianchis in Bristol made the last minute call to close after producers set up cameras for the upcoming drama ‘Chloe’ – starring The Crown’s Erin Doherty. Owners of the … Read more

Rebecca Ferguson demands overhaul of music industry as Jedward launch tirade against X Factor

Rebecca Ferguson has demanded a parliamentary inquiry and an overhaul of the music industry in a statement posted on Monday.    The singer, 34, who appeared on The X Factor in 2010, took to Twitter to share the news as she insisted ‘enough is enough’. It comes as Jedward launched a tirade against Simon Cowell and The X … Read more

Alex Salmond demands Scottish independence talks begin IMMEDIATELY after May’s Holyrood elections

Alex Salmond today demanded fresh Scottish independence talks start immediately after May’s Holyrood elections if separatist parties achieve a ‘super-majority’ of seats. Launching his new Alba Party’s election campaign today the former SNP First Minister said that discussions with Westminster should begin in ‘week one’ of the new assembly. A poll at the weekend suggested … Read more

Labour demands official probe into plan to refurbish Downing Street flat 

Labour demands official probe into Boris Johnson’s plan to refurbish Downing Street flat Sir Keir Starmer has entered the row over Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment  He demanded a formal probe into whether he should face criminal proceedings The Daily Mail revealed details of the lavish redecoration of the Downing Street apartment shared by the PM … Read more

‘England stars facing tax demands from HMRC worth tens of thousands of pounds after probe’

Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Raheem Sterling ‘among England stars facing tax demands from HMRC worth tens of thousands of pounds following probe into FA’s image rights payments worth around £100,000-a-year to each player’ A HMRC probe into image rights payments to England stars may be launched  The Sun claim the FA and lawyers on … Read more

Teaching union demands GCSEs must be ABOLISHED amid fears of a ‘Wild West’ of grade inflation

Britain’s largest teaching union has demanded GCSEs are abolished amid fears of a ‘Wild West’ of rampant grade inflation this summer. The National Education Union said there is a growing movement to challenge the status quo among Tory MPs and other powerful groups. It asked whether there was any function for the tests when pupils … Read more

Sharon Osbourne hires longtime family lawyer as she ‘demands millions’ to leave The Talk

Sharon Osbourne has hired a lawyer who has worked extensively with the family and an array of celebrity clients in anticipation of tense talks following the race fall out from The Talk. Osbourne has tapped Jeremiah Reynolds from Eisner law firm as she heads into negotiation talks with CBS while the network investigates reports of … Read more

Sharon Osbourne reportedly demands tens of millions to leave The Talk

Sharon Osbourne is reportedly demanding a payout in the tens of millions to leave her co-hosting job on The Talk, amid furious allegations that she made racist remarks. The CBS daytime chat show remains on hiatus at least until March 29 as network execs investigate the claims against Osbourne, which she staunchly denies. The controversy … Read more

Church of England will order 30% quota for BAME clergy as leaked report demands ‘repentance’

Church of England will order 30% quota for BAME clergy as leaked report demands ‘repentance’ for historic links to the slave trade and anti-racism training Church of England to introduce 30 per cent quota for ethnic minority clergy  Currently, only one of 42 diocesan bishops come from BAME backgrounds  Report calls on the Church to ‘deal … Read more

Robert Jenrick demands EU ‘stick to its side of bargain’ on vaccines

Robert Jenrick today demanded the EU ‘stick to their side of the bargain’ on vaccine supply as he blasted Ursula von der Leyen for threatening to impose an export ban on jabs.  The Housing Secretary said he was ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Ms von der Leyen’s stance as he suggested she was breaking her word … Read more