Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election over tweet

Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election who was forced to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ tweet made in 2011 about ‘a favourite Tory MILF’ Paul Williams, 48, was selected as party’s candidate for Hartlepool by-election But his recently resurfaced social media posts were met with fierce disapproval Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti … Read more

Labour’s Mike Hill QUITS as Hartlepool MP to set up a Red Wall by-election

Labour’s Mike Hill QUITS as Hartlepool MP amid sexual harassment allegations to set up a Red Wall by-election that will be a test of Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 12:32 GMT, 16 March 2021 | Updated: 12:45 GMT, 16 March 2021 Labour’s Mike Hill quit as an MP … Read more

Whistle-blowing Iraqi surgeon at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust ‘suffered racial harassment’

A whistle-blowing surgeon from Iraq suffered racial discrimination and harassment after raising the alarm about patient safety at a trust where he claimed ‘white and Indian doctors were untouchable’, a tribunal has found. Associate specialist surgeon Dr Manuf Kassem raised concern about the care of 25 patients at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust … Read more