Victoria Pendleton steps up a gear with the Marines

Victoria Pendleton steps up a gear with the Marines

The former Olympic champion will become the first woman to wear a green beret when she is officially appointed to her part-time role in the New Year. The super-fit cyclist, who has won gold twice and was made a CBE by the late Queen, has been recruited to inspire young …

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The day unions plunged Britain into darkness

The day unions plunged Britain into darkness

Across Britain the 1970s was an era of sky-high inflation and caps imposed on public sector pay rises by Ted Heath’s Conservative government, which infuriated the trade unions. The most powerful of these was the National Union of Mineworkers as most industries relied on coal power. Heath became locked into …

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Meet Clark…our new [children’s] PM

Meet Clark…our new [children’s] PM

Clark Dearson, 10, is a year six pupil at Saint Pierre School, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He was elected by 600 fellow schoolchildren after predecessor Harry Acheampong went off to secondary school. Clark said: “I am honoured to be the elected Prime Minister of the Sir David Amess Children’s Parliament and …

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Rishi channels Maggie in immigration pledge

Rishi channels Maggie in immigration pledge

Rishi Sunak with Giorgia Meloni (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) The Prime Minister said that Britain needs the Iron Lady’s resolve to stop enemies using “migration as a weapon” by deliberately driving people to our shores to “destabilise” society. In a major speech in Rome yesterday, he said he is …

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