The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Ex-Border Force chief warns migrant Channel crisis could repeat 2,000-a-night attempts of two decades ago When Emily Maitlis delivered a damning Newsnight monologue about Dominic Cummings and his trip to Barnard Castle, she faced a barrage of criticism.“He sent me a text of support,” Maitlis revealed. During the scandal over his lockdown whereabouts in May, the PM’s chief advisor claimed he had driven to the town from Durham in order to do an “eye test” for driving.Now an English Heritage spokesperson tells The Londoner the town’s medieval castle has benefited from the chatter. Ripley told the Out to Lunch podcast she was tricked into going into a bedroom during a kids’ party. Comedian Aisling Bea wore a different kind of mask and bath duck in a post urging followers to wear face masks: “I hate wearing trousers & pants, but I put them on when I go to restaurants because it makes people feel safer,” she said. The Londoner: Barnard Castle enjoys a Cummings tourist bounce
It turned out the loot was buried in the garden. She said: “It was like an episode of Midsummer murders.”FORMER Labour Cabinet minister Jack Straw praised new(ish) leader Keir Starmer this week. Local mayor John Blissett said this week: “The crowds have been coming in and obviously the curiosity is there. “It was peak surreal getting a message of support from him in the middle of all the crazy stuff.”Maitlis also discussed her interview with the Duke of York about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, noting how accommodating he was to the Newsnight team.She said: “He was actually so generous with his time.
Sources close to Starmer tell The Londoner there is little chance of that.LEADER of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg’s phone reads his texts automatically when he’s driving.
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Let’s hope they kept their job.Cold Feet actress Fay Ripley recalls being caught up in an attempted insurance scam while working as a children’s entertainer.
Later, police came round accusing her of stealing £75,000 of jewellery.
https://www.bbc.com/.../cummings-drove-to-barnard-castle-to-test-vision But her monologue was praised by David Lammy, the Labour MP, as a fine example of public service broadcasting, and by Ed Davey, the acting Lib Dem leader, as “brilliant journalism”.Elsewhere in the Tatler interview, Maitlis discussed her friendship with Piers Morgan, the outspoken host of ITV’s Good Morning Britain.