Thérèse Coffey was the party pooper in a Commons debate to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the RNLI this week. While others praised the charity, the Tory Suffolk Coastal MP said she was worried about the RNLI’s plans to replace an all-weather lifeboat with an inflatable one at its Aldeburgh station. Coffey said she raised her worries in a private telephone call with the RNLI’s then-chief executive Mark Dowie. She said both parties recorded the call, but accused the RNLI head – who is stepping
A new biography of Sir Keir Starmer by Tom Baldwin recounts the detritus left in the office by Jeremy Corbyn when Starmer replaced him as Labour leader. “There was a CND flag on the wall, a duvet and some half-shredded documents on the floor. Beneath a desk was a printed sign declaring, ‘I’m backing Jeremy because .’ followed by the handwritten words “. he’s considerate and kind’.” One aide then stepped “in a mound of what appeared to be jelly”. It sounds like a student’s digs.
Two people have been arrested after a young woman suffered serious injuries in a suspected dog attack involving a pair of XL bullies in North Tyneside.