Tory MP accused of breach of data protection laws
An East Tory MP is accused by constituents of a breach of the data protection laws, and they have informed the Data Commissioner.
Government chaos as ministers dither and cull of 120,000 pigs begins
As the emergency slaughter of 120,000 pigs has started to become a reality today, the industry is in full-scale revolt and government seems in disarray.
Furious government reacts with threat to hauliers: ‘We will deal with them’
een introduced. But Johnson and his advisers must already know this, and feelings in the industry are that he is preparing to shift the blame onto hauliers.
BBC bias: pro-Tory or anti-frightening the horses?
The BBC is regularly accused of political bias. Is it pro-Tory or simply inept at maintaining political neutrality?
Lack of butchers means East Anglian pig farming faces emergency slaughter crisis
“If my customer tells me instead of taking 300 pigs this week he’s going to take 150, very soon I’m going to get into the position where I have to emergency slaughter. Because I can’t stop my sows having babies.”
Household waste collection threatened by shortage of drivers
Household waste collections under threat, empty supermarket shelves: the shortage of drivers is affecting our region.
Hauliers dismiss ‘bring in the army’ plans to stock supermarket shelves
The immediate cause of empty supermarket shelves is Brexit, hauliers claim. And the idea that bringing in the army would solve the problem has been greeted by the industry with ridicule.
Newmarket no-confidence motion in “morally corrupt” Matt Hancock
Further unrest in Matt Hancock’s constituency. Newmarket Town Councillors passed a motion of no confidence in the West Suffolk MP.
‘Obscene tweets’ Tory fails to hold seat as LibDems sweep to victory
The Tories went into last Thursday’s by-election holding a majority of 256 votes over Labour, with the Liberal Democrats third. But in this election the Liberal Democrat candidate, local man Rob Colwell, leapfrogged the other parties to win with 648 votes.
Norfolk candidate hastily deletes obscene tweets
A candidate in a Norfolk by-election this week appears to have deleted obscene social media tweets at the time he was chosen by his party for the seat. But screen shots show ‘a glimpse of his true colours’.