4 h. ago Row breaks out in Peak District town as Pride flag is removed by council after complaints from Christians worried about 'the gay rights situation'

Matlock Town Council put up a number rainbow flags along its highstreet for the first time to mark the start of national Pride month, which takes place in June.

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13 h. ago Dismay as Derbyshire council removes Pride flag after Christians complain

LGBTQ+ emblem disappears from above Matlock Christian bookshop as manager says they are ‘not happy with the gay rights situation’The spa town of Matlock in the Peak District is known for the joyful flags adorning its historical high street. The St George’s Cross, the union flag, the Derbyshire county flag and the Pride flag flutter brightly above the town’s many independent businesses.That was until a row erupted that has divided the town, after the mysterious disappearance of a Pride flag turned out to be the work of the very council that had installed it. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Dismay as council removes Pride flag in Derbyshire after Christians complain

LGBTQ+ emblem disappears from above Matlock Christian bookshop as manager says they are ‘not happy with the gay rights situation’The spa town of Matlock in the Peak District is known for the joyful flags adorning its historical high street. The St George’s Cross, the union flag, the Derbyshire county flag and the Pride flag flutter brightly above the town’s many independent businesses.That was until a row erupted that has divided the town, after the mysterious disappearance of a Pride flag turned out to be the work of the very council that had installed it. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Notting Hill Carnival crush left me frightened and recalling Hillsborough disaster, says Sadiq Khan, as funding row breaks out

Future of carnival in doubt after a review identified ‘critical public safety concerns’ due to vast crowds

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3 d. ago Actor thrown off Jet2 flight in 'row over Pringles' breaks silence after viral TikTok

A Jet2 passenger, who was an actor on board flight LS721 from Edinburgh to Larnaca, has been banned for life and has been removed from the plane after a 'Pringle fight'

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4 d. ago Love Island fans puzzled over 'missing' scenes after villa row breaks out

Love Island fans were left puzzled as they said 'MAKE IT MAKE SENSE' after two islanders were in a argument in one scene and then spotted cuddling in bed in the next

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4 d. ago Love Island villa erupts as Islander left 'raging' over 'disrespect' as row breaks out

The Love Island villa erupts tonight after the girls get to watch the boys unknowingly talk about them and date three new bombshells, with Helena stating she is 'raging about the disrespect'

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4 d. ago Cammy Day complainer says Labour should be ashamed for readmitting council chief

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The former council leader was welcomed back to the party last week despite complaints.

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7 d. ago Wife murdered husband in row over pregnant lover and claimed it was suicide

Amy Pugh threw pregnancy tests at her husband Kyle in March 2022 at the family home in Newport, Shropshire, before he was later found seriously injured by paramedics

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8 d. ago Springwatch viewers left 'crying and throwing up' by 'never before recorded' scenes of brutality that 'none of the BBC crew could work out'

Tuesday's instalment of the show saw Chris Packham and Michaela Stratchan return to our screens from Longshaw Estate in the Peak District.

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9 d. ago Falkirk Council has three times as many complaints as national average

By far the biggest cause for complaint was 'ongoing or incomplete repair times'

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1 week ago The Peak District town with country walks and old pubs holding a major festival this summer

It's a town full of Georgian architecture, beautiful walks and charming pubs, and every summer famous faces descend upon it for a major arts festival

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1 week ago Astonishing act of bravery that sparked a revolution for gay people

Homosexuality was once considered to be both a crime and a mental illness, and gays and lesbians were vilified, attacked and pitied - but then something groundbreaking happened

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1 week ago Lambda Legal, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ rights, exceeded fundraising goal by $105M

The legal aid group Lambda Legal has raised $285 million at a time when attacks on the rights of gay, intersex and transgender people have again intensified

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2 w. ago ‘These guys are idiots’: Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black call out government’s Harvey Milk erasure

Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his nameSean Penn, the Oscar-winning actor of the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk and Milk writer Dustin Lance Black have spoken out against US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to remove the gay rights icon’s name from a navy ship.“This is yet another move to distract and to fuel the culture wars that create division,” Black told the Hollywood Reporter in a phone call on Wednesday. “It’s meant to get us to react in ways that are self-centered so that we are further distanced from our brothers and sisters in equally important civil rights fights in this country. It’s divide and conquer.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hegseth orders US navy to strip Harvey Milk name from ship amid Pride month

Timing of announcement on ship named after prominent gay rights activist and veteran is intentional, reports sayThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has ordered the US navy to strip the name of prominent gay rights activist and navy veteran Harvey Milk from a ship during the middle of June – a month meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community – according to multiple outlets.The order to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler, was in a memorandum from the office of the secretary of the navy, which was reported on and viewed by Military.com and CBS. Those reports note that the navy secretary, John Phelan, was instructed to strip the ship of its name by Hegseth. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move

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2 w. ago Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month

Defense secretary’s memo says stripping the name of the Navy veteran is part of an effort to reestablish ‘warrior culture’

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2 w. ago Springwatch viewers left 'dreading' show after spotting BBC host Chris Packham's 'annoying' habit

The latest series of the BBC series returned to our screens at the end of May from a new location of National Trust 's Longshaw Estate in the Peak District.

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2 w. ago Peak District tourists could face charge to enter the national park

Charging visitors could be the solution to 'unprecedented' financial woes

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