7 h. ago Case of Tory councillor's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for Southport tweet is raised with Marco Rubio at the White House

Lucy Connolly, who is the wife of Conservative councillor Ray Connolly, was handed a 31-month sentence after admitting posting an online rant about migrants.

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48 h. ago Tory councillor's wife jailed for Southport tweet helped obtain British citizenship for family of Nigerian GP who hails her as the 'kindest British person I know'

Lucy Connolly was imprisoned for her tweet ranting about migrants after the Southport murders. Now a Nigerian GP has come forward to praise her saying: 'This is not a racist person'

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer backs Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence over hate tweet after Southport attack

Sir Keir Starmer has backed the courts over Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence, stating that he is “against incitement of violence to other people”.

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3 d. ago Starmer defends prison sentence given to Lucy Connolly over hate tweet

The Prime Minister told MPs he is against ‘incitement to violence’ when pressed on the issue, and says he supports courts and police.

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4 d. ago Lucy Connolly loses jail sentence appeal over Southport race hate post

Lucy Connolly has been in prison since August last year for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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4 d. ago Tory councillor ‘heartbroken’ wife lost bid to appeal hate tweet sentence

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after posting on X, formerly Twitter, following the Southport attacks.

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4 d. ago Tory councillor's wife who made social media rant about migrants on day of Southport attack loses appeal over 'harsh' sentence

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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4 d. ago Lucy Connolly loses bid to appeal against sentence for racial hatred tweet

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after writing a post on X last July after the Southport attacks.

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8 d. ago Tory councillor's wife jailed for tweeting 'set fire to hotels' told to wait for appeal

Lucy Connolly has been told she will have to wait to hear the outcome her appeal against her 31-month prison sentence after tweeting 'set fire to all the f****** hotels' during last year's riots

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8 d. ago Jailed Tory councillor’s wife says rant about setting fire to migrant hotels ‘never meant to incite violence’

Connolly said she ‘never’ intended to incite violence and did not realise pleading guilty would mean she accepted that she had

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9 d. ago Tory councillor's wife 'had no idea what she was admitting' when she pleaded guilty to online rant about migrants in wake of Southport attack

The 42-year-old former childminder was jailed in October last year after posting comments about asylum seekers. Police arrested her a week later and she was subsequently charged and jailed.

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1 week ago Prince Harry's top 'three errors' during explosive BBC interview after losing security bid

Prince Harry gave a controversial BBC interview last week after he lost his legal bid to have his UK police protection reinstated.

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1 week ago 'Three errors' Prince Harry made in explosive BBC interview after he lost security bid

Prince Harry was said to have made three key errors in an explosive interview he gave to the BBC after losing his legal bid to have his UK police protection reinstated

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1 week ago Briton faces threat of extended Saudi prison sentence for tweet

Foreign Office denied access to trial and British lawyer is still not clear what offence Ahmed al-Doush has committedAs Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, prepare to meet in Riyadh on Tuesday to celebrate a “golden age” in trade, a British national will appear in a Riyadh court facing the threat of an extended prison sentence for a tweet. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Smash burger' van forced to shut down after council tells owner it's too close to primary school

Co-owners Sam Carroll and Aaron Millar lost their bid for planning permission to house Smokies, their smash burger takeaway trailer, on the car park of Dunkirk Hall pub in Leyland, Lancashire.

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2 w. ago David Beckham 'heartbroken' as PR expert claims family 'can't escape' from public feud

David Beckham might have been left 'heartbroken' by a 'feud' with his son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz-Beckham after the pair didn't attend his 50th birthday party, an expert has claimed

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2 w. ago The Reform Five: Nigel Farage's newest recruit Sarah Pochin is sworn in as an MP after her by

Former Tory councillor Ms Pochin stunned politics with a by-election win in the former Labour stronghold of Runcorn and Helsby last week.

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2 w. ago The Reform Five: Nigel Farage welcomes new MP Sarah Pochin to Westminster after her by

Former Tory councillor Ms Pochin stunned politics with a win in the former Labour stronghold of Runcorn last week.

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2 w. ago Brooklyn and Nicola compared to Harry and Meghan over Victoria and David Beckham feud

David Beckham and wife Victoria were said to be left heartbroken by their eldest son Brooklyn snubbing his 50th birthday celebrations with their deep rooted feud 'beyond repair'

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2 w. ago Top South Ayrshire councillor slams 'toxic' Tory culture at heart of administration collapse

Bob Pollock claims South Ayrshire Council faces a massive fight to rebuild trust with the public and morale amongst staff.

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