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A gender-critical academic has threatened a university with legal action after her speech was heckled by trans rights protesters. Professor Alice Sullivan was giving a talk at the University of Bristol, which was disrupted by protesters who were compared to a “zombie apocalypse”. Professor Sullivan has claimed the university failed to protect her freedom of speech at the talk last Autumn.However, the university has rejected these claims, saying the talk went ahead safely, despite admitting there had been “unacceptable disruption”. Professor Sullivan’s review for the Government previously recommended data on biological sex and gender identity should be recorded as distinct…

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Taxpayers have forked over £900million to councils as part of the Right to Buy, shocking new figures have revealed. Local authorities across Britain have poured millions in public funds into repurchasing properties originally sold through the scheme, a Freedom of Information has found.These findings reveal councils paid vastly inflated sums to reacquire former social housing stock, with some properties fetching up to 88 times their original sale price. One particularly striking case emerged in Redbridge, east London, where a property sold for just £5,000 in 2004 was bought back by the council in 2022 for £440,000.Taxpayers have forked over £900million…

A major incident has been declared over what police have called a sinkhole at a canal in Shropshire, leaving boats either stricken in a gaping cavity or teetering on the edge of a steep drop.Pictures appear to show that the structural integrity of a stretch of waterway in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch has completely given way.Two narrowboats are said to have sunk into the hole, into which water looks to have drained completely.Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was responding to a landslip and confirmed a canal was affected. There are no reports of casualties, and people nearby…

Stewart WhittinghamNorth WestUnknownWilliam Parr first started work as an apprentice electrician in Horwich, BoltonHe was given the ominous task of keeping the lights on and the lifeboats working as the doomed Titanic began to sink.Wigan electrician William Parr bravely kept working in the engine room even as the liner broke in two in April 1912, after it had hit an iceberg.The 29-year-old new father died alongside more than 1,500 victims as the supposed unsinkable ship sank in the icy Atlantic Ocean.Parr’s little-known story can now be told after Titanic enthusiast Caroline Heaven uncovered details of his last moments alive. Mrs…

The Rugby Football League has given a new Salford team Championship membership for 2026, three weeks after the old club was wound up.A consortium led by former Red Devils player Mason Caton-Brown has been chosen from three “high-quality” proposals to take on the club.The RFL said the submission from Salford RLFC Ltd “demonstrated a clear commitment to sustainable governance, financial responsibility and long-term stability”.Caton-Brown told BBC Radio Manchester earlier this month that he had a head coach and players ready to join the new club but they now face a race against time to get prepared for a scheduled season-opener…

A serial shoplifter from Swansea will be spending the festive season behind bars after being handed a five-month prison sentence for a string of thefts from local retailers.Nicky Barratt, 26, of Waun Wen, admitted to five counts of shop theft at Swansea Magistrates Court on December 18, having targeted Tesco Express and Co-op stores across the city.The offending took place over a period of nearly four weeks, running from November 17 to December 11.Goods stolen during the spree amounted to £861.40 in total value, with Barratt helping himself to cheese, chocolate, alcohol and meat products.Among the haul were more than…

Sir Keir Starmer “continues to be proved wrong” and JD Vance “continues to be proved right” on Britain’s free speech crackdown, Connie Shaw has told GB News.Speaking to Late Show Live host Ben Leo, the Free Speech Union’s External Affairs Officer declared an attack by Google on Labour’s Online Safety Act “another blow” to Government.Google has launched a scathing criticism of the Labour Government, claiming Britain risks suppressing free expression through the Online Safety Act.The tech giant has warned such proposals risk “undermining users’ rights to freedom of expression”.Reacting to the attack on Labour by Google, Ms Shaw told GB…