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Support our petition for a Minister for Older People

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:58:00 +0100

For months now the Daily Express has been running a crusade to Respect The Elderly and in the course of it we have exposed some horrific tales.

There are many reasons we should rejoice at Brexit, says LEO McKINSTRY

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:26:00 +0100

AN AIR of deepening crisis now hangs over Brexit. Theresa May’s Cabinet is badly split, her premiership beleaguered. As many Leave supporters begin to despair, the Government is embroiled in continual rows about the withdrawal negotiations.

Helping farmers can be good news for Paddington, says STUART WINTER

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:50:00 +0100

PERSUADING an upset grandchild that the sight of Paddington Bear peering out from behind prison bars would all end happily was proving tricky. How do you tell a five-year-old the film scenes are make-believe when the cute bear from Darkest Peru seems so realistic and his screen enemy, Hugh Grant’s Phoenix Buchanan, so cruel?

Thou shalt Scotchgard, says CAMILLA TOMINEY

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:40:00 +0100

AS I prepare to turn 40 on Thursday, here are the 40 things I’ve learnt, aged 39 and 11 twelfths: Always choose a hair dye that is at least two shades lighter than your own hair unless you want to look like a member of Bananarama, circa 1984.

A word from the Editor, MARTIN TOWNSEND

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:05:00 +0100

ALWAYS had a certain sympathy with the character in The Fast Show who would be sent out to buy some basic cooking items and come back with anything but... “Did you get the eggs, butter and potatoes?” his wife asked him in one episode. “Even better than that,” he grinned, lifting his shopping bag, “I got some biscuits shaped like radios, a map of Cairo and an ice-pick.”

My chum Stringy, the king of clubs, says ADAM HELLIKER

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:13:00 +0100

Flamboyant nightclub boss Peter Stringfellow died on Thursday, aged 77. Adam Helliker shared fond memories of his 'peroxide pompadoured' friend.

Let us claim back our lawless streets, says NICK FERRARI

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 15:46:00 +0100

IN LONDON, a sobbing and terrified 10-year-old boy watches in horror as his celebrity father is forced at knifepoint to hand over his expensive watch. The following night, in a different part of the city, an Australian TV crew is robbed of their £15,000 camera at gunpoint.

Chasing Inspiration with SHAUN WALLACE

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:11:00 +0100

OVER the past weeks the BBC has shown A Very English Scandal, starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. It recalls the sensational case of Jeremy Thorpe, resulting in the “trial of the century” at the Old Bailey in 1979

Battle for fair Brexit deal - EXPRESS COMMENT

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:01:00 +0100

Norway has suddenly become very fashionable in Parliament. So much so that some MPs want the UK Parliament to vote to be like Norway when the European Union Bill reaches its final stages this week.

Let tough May plough ahead with quitting EU - EXPRESS COMMENT

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:39:00 +0100

Last week was by all accounts a hard one for Theresa May. With never-ending Cabinet in-fighting over Brexit, Boris Johnson once again speaking out of school and Donald Trump giving her the cold shoulder at the G7, the PM could be forgiven for calling it a day as the second anniversary of her premiership fast approaches.