Ex-Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney, 51, stood as the candidate for the Reclaim Party in yesterday's North Shropshire by-election.... His inclusion in the race to succeed disgraced ex-Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson, 65, who resigned as the local MP after he was found to have breached parliamentary rules on lobbying, came as Reclaim contested their first by-election contest since they were created back in February. The party, founded by actor Laurence Fox, 43, positions itself against p

The KKK is closely associated with cross burning and racial hatred. The pub reportedly asked the person wearing the costume to remove it. Members of the public who were at the pub that night have said they were “ so angry and annoyed ”.... We spoke to a guy standing near us and he thought it was a game character as some people were dressed as Mario.... No one seemed to take much notice and they did seem to know people and staff." Writing online, one person said: “ Landlord needs to go....

tel du Cap, Eden Roc in Antibes where guests were entertained with performances from Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin and Charli XCX. The night began with a glitzy red carpet.... Tom Hanks who stars in the new “ Elvis ” movie from Baz Luhrmann attended with the director.... The lot was introduced with a surprise performance from Andrea’s son Matteo Bocelli....

BOHONIKI, Poland( Reuters)-On a dark November evening in a small town in north-east Poland, men lower the wooden coffin of a young migrant into a freshly dug grave to the sound of an imam reciting a funeral prayer.... " I know you wanted to see him for one last time but there's not much to do." On the glowing screen of his phone, an old woman can be seen weeping, and a child cries out in the background.... 19 when he drowned in the river Bug....

Many Russians, including some in the government, possibly even President Medvedev himself, would like to see Russia become a more Western country. The neo-Slavophiles do have quite a lot in common with Communists, who emphasize that Russia is different from Western civilizations.

Businessmen who have donated millions of pounds to the Conservatives are urging Boris Johnson not to increase taxes this autumn, warning it would “ choke off a recovery when we need it most ”.... As the lockdown continues to ease, the leisure sector will also bounce back.“ We need economic recovery and business growth to pay for state debt and spending.... There are just a series of increasingly nonsensical policies, the net zero thing is utter lunacy, everyone knows it....

But police intervened and she says she now faces a court hearing for allegedly disturbing the peace." From my understanding, helping is legal but they are trying to intimidate us," Bownik, 37, a doctor who has been providing support to migrants at the border, told Reuters.... Thousands have made it in recent months.... Border Aid( Medycy na Granicy), which includes medics and doctors volunteering to treat sick migrants near the border, said their ambulance's tyres were deflated earlier this mo

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail* SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent.... Prisoners are confined to a small space and rarely given more than an hour outside their cells. One prisoner who was in the Gordon Unit, Ashleigh Chapman, has described being locked up for 23 to 24 hours each day....