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From expansive resorts to exclusive stays, Lanzarote offers plenty of hotels to choose from when seeking a luxury break

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Former Tory minister Sir Malcolm Offord defected to Farage’s party in December

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Amber Woodward began breaking out in hives whenever she was exposed to the cold in 2022

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Presenter Amol Rajan is leaving BBC Radio 4’s Today programme after five years.






Marsh Farm, where the former prince is due to reside, is currently undergoing renovations

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Military reinforcements from France, Germany, Norway and Sweden are to help boost Arctic security amid ongoing US threats to take the territory

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Reform leader Nigel Farage said ‘of course’ he has had conversations with the now former senior Tory Jenrick

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Keep your cool, with these handy kitchen gadgets

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‘I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect,’ Tory leader says
Nigel Farage, speaking at his press conference in Scotland, has said that “of course” he has had conversations with Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning for planning to defect.
UPDATE: Farage said:
I have had conversations with a number of very senior conservatives over the course of the last week, the last month. A lot of them realise that for all the talk on 8 May the Conservative Party will cease to be a national party. They will be obliterated in Scotland, Wales, the red wall councils.
As far as Mr Jenrick is concerned, of course I have talked to Robert Jenrick. Was I on the verge of signing him up? No. But we have had conversations.
This morning I removed the Conservative whip from Robert Jenrick after dismissing him from the shadow cabinet.
I was very sorry to be presented with clear, irrefutable evidence, not just that he was preparing to defect, but he was planning to so in the most damaging way to the Conservative party and shadow cabinet colleagues.
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Three Norwegian coaches have been handed bans ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics

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When asked about her politics, the former Atomic Kitten star said she has ‘never voted in all my life’

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Koepka has been permitted to return after leaving LIV Golf after four seasons with the rebel series

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Robert Jenrick ruled out a move to Reform UK just weeks before he was sacked due to "irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect'' from the Conservative Party.

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Women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison has been forced out of her first title defence against the returning Amanda Nunes

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