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    A mother has told a court that she blames the deputy leader of Britain First for the death of her stillborn daughter. Kelli Best said she was alone with her two children, aged three years and 18 months, when Fransen came to her home and shouted racist abuse through the front door. The 31-year-old came with the intention of directing the comments at Ms Best's partner, Tamin Rahmani, a Muslim man facing trial for rape, Folkestone Magistrates' Court heard. Fransen is accused of hate crimes alongside the leader of the far-right group Paul Golding, 36. On a video played in court, Fransen could be seen banging on the door and shouting: Come out and face me you disgusting rapist, come on. Miss Best sat shaking and crying in the witness stand as the footage was played. ...

    Who pays for what when it comes to the royal wedding? Here's a breakdown of all the expenses and just who covers what. Queen Elizabeth And The Royal Family Are Footing The Bulk of The Bill Prince Harry and Meghan Markle A bride's family traditionally foots the bill of her wedding, but in this case, royal tradition and protocol actually dictates that Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are going to actually cover a large portion of the funds. Shortly after announcing the pair's engagement in November, Kensington Palace confirmed that, similarly to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011, the royal family was going to cover the core royal wedding expenses, including the service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, the music, flowers, decorations and ...

    The EU withdrawal bill is fundamentally flawed and needs to be rewritten in several ways, peers have said, as the House of Lords prepares to debate the legislation this week. The Lords constitution committee said that the bill as it currently stands risked undermining legal certainty and should be substantially changed, even though it already been voted through the House of Commons. The bill will be subject to fierce debate when it reaches the Lords on Tuesday and Wednesday, with remain-supporting peers expected to vote for a motion of regret that the public is not getting another say over Brexit. Ahead of that battle, the committee recommended major changes that could be debated at a later stage of the bill’s passage through the second chamber. The purpose of the...

    Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle are seen during a walkabout at Cardiff Castle When Morgan said Ms Markle had called him divisive and a misogynist, Mr Trump responded: Well, I still hope they're happy. On Brexit, the President said he was unsurprised by the result of the Brexit referendum because Britons don't want people coming from all over the world into Britain and claimed the European Union was not cracked up to what it's supposed to be. He also said he would have negotiated Brexit with a different and tougher attitude to Theresa May. Would it be the way I negotiate? No, I wouldn't negotiate it the way it's (being) negotiated... I would have had a different attitude, he said. I would have taken a tougher stand in getting out. Prince Harry and Megha...

    Senior Tories have given Theresa May just three months to improve or face a renewed attempt to oust her, amid concerns she is leading the party towards utter destruction. In a sign of the fragility of the prime minister’s leadership after another week of cabinet infighting, figures inside the party said that a disastrous performance in May’s local elections could trigger a no-confidence vote. There are concerns they will produce a Tory meltdown in London. There’s definitely been a further shift against her, said one ex-minister. If people could wave a magic wand tomorrow, she would be gone ... if we get wiped out in London, then more will say things cannot get any better under her. The alternatives would be the utter destruction of the Tory party or a chaotic leader...

    A Bombardier CS300 jet, part of the C-series which had been threatened with heavy tariffs Thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland appear to have been saved after plane maker Bombardier won a legal battle in the US that has overturned damaging import tariffs on its C-Series aircraft. On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously against Boeing in favour of its Canadian rival Bombardier after Donald Trump’s administration had threatened to impose duties of 292%. The decision defied the expectations of both the British government and trade unions in Northern Ireland. Theresa May held talks with Trump over the dispute at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the prime minister is reported to have reiterated the importance of Bombardier to the ...

    A doctor at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Nurses feel they are no longer allowed to chat to patients over a cup of tea, amid struggles to keep wards staffed safely, MPs have warned. The Health Committee said its inquiry found evidence of a crisis in the nursing workforce, with more than one in ten positions vacant, amid mounting pressures. Its report called on the chief nursing officer to write to every hospital in the country, instructing them to make sure staff were able to eat and drink during their shifts, and to carry out safe handovers of patients. During the inquiry, MPs said a number of nurses had reported that they were not even allowed to have a cup of tea on the ward with patients. Others said they did not even have time to have a drink of wat...

    Russia has mocked the British defence secretary over his warning that an attack by the country could kill thousands of Brits, comparing it to a sketch from classic comedy series Monty Python. Conservative minister Gavin Williamson has lost his grasp on reason,Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday, according to Russian news agency Tass. His fears about Russia getting pictures of power plants and studying the routes of British pipelines are worthy of a comic plot or a Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch. MP for South Staffordshire had accused Moscow of researching the UK's critical infrastructure, including gas and electric supplies, with an eye for creating panic and chaos for millions of Brits. Vladimir Putin's Russia is willing to take...

    A meeting between Theresa May and Donald Trump, a warning from the Defence Secretary over a Russian attack on Britain and an emotional plea from Dame Tessa Jowell all make the front pages on Friday. Many of the nationals feature a picture of the British Prime Minister sitting side-by-side with US president Mr Trump during talks at the World Economic Forum in Swiss ski resort Davos. The Times reports that Mr Trump said he wanted to scotch a “fake rumour” of a rift between Britain and the US, with the pair agreeing the outline of the president’s “stripped-down” trip to the UK in the summer. The paper also reports that Mrs May rebuked Chancellor Philip Hammond after he predicted “very modest” changes to Britain’s relationship with the EU after Brexit. The Metro carri...