Next Friday noon, I shall be among hundreds of thousands of spectators in Washington DC as Donald Trump is inaugurated as President of the United States. The circumstances of the ceremony will be unique in history: never before has a man been elevated to the greatest elective office on earth burdened by such a deadweight of sensations, scandals and controversies. The latest allegations — that Russia’s President Putin holds a treasure chest of pornographic material about Trump’s dallying with prostitutes in Moscow — have been angrily denied by Trump. Yet so much evidence already exists about Trump’s conflicts of interest and past financial shenanigans that these will dog his presidency from its first day, and probably persist until its last. ...read
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- What a special relationship! Trump gets touchy-feely with Theresa as he declares 'great days lie ahead' for US and UK, praises Brexit and reveals he's meeting the Queen (let's just hope he keeps his hands to himself that day)
- England football thug jailed for ten years for pushing Polish stranger onto Tube tracks because he mistook him for a RUSSIAN
- Paedophile who was jailed after being snared by Dark Justice vigilantes is back behind bars for contacting schoolgirls online just a month after he was freed
- Theresa and Trump's new era: May lays wreath at Arlington cemetery as she gears up for historic White House meet with US President that could shape our post-Brexit future
- Team Trump makes embarrassing gaffe by spelling PM's name 'Teresa' THREE TIMES in press release
- Smiling conman bags £330 'refund' for a TV he just picked off the shelf by shaking the manager's hand and telling the cashier it was fine to hand over the cash without a receipt
- Ex-Norwich City football scout, 73, is arrested in Cambridge by police investigating claims of historical child abuse in the sport
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- The moment Helen Bailey's body was found: Murder jury is shown how police took author's garage apart brick by brick to reach cesspit
- Ex-Spearmint Rhino dancer girlfriend of England cricketer bit wedding reception bouncer on the head and called him a 'f***ing queer'
- Big game hunting Harley Street doctor who faked £200,000 of invoices for treatment that never happened is jailed for two years
- Playboy worth £500million who attacked customer at his Mayfair club who joked about his 'small d***' is spared jail
- Trump's migrant crackdown: The President will start building Mexico border wall TODAY -and is set to BAN people from Syria and six other 'dangerous' Muslim countries from entering America by signing executive orders
- Outrage at woman Secret Service agent and Clinton supporter who says she wouldn't risk her life to protect President Trump
- Middle school teacher, 27, 'had sex with her underage student then he BLACKMAILED her out of $28,000'
- Settling in nicely! Ivanka Trump shares bedtime snap of baby Theodore in his brand new bedroom at the family's Washington DC home
- Americans have to be taught to 'shut their mouths if they are white' says Democratic Party chair candidate as they discuss why they lost election
- Father, 37, and his DAUGHTER, 23, had two children together after starting incestuous relationship when she was 16 - as it is revealed he had sex with his foster mother
- Emotional 14-year-old girl is comforted by a therapy dog in court as she's questioned by the father and son who 'chained her up in a basement and sexually assaulted her'
- Badlands national park DEFIES new Trump administration gag order by tweeting out global warming statistics – only to have offending missives replaced by a goat
- Steve Harvey appears in court to try and stop tapes of him telling racist jokes including a gag about 'assaulting old white women' being sold
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Clarifications and corrections
Following a Hardcastle item in Tuesday's paper which said that Theresa May had not been invited to Clarence House for a one-to-one meeting with the Prince of Wales since becoming Prime Minister, we have been asked to point out that Mrs May has had discussions with Prince Charles on several occasions.