A man has been charged after he drove through a Freedom Truckers protest of COVID regulations Friday, with GoFundMe backtracking on distributing money to those who donated to the group.

Adil Ray, 47 – who has a Pakistani Muslim father and a mother from East Africa – was living in Yardley in Birmingham, West Midlands, at the time of the incident, in the mid-1970s.

The actor, 50, boosted his UK business fortune by £400,000 last year taking the value of his companies to £6 million for the first time.

The blaze was started after a spark from welding work ignited the thatch in Beachamwell, local reports say. Six fire engines were sent to tackle the blaze which is now ‘under control’.

Insurance company Aviva has revealed a list of unusual but valid claims it has dealt with as it marks 325 years in business. In 1960, a payout was made after a sheep leapt through a shop window.

Around 80 firefighters from 13 fire station crews across the county were called to the warehouse complex off Dale Street, in the Ossett area, just before 8.20pm.

Tony and Cherie Blair (pictured) claimed almost £80,000 from the furlough scheme despite their huge wealth, which is estimated to be as high as £50million for Sir Tony alone.