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Perhaps the real stars of the new BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitfords The Pursuit of Love are the sumptuous stately homes where the action takes place as ANNABEL VENNING reveals.

How BBC bonkbuster The Pursuit of Love was inspired by the steamy lives of aristocratic hedonists Rod McPhee, TV Editor Updated: May 10 2021, 18:06 ET Rod McPhee, TV Editor Invalid Date, THE Pursuit Of Love has thrilled viewers with its look back at the decadent world of filthy-rich toffs indulging in sex, drugs and wild partying between the wars. But incredibly, the key characters in the racy period drama are based on REAL people. 14 The key characters in racy period drama The Pursuit of Love...

Derek Jackson and his five backers at the Glasgow count were escorted from the building by police on Friday.

Police Scotland have said they are treating the behaviour of a Liberal Party candidate and supporters who confronted the Scottish Justice Secretary…

All the hype around the BBC’s sexy, much-trailed adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit Of Love, which started last night, is surely understandable. At times of crisis, we love a period drama — Downton Abbey, created and written by my uncle, Julian Fellowes, was born in the wake of the 2009 recession — and as a means of distracting the nation, you can’t get much better than Lily James in skimpy silk underwear and Fleabag vicar Andrew Scott in lashings of tweed. Yet the buzz about t...

BBC News Published image captionDerek Jackson was among the men seen wearing yellow stars and making salute gestures A Liberal Party member who confronted the SNP MSP Humza Yousaf at a Glasgow election count has been suspended. Derek Jackson and others, who are not affiliated with the Liberal Democrats, questioned Mr Yousaf about how women and children in Pakistan are treated. Police arrived at the scene and asked them to leave. Mr Yousaf has accused them of targeting ethnic minorities. A spo...

THE Glasgow count was the scene of one of the most high-profile contests of the election between the leaders of the SNP and Labour. There was little surprise when Nicola Sturgeon comfortably saw off the challenge from Anas Sarwar in the Glasgow Southside constituency, winning a majority of nearly 9500. It was a pattern that was repeated with SNP MSPs holding their seats in the three other Glasgow constituencies which were declared yesterday. Instead, the main theme at the count, held in...

Top Story May 8, 2021 GLASGOW: Members of an anti-vaccine party made a “beeline” for Scotland’s Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf at the Glasgow election count – before members of other political parties joined the SNP to confront them. Derek Jackson, a candidate for Glasgow Southside, arrived at the count with supporters wearing black suits, yellow stars and armbands. They claimed their yellow stars were “sheriff’s badges” – though they had “unvax” written on them. Jackson, w...

GLASGOW has had the misfortune of witnessing far-right extremists who have tried and failed to gain a foothold in mainstream elected politics. On polling day Nicola Sturgeon was confronted on the street outside a polling station by Jayda Fransen who in 2016 was convicted of religiously aggravated harassment Fransen stood in the Southside seat against Sturgeon and Anas Sarwar. She was told by the first minister that the people of southside would make their views known at the ballot box. ...

Cops treating Humza Yousaf incident at Glasgow election count as hate crime Scotlands justice secretary claimed he was targeted by an anti-vaccine candidate on Friday because of the "colour of my skin". 18:33, 8 MAY 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you s...