Gordon Rayner@gordonrayner

Associate Editor of The Daily Telegraph and long-suffering Newcastle United fan. All views my own.

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Police failed to spot Farage firebombing suspect on CCTV

Watchdog investigates blunder, saying Scotland Yard might have ‘missed an opportunity to protect the public’

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Man who tried to firebomb Farage’s house was caught on CCTV. Police failed to spot him when they reviewed it. Then Ann Widdecombe was murdered. Counter terror police went back over the CCTV and saw the suspect and his car had been caught on camera.
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The Independent Office for Police Conduct is now investigating the blunder The member of police staff who originally reviewed the CCTV is under investigation as well IPOC checking whether the blunder put public safety at risk
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ worried friends and family dismissed by watchdog telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

Ranulph Fiennes case dismissed nine times by watchdog

Explorer’s friends asked Office of the Public Guardian to investigate ‘missing’ 82-year-old’s safety

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Exclusive: King blocked from contacting Ranulph Fiennes by explorer’s wife

His Majesty was ‘most concerned’ after being alerted to the 82-year-old’s declining health and isolation by a fellow adventurer

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Ranulph Fiennes’s family ‘snubbed by police’

Alexander Millington-Cotes tells The Telegraph that pleas for forces to find his stepfather have fallen on deaf ears

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British adventurers call for police investigation into Fiennes captivity telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

‘Ran, we are coming!’ British adventurers vow to help free Fiennes

Ben Fogle and Bear Grylls among those calling for police to investigate location of greatest living explorer

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BBC accused of bias for calling dead terrorists ‘journalists’

Supposed reporters pictured on social media holding rifles and wearing military fatigues

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Exclusive: Sir Ranulph Fiennes kept in care home illegally

Explorer ‘deprived of his liberty’ when wife placed him in facility under false name, watchdog finds

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Donors to new Churchill statue ‘will be counter-cultural heroes’ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

Donors to new Churchill statue ‘will be counter-cultural heroes’

Historian denounces ‘absolute codswallop’ written by ‘woke brigade’ about wartime prime minister

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A new statue of Winston Churchill will be erected at the British memorial to the D-Day landings in Normandy if the money can be raised. You can find details of how to donate in my story.
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Chistopher Harborne explains here why he has given £36m to match Ben Delo's £36m Christopher Harborne: My donation to Reform is a philanthropic gift to our country telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

My donation to Reform is a philanthropic gift to our country

If Britain can find its way to economic prosperity, it can find its footing again

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🚨EXCLUSIVE Nigel Farage receives second £36m donation in two days telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Farage: £72m war chest will make Reform ready to rule

Party’s biggest donor matches record £36m given by fellow cryptocurrency billionaire

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I’m giving Reform millions to make the next election a fair fight telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

I’m giving Reform millions to make the next election a fair fight

I love my country – that’s why I want a level democratic playing field and a party that’s ready to govern

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Farage lands record £36m donation telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Farage lands record £36m donation

Cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo says he wants to ensure Reform has a ‘level playing field’ at the polls

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The money from Ben Delo is a potential game changer ahead of the next election. It might also influence Andy Burnham’s thinking about when to call one.
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Exclusive: Restore’s rising star quit after supporters branded her a ‘mudblood’ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

Exclusive: Restore’s rising star quit after supporters branded her a ‘mudblood’

Women’s safety spokesman abandoned party following abuse from members over her Irish roots

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Patrick Spencer: Police pursued me with sex assault claim because I’m an MP telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08…

Patrick Spencer: Police pursued me with sex assault claim because I’m an MP

‘Thank God for juries,’ says Tory cleared of groping charge the Met reopened after two years

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Farage and Tice sue NCA over leaked bank transactions telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Farage and Tice sue NCA over leaked bank transactions

Reform MPs seek damages of ‘more than £25,000’ after details were given to journalists

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Jason Arday resigns after Telegraph reveals his false book claims telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08…

Jason Arday resigns after Telegraph reveals his false book claims

Professor announces he is quitting Cambridge ‘with immediate’ effect after university launched investigation

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