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Monday, February 4, 2019
Monday, February 4, 2019
Love Island’s Sam Bird: Celebrities selling fad diet products give young fans ‘false hope’
Love Island’s Sam Bird: Celebrities selling diet products give fans ‘false hope'
Love Island’s Sam Bird has said that celebrities who post on social media selling fad diet products are giving their followers “false hope” because the products do not always work.
Online marketplace faces backlash over offering young customers zombie knives
Online marketplace faces backlash over offering young customers zombie knives
A popular online marketplace has come under fire for offering customers, including children, razor-sharp zombie knives.
EXCLUSIVE: Leading British charity distances itself from right-wing student movement with White House ties
Leading British charity distances itself from right-wing student movement
Charity Turning Point says it has been repeatedly confused with Turning Point UK, a controversial US-based student movement launched in the UK this month.
Third of road users feel road rage has worsened since EU referendum, study finds
Third of road users feel road rage is worse since EU referendum, study finds
Ben Derby, the spokesman for Auto Trader has revealed that over 30 per cent of road users, who feel road rage is problem, think it has got worse since the 2016 EU referendum.
Daniel Kawczynski MP hangs up phone when confronted about 'misleading' Marshall Plan tweet
Daniel Kawczynski MP hangs up after being confronted about 'misleading' tweet
The Conservative MP hung up on talkRADIO host Alexis Conran after he questioned the MP about his now-viral tweet about Europe and Britain after the Second World War.
Harry Redknapp on knife crime: 'To stab someone is beyond comprehension for me'
Harry Redknapp on knife crime: 'To stab someone is beyond comprehension for me'
The former football manager revealed to talkRADIO how he is spreading the message that "carrying a knife is not the thing to do".
Dame Esther Rantzen: In 1986 children called Childline about abuse and neglect - now it's social media
Esther Rantzen: 'I'm not on social media - I don't want in'
The broadcaster said Childline counsellors "universally and unanimously" said social media was at the root of unhappiness in their young callers.
Brexit committee to visit Brussels to discuss 'next steps' in Brexit negotiations
Brexit committee to visit Brussels to discuss 'next steps' in Brexit talks
MPs from the Exiting the European Union Committee are set to meet EU officials in Brussels to discuss the last Brexit negotiations on Monday.
Marcus Fysh: MPs need to ‘hold their nerve’ over Brexit negotiations
Marcus Fysh: MPs need to ‘hold their nerve’ over Brexit negotiations
Conservative MP Marcus Fysh has said that MPs need to "hold their nerve" over the Brexit negotiations, as MPs prepare to meet with the Prime Minister to suggest alternatives to the Irish backstop.
Justice Secretary David Gauke: Overhaul of parole system gives victims ‘reassurance, which has not existed up until now’
Justice Secretary: Overhaul of parole system gives victims ‘reassurance'
The Justice Secretary has said that an overhaul of the parole system will give victims “reassurance”, and ensure another case like John Worboys will not happen.
Lord Digby Jones: 'I've had it up to here with the established elite trying to sabotage Brexit'
Lord Digby Jones: 'I've had it up to here with the established elite'
Lord Digby Jones, a cross-party peer has said he has “had it up to here” with Brexit being blamed for businesses moving production out of the UK.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Dan Wootton on gender-neutral toys: ‘I did play with Barbie dolls growing up and I am so glad’
Dan Wootton: ‘I did play with Barbie dolls growing up and I am so glad’
Dan Wootton has said that he played with Barbie dolls when he was growing up and he is “so glad” that his mother was “able to embrace that freedom of expression”.
Mother becomes first person found guilty of female genital mutilation in UK
Mother becomes first person found guilty of female genital mutilation in UK
The mother of a three-year-old girl has become the first to be found guilty of Female Genital Mutilation in the UK, after a failed bid to "shut up" her accusers with witchcraft.
Jail for ‘despicable’ funeral home burglar who had sex with corpse
Jail for ‘despicable’ funeral home burglar who had sex with corpse
A "despicable" burglar who had sex with a corpse at a funeral home while high on drink and drugs has been jailed for six years.
Hundreds of people stuck in their cars after heavy snowfall in Cornwall
Hundreds of people stuck in their cars after heavy snowfall in Cornwall
Hundreds of people were stranded in their cars overnight after snow in Cornwall - as a woman was forced to give birth in ASDA during a flurry.
Channel 4’s new plastic surgery reality show described as ‘despicable’ by leading cosmetic surgeon
Channel 4’s new plastic surgery reality show is ‘despicable’, says surgeon
Gerard Lambe, a leading cosmetic and plastic surgeon has described the new Channel 4 reality show, which sees a panel voting on whether young people get plastic surgery, as “despicable”.
EU will allow visa-free travel to UK citizens post-Brexit
EU will allow visa-free travel to UK citizens post-Brexit
EU ambassadors have announced that UK citizens will be entitled to visa-free travel post-Brexit, even if no deal is agreed.
A 30-minute-old baby abandoned in empty playground in east London
A 30-minute-old baby abandoned in empty playground in east London
A baby girl abandoned in a deserted playground in the snow was only just 30-minutes-old when she was found last night.
Anti-pothole campaigner: 'I'd love to be out of a job'
Anti-pothole campaigner: 'I'd love to be out of a job'
Mark Dorrell, a.k.a Mr Pothole, says the government's investment in testing plastic road surfaces to prevent potholes is "very positive".
More than half of Britons admit social media hinders ‘real life’ friendships, study finds
Six in ten Brits admit social media hinders ‘real life’ friendships, study finds
More than half of Brits admit their addiction to social media has hindered their ability to make friends in “real life”, a study found.
Leave.EU and Arron Banks' insurance firm fined total of £120k for data breaches
Leave.EU and Arron Banks' insurance firm fined total of £120k for data breaches
The Brexit campaign group founded by businessman Arron Banks and an insurance company he owns have been fined a total of £120,000 for data protection breaches.
Self-service checkouts are ‘an opportunity to be dishonest’, says retail expert
Self-service checkouts are ‘an opportunity to be dishonest’, says retail expert
Claire Bailey, an independent retail expert has said that self-service checkouts in supermarkets give some people “an opportunity to be dishonest”.
UK couples being recruited for male contraceptive gel trial
UK couples being recruited for male contraceptive gel trial
Couples across the UK are being recruited to take part in a year-long trial testing a new male contraceptive gel.
Khalid Mahmood on Al-Hijrah school: I'm 'astonished' gender segregation is happening 'in the name of religion'
Khalid Mahmood: Young women 'should not be oppressed' at school
The Labour MP said he was "astonished" that a Birmingham-based Muslim school was not allowing girls to eat lunch until after boys had finished.
Businesses want 'certainty' - a no-deal Brexit won't give them that, says business expert
Businesses want 'certainty' - a no-deal Brexit won't give them that
A survey carried out by the Institute of Directors has revealed that a third of British businesses could move some operations abroad because of Brexit.
Owen Paterson MP: Other politicians furious over cancelled recess - but I was 'delighted'
Owen Paterson: MPs furious over cancelled recess - but I think it's 'excellent'
The Conservative MP said it was "pathetic" to think about how the cancelled February recess has inconvenienced politicians who should be "cracking on" with passing Brexit legislation.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Super-fan with two Gemma Collins-themed tattoos: ‘It started off as a joke’
Super-fan with two Gemma Collins-themed tattoos: ‘It started off as a joke’
Billy Prager, a fan of the The Only Way is Essex star, has two Gemma Collins-themed tattoos but admits it “started off as a bit of a joke”.
Dawn Butler: 'Knife crime could have reduced if Labour rolled out anti-stab knives'
Dawn Butler: 'Knife crime could have reduced with anti-stab knives'
The Labour MP for Brent, Dawn Butler, has said that if anti-stab knives had been rolled out during the last Labour government, violent crime might have reduced
Heavy snowfall causes severe traffic jams and school closures in Cornwall
Heavy snowfall causes severe traffic jams and school closures in Cornwall
Cars have been brought to a standstill, and schools forced to close in Cornwall due to heavy snowfall on Thursday afternoon.
Endangered sharks being eaten in UK fish and chip shops, study finds
Endangered sharks being eaten in UK fish and chip shops, study finds
Families may be eating "critically endangered" shark when visiting their local fish and chip shop, warns a new study.
Teenager spared jail over attack on former British ambassador
Teenager spared jail over attack on former British ambassador
A teenage boy who left former British ambassador to the US Sir Christopher Meyer with "horrific injuries" in an attack at London Victoria Station has been spared jail.
Doctor accidentally donates over 40 patients’ confidential medical files to charity shop
Doctor accidentally donates confidential medical files to charity shop
Dozens of highly sensitive medical files were accidentally donated by doctor to staff at a charity shop in Essex.
Rough sleeping in England has risen 165% since 2010
Rough sleeping in England has risen 165% since 2010
The numbers of rough sleepers on the streets of England has almost doubled since 2010
Former gang member brands Sajid Javid's Knife Crime Prevention Orders 'a joke'
Former gang member brands Sajid Javid's Knife Crime Prevention Orders 'a joke'
Sephton Henry, a former gang member has said described the Home Secretary’s new measures to tackle knife crime “a joke”, and said that the funding might as well go straight to knife crime offenders to “change their lives”.
Microplastic found inside 50 marine mammals that washed up on Britain's shores
Microplastic found inside 50 marine mammals that washed up on Britain's shores
Microplastic has been found inside 50 dolphins, seals and whales that had washed up on Britain's shores, a study has found.
British mums encouraged to throw ‘period parties’ for their teenage daughters
British mums encouraged to throw ‘period parties’ for their teenage daughters
British mums are being encouraged to throw ‘period parties’ for their teenage daughters when they start menstruating, as a way of tackling the taboo around talking about periods.
Council slammed for 'shocking' depiction of transgender person in online survey
Council slammed for 'shocking' depiction of transgender person in online form
A council has been slammed for a "deeply offensive" image featured on a survey form which appears to show a "miserable" transgender person pulling off a wig.
Knife Crime Prevention Orders 'not the answer' to stopping young people carrying knives
Knife Crime Prevention Orders 'not the answer' to stop youngsters having knives
The chief of a knife crime awareness charity says the newly-announced Knife Crime Prevention Orders won't stop young people carrying knives
Daniel Hannan MEP: ‘No serious self-respecting democracy’ can agree to the backstop
Daniel Hannan MEP: ‘No self-respecting democracy’ can agree to the backstop
Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP for the south east England has said that “no serious self-respecting democracy” would agree to the Irish backstop.
Police call for 10ft-high plinth to keep new Margaret Thatcher statue safe from vandals
Police call for 10ft-high plinth to keep new Margaret Thatcher statue safe
A statue of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her home town of Grantham will require a high plinth to curb the threat of vandalism, police have said.
Postman's finger bitten off by dog as he pushed mail through letterbox
Postman's finger bitten off by dog as he pushed mail through letterbox
Veteran postman Keith Bourne lost the tip of his ring finger after a Staffordshire bull terrier tore it off during a routine delivery.
February recess may be cancelled to make way for Brexit talks
February recess may be cancelled to make way for Brexit talks
MPs may have their February break cancelled to make room for Brexit debates
Students banned from university for threatening to rape classmates set to resume studies
Students suspended from university over rape group chat set to return early
Two students handed a 10-year ban from the University of Warwick for being part of a group chat which threatened rape of female students are set to resume their studies this year.
Peter Bone: 'The British people are braver than the politicians'
Peter Bone: 'The British people are braver than the politicians'
The Conservative MP said he thought the public were "braver" than politicians when facing the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.
Pressure on Brussels to accept Brexit deal will come from Germans - not us, says Lord Digby Jones
Lord Digby Jones: 'The Germans run Europe'
The former CBI director general has predicted that most of the pressure put on Brussels to accept the Prime Minister's Brexit deal will come from the Germans - not the UK.
Home secretary launches 'social media ASBOs' in bid to tackle knife violence
Home secretary launches 'social media ASBOs' in bid to tackle knife violence
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has unveiled new ASBO-style orders designed to tackle spiralling knife violence.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
‘Zombie knife’ attacker’s sentence increased by court of appeal
‘Zombie knife’ attacker’s sentence increased by court of appeal
A teenager who attacked a car with a "zombie knife" in broad daylight has been jailed for three and a half years after the Court of Appeal decided his suspended sentence was unduly lenient.
Terminally ill woman hosts her own wake before her death
Terminally ill woman hosts her own wake before her death
Samanda Ford, who is dying of terminal cancer, hosted her own wake so that she could party with her friends while she was still alive.
Knives 'dumped in the street' after fatal stabbing in Islington
Knives 'dumped in the street' after fatal stabbing in Islington
Police are investigating the death of a teenager after a fight descended into a fatal stabbing in north London
Clarks shoe shop to partake in scheme to improve children's literacy skills
Clarks shoe shop to partake in scheme to improve children's literacy skills
Clarks shoe shop are training 6,500 staff in a bid to improve children’s language skills, but National Literacy Trust’s Judith Parke’s has said it is “not about teaching” children, it is about “modelling good communication between an adult and child”.
Michel Barnier says EU will not renegotiate the backstop
Michel Barnier says EU will not renegotiate the backstop
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the Withdrawal Agreement must be signed in its current form before 'alternative arrangements' for the backstop can be discussed
Man decapitates his own dog and sets house alight after Spice overdose
Man decapitates his own dog and sets house alight after Spice overdose
A man cut off his own dog's head and setting a family’s house alight after overdosing on Spice, a court heard.
Theresa May calls Scotland 'biggest threat to its own future' in PMQs
Theresa May calls Scotland 'biggest threat to its own future' in PMQs
Theresa May castigated SNP MP Ian Blackford for comments about the Good Friday Agreement, and said the party's desire for an independent Scotland threatened its future
Lord Peter Hain: Why I named Sir Philip Green as the businessman accused of harassment
Lord Peter Hain: Why I named Sir Philip Green in harassment scandal
The Labour peer who named Sir Philip Green as the businessman facing sex allegations using parliamentary privilege says he did not take the decision "lightly".
Young Conservative produces guide on how to be a Tory at university
Young Conservative produces guide on how to be a Tory at university
A young Conservative has produced a guide on how to be a Tory at university - and not annoy people.
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