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Scientists say the discovery bodes well in the search for alien life

84 organisations representing migrants and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK have today signed a letter expressing concerns that adopting the IHRA’s new definition of antisemitism would suppress free discussion of the Palestinians’ “dispossession by ethnic cleansing, when Israel was established” and “silence public discussions on current or past practices of settler colonialism, apartheid, racism and discrimination.” The Labour Party have been criticized by elements within the party and Jewish community since its NEC adopted the...

A police helicopter was also involved in the drama which ended with two suspects being arrested

Nursing student numbers have predictably fallen for the second year running since the Conservatives got rid of bursaries for students. According to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) after A-Level results were received this week, applications for nursing courses in this country are down again, an 8% fall from 2016. The fall in applications to study nursing of around 5,000 a year exacerbates a worrying shortage of 40,000 nurses across the UK. Justin Madders MP, Labour’s...

Older people exposed to passive smoking in childhood are much more prone to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which hampers breathing, reveals a study

A wave of support for Boris Johnson to be the next leader of the Conservative Party has come crashing on the bookies, with odds slashed to 9/2 from 6/1 today. Johnson is now the number one contender for Theresa May’s job, ahead of ally and current Environment Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who are joint second favourites at 6/1. Staunch Brexiteer backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg sits further back at 13/2, having been as short as 5/1 to replace...

Brexit charity Here for Good has criticised the government for failing to provide certainty on the rights of EU citizens following the launch of their second comprehensive self-help guide. Co-authored pro-bono by two leading immigration and public law firms - Wesley Gryk LLP and Bindmans LLP – the guide answers many of the questions asked by EU citizens over their future status in the UK. It criticised the government for not giving any clarity over rights in over two years...

The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of possessing a document or record likely to be useful to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism, namely the 'anarchist corner'

The microscopic fossilised bacteria open a window to when the planet was just over a billion years old - and have survived temperatures of 300 degrees centigrade.