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Labour pledge to help tenants, revealing 1 in 4 private rented UK homes are ‘non decent’
The party said one in four private rented homes are classed as ‘non-decent’, meaning they are damp, cold, in disrepair or unsafe to live in.
Boris Johnson’s ‘get Brexit done’ slogan misleading warns fact-checker Full Fact
Independent fact-checker Full Fact has accused the Tories of failing to come clean on the true cost of the Conservative Manifesto.
Cinema brawl may be worst thing responding officers had seen – police chief
Youths were reported to have had machetes and knives, with three of the weapons seized by the force.
Thousands of NHS staff from EU have left health service since referendum – FOI request reveals
More than 11,600 NHS staff from the EU have left the health service in the three years since the Brexit vote, including 4,783 nurses.
BBC caught up in another editing scandal
The broadcasting corporation has been accused of editing audience reactions to show them clapping rather than laughing.
Homeless man in court for stealing winter clothes
Michael Smith, 30, admitted stealing two balaclavas which he wanted to wear while sleeping in the doorway of the Debenhams.
BBC staff claim corporation has introduced a ‘six chip’ rule in its canteen
Bemused workers said servers were “counting out” fries on Friday.
Brexit Party candidates’ climate change denial exposed
By Richard Collett-White and Tom Ritchie, Desmog UK
Criminal charges dash Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of power as Israel faces another election
Netanyahu is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. His predecessor, Ehud Olmert, was forced to resign a decade ago ahead of a corruption indictment that later sent him to prison for 16 months.