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Jacob Rees-Mogg has been roundly lambasted after quoting a far-right anti-Muslim German party in a tweet. The prominent Brexiteer tweeted a video of a speech by the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) parliamentary leader Alice Weidel. Her party has been described by Labour MP David Lammy as being "overtly racist", while Stella Creasy pointed out that one of their representatives claimed "Muslims in Europe are seeking to kill all Germans". But that didn't stop Rees-Mogg quoting a section of Weidel’s speech which...

Boris Johnson has today urged the government to push forward with a no-deal Brexit in his Telegraph column, saying it is "far the best option". The foreign secretary joins a number of his Conservative colleagues who believe falling back on WTO rules would be more beneficial to Britain than striking a deal with the European Union. He said: "Yes it will be tough, and yes, it will mean we will need a very different approach. But it is absolutely essential...

The path described as been described as "one of things police make you walk along to check whether you're drunk"

The class B drug was seized by officers who found it drying on a clothes rack at the house in Tavistock, Devon

Two Labour big hitters made separate TV appearances today and they didn't hold back with their comments on the current political turmoil in the UK. Tom Watson, deputy leader, went on The Andrew Marr Show and told the presenter that it would be“inconceivable” if a Labour manifesto for a snap general election did not include a second referendum. Marr asked Watson if he is in favour of a second referendum under all circumstances, to which he replied: "I think that's...

Man suffered non life threatening gunshot wound in Penrhyn Avenue, Walthamstow

A Deltapoll survey commissioned by the Mail on Sunday has discovered that public support for the Labour Party stands at 41 per cent, with the Tories are trailing behind on 36 per cent. This wouldn’t give Jeremy Corbyn a majority in the House of Commons, but if a deal was agreed with the SNP, he could find himself in Downing Street Labour would win 307 seats in a General Election - 19 seats short of a majority - while the Conservative...

All four were alone when knifeman struck from behind

An investigation has revealed that hundreds of tonnes of antibiotics are still being used in UK chicken production. This is despite claims from the industry that they have reduced their use by 82 per cent in the drive to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The British Poultry Council had claimed farmers had cut down their total use of antibiotics over the past six years from 81 tonnes to just over 14 tonnes annually. However BBC One’s Countryfile has discovered that figure...